Tag Archives: United States Border Patrol

15 suspected illegal immigrants held in San Diego

Authorities say 15 suspected illegal immigrants have been taken into custody after they came ashore at a San Diego beach. Authorities say a small boat dropped off the men and women at Sunset Cliffs at around 2 a.m. Tuesday. They were immediately taken into custody by Border Patrol agents. The boat’s skipper sailed off after [...]

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Border Agents Accused in Smuggling Ring Convicted

Two former Border Patrol agents were found guilty Friday of smuggling hundreds of people into the U.S. in Border Patrol vehicles. Raul and Fidel Villarreal were convicted of charges that they brought illegal immigrants into the U.S. for money and received bribes by public officials, and counts of conspiracy to launder money. Prosecutors said Raul [...]

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Customs helicopter rescues illegal immigrant off cliff in S. Arizona

An illegal immigrant was rescued by a Customs and Border Protection helicopter from the Cerro Colorado Mountains near Arivaca on Tuesday after he was stuck on a near-vertical cliff, authorities said. Rescuers from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office and U.S. Border Patrol originally responded to the area Monday after receiving a 911 call [...]

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Central Americans Flood North Through Mexico to US

While the number of Mexicans heading to the U.S. has dropped dramatically, a surge of Central American migrants is making the 1,000-mile northbound journey this year, fueled in large part by the rising violence brought by the spread of Mexican drug cartels. Other factors, experts say, are an easing in migration enforcement by Mexican authorities, [...]

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SA border patrol station, 8 others to close

Nine Border Patrol stations will be closed within the next six months to move 41 agents closer to the southern and northern borders, according to a spokesman for U.S. Customs and Border Protection. CBP Spokesman Bill Brooks said the interior stations that will be shut are in some instances hundreds of miles from a border. [...]

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U.S. steps up efforts to deport criminal immigrants

In an aggressive effort to boost deportations, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has begun to increase by nearly 25 percent the number of agents tasked with finding and deporting illegal immigrants with criminal records. The department has pulled 150 officers from desks and backroom jobs to add extra fugitive search teams across the country. The [...]

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