The U.S. Border Patrol on Monday ordered an investigation of allegations by agents in Southern California that they were given arrest quotas and threatened with punishment if they failed to meet them. ...more

February 2, 2009

President Bush granted prison releases to two former U.S. Border Patrol agents whose convictions for shooting a Mexican drug dealer fueled the national debate over illegal immigration. ...more

January 19, 2009

TAMPA – Two high-level conspirators in a drug trafficking ring that smuggled cocaine, methamphetamine and marijuana from Texas to Florida have been sentenced to federal prison. ...more

November 7, 2008

Despite efforts to add Border Patrol agents to areas where immigrant traffic is high and drug violence is flaring, officers assigned to the 2,000-mile boundary with Mexico are bunched up near the California coast. And some critics see politics at play. ...more

August 31, 2008

It's barely sunrise. The shadows under the passengers' eyelids show it. ...more

May 4, 2008

Border Patrol agents are firing tear gas and powerful pepper-spray weapons across the border into Mexico to repel what the agency says are an increasing number of attacks by assailants hurling rocks, bottles and bricks. ...more

December 18, 2007

A 9-year-old boy looking for help after his mother crashed their van in the southern Arizona desert was rescued by a man entering the United States illegally. The man stayed with the boy until help arrived the next day, an official said. ...more

November 24, 2007

A large increase in Border Patrol agents, additional fencing and expanded prosecution of illegal border-crossers contributed to a 20 percent drop in apprehension of undocumented migrants this year at the U.S.-Mexico frontier, immigration officials said Tuesday. ...more

November 7, 2007

Four charred bodies were found in an apparent migrant camp burned by the wildfires raging across Southern California, authorities said Thursday. ...more

October 26, 2007

A sign of the times came into a barber shop the other day. As I was getting my hair cut, the barber had read my column about how we are being overcome with non-English speaking immigrants, related to me about a happening a few days ago. This orange picker walked into the shop and knew just enough English to query how much for a haircut. He was told with sign language and 10 fingers it would be $10. He then held up five fingers and the barber shook his head no. The man then pointed to a sign that had the number 5:00 and looked for an answer. The sign was one that indicated the hours of operation 8:30-5:00. ...more

October 25, 2007