A Texas National Guard member shot and wounded a migrant during a struggle this month on the U.S.-Mexico border as the soldier tried to detain the person, according to records from the state military, which has not publicly disclosed the incident.
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Border Patrol to eliminate controversial in-house investigations teamsFor Star subscribers: Border Patrol personnel will no longer respond to critical incidents for scene processing or evidence collection, according to a memo released Friday.
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OPINION: "We have developed positive relationships and trust with the leadership of TPD. We share aligned and common values such as: equality; a calling to service; the duty to protect; and together we are all family," write Tucsonans Mark Ziska and Tony Ruffin.
"There are criminal organizations that are taking advantage of the loopholes," said Kevin Kelly, special agent in charge of the Homeland Security Investigations office in Buffalo.
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Border Patrol agents in Southern Arizona are seeing a steady increase in the number of migrants they encounter each month, figures released th…
El plan es que las instalaciones funcionen a mediados de abril, dicen las autoridades.
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The plan is to have the facilities operating by the middle of April, officials say.
Líderes políticos y sociales recordaron el enorme esfuerzo local requerido cuando la Patrulla Fronteriza liberó a miles de solicitantes de asilo en 2019, los cuales fueron atendidos por grupos religiosos, cientos de voluntarios y gobiernos locales en el sur de Arizona.
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Local and state officials say they will need federal help if the Biden administration allows asylum seekers to be released in Arizona, citing a "community crisis" in 2019 of providing emergency shelter and transportation.
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A former customs officer in Nogales was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison after admitting to taking a $6,000 bribe to smuggle someone into the United States.