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Congress needs to exercise its oversight responsibility and take a close look at funding for the Department of Homeland Security.
Still, at the time, the Border Patrol remained a relatively small group focused on racial policing near the Mexican border. The agency’s most high-profile moment was Operation Wetback, which ejected approximately a million people in the mid-1950s.
Here are answers to key legal questions on what immigration agents and protesters are allowed to do, and where there are gray areas in the law.
New footage appears to show Alex Pretti spitting at ICE agents and smashing the taillights of their black SUV during a chaotic confrontation.
The news of Mr. Bovino’s impending departure came hours after President Trump sent his border czar, Tom Homan, to take control of ICE operations in the state.
As ICE and Border Patrol agents increasingly work alongside one another nationwide, it's often become difficult to tell them apart.
People who study the Border Patrol say it continues to be less well prepared than big city police for handling crowds and situations involving protesters, some of whom are legally armed.
Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino, a prominent face of federal immigration enforcement under President Trump, has reportedly been relieved from his position and is expected to leave Minneapolis.
By Daniel Trotta and Jasper Ward Jan 27 (Reuters) - A U.S. Border Patrol agent shot and wounded a human-trafficking suspect who fired on a federal government helicopter in Arizona on Tuesday and later engaged in a shootout with the agent,
Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino and some of his agents are expected to soon leave the Minneapolis area, three sources tell CBS News.