Border Patrol’s strong-arm tactics are the new norm in Chicago as Trump moves to sideline ICE leadership

Instead of carefully targeted arrests long practiced by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, President Donald Trump’s administration has deployed roving groups of masked Border ...

Border Patrol takes lead role in Trump administration's Chicago crackdown, carrying out more arrests than ICE

Border Patrol agents have been responsible for more Chicago-area arrests than ICE in the Trump administration's "Midway Blitz ...

Border Patrol chief fires back after Chicago mayor calls him 'barbaric' over tear gas clash

Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino fires back at Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson after being called 'barbaric,' claiming ...
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From California to Chicago, a Border Patrol boss sparks accusations of race-based arrests

On the morning of Jan. 7, Jesús Ramírez and other day laborers huddled in a Home Depot parking lot in Bakersfield, California, hoping for work. Suddenly, they were surrounded by U.S. Homeland Security ...

Border Patrol agents under fire for allegedly disrupting children's Halloween parade in Chicago

The U.S. Border Patrol is coming under criticism from Chicago residents who claim federal agents disrupted a children's Halloween parade over the weekend.

DHS shares 'video evidence' to justify Border Patrol's tear gas use during chaotic Chicago immigration raid

Homeland Security has released video that it says proves Border Patrol agents were justified in using tear gas in Chicago ...

Court says Border Patrol official won't have to brief judge on Chicago-area immigration sweeps

Illinois advocates sued federal authorities Friday over alleged “inhumane and torturous” conditions at a Chicago-area federal ...

Judge orders Border Patrol's Bovino to return to court daily, wear bodycam, follow rules on tear gas

The top U.S. Border Patrol commander spent an hour on the stand Tuesday, responding to U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis' ...