Tag: border patrol

"This is not normal! Why would any member of Congress or person of conscience support increasing funds and enabling this agency?"

Prior Inspector General reports have found medical neglect and other violations at other immigrant detention centers.

Regardless of immigration status or increased agency authority – child abuse remains a federal felony.

Felipe Gomez Alonzo died in New Mexico on Christmas Eve, after being detained since Dec. 18.

Activists camped outside a sprawling tent city in the Texas desert bring a message to migrant children detained there: No estás solo. You are not alone.

"A reminder that, yes, this is who the U.S. is. The U.S. is a country that murders children both directly and indirectly in a myriad of ways."

Border authorities’ use of tear gas has spiked under the Trump administration, with the agency’s own data revealing it has deployed tear gas over two dozen times this year alone.

No longer willing to collude in their oppression, Central Americans are coming to the U.S. in the open and en masse.

New Trump administration regulations would dismantle the landmark Flores agreement and allow authorities to release children only to a parent or legal guardian – even if those adult guardians are detained.

U.S. Border Patrol supervisor confesses to executing four women, FEMA blames hurricane deaths on spousal abuse, Kavanaugh accused of assault, and more.