Hiring surges of Border Patrol agents have led to more misconduct in the past. Now an Arizona senator is nonsensically trying ...

A Tucson Sector Border Patrol agent has been indicted on 24 felony charges, the latest in a series of sexual-misconduct convictions or charges against CBP employees in Arizona.

"They seem to believe that communicating that they are rounding people up, has political upside for them," said a communication and political science professor.

The operation appears to directly violate a court injunction issued in April to require warrants by Border Patrol, according to two law professors.