All posts tagged "Border Patrol"

David Brouillette, the ICE agent who fatally gunned down a 25-year-old Colombian immigrant in Maine last month, is far from the only immigration agent with a history of domestic violence, according to a new report.

The Ohio Immigration Alliance flags the cases of 25 federal immigration agents or contractors criminally charged or credibly accused since President Donald Trump returned to power. The cases reveal a pattern of domestic violence, sex offenses against children, abuses of authority and corruption among the federal agents responsible for carrying out the administration’s mass deportation campaign.

While the Department of Homeland Security has claimed it is targeting the “worst of the worst,” some of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol officers charged are accused of predatory behavior against women who are vulnerable because of their immigration status....

A fired Trump administration official and deportation hardliner is turning on his former employers, calling them "swamp creatures."

Former Border Patrol "commander-at-large" Greg Bovino slammed the Trump administration and the Department of Homeland Security, which oversaw his agency, while speaking with Megyn Kelly, in appearance flagged by The Daily Beast.

Kelly asked about the departure of immigration hardliners like himself and Border Patrol Chief Mike Banks from the Trump administration. Bovino praised Banks as a "fantastic" immigration hardliner, and suggested he was ousted by "snakes" in the Trump administration who pushed stories about him allegedly paying sex workers....

Republicans were dealt a severe setback as the top Senate rule keeper called foul on an immigration enforcement funding package.

Migrant Insider reported that Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough "delivered a significant blow" by stopping the Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol reconciliation package, which Republican senators have been pushing as the second step to fully fund immigration enforcement after the months-long Department of Homeland Security shutdown ended.

"MacDonough advised Wednesday that multiple sections of the package are subject to a sixty-vote point of order under the Byrd Rule," according to Migrant Insider, adding that the move is "effectively killing them under a process designed to require only a simple majority." ...

U.S. Border Patrol Chief Mike Banks announced his resignation Wednesday, effective immediately, in an exclusive interview with Fox News correspondent Bill Melugin — offering a rosy self-assessment that critics say glosses conveniently over a deeply troubled chapter in the agency's recent history.

"It's just time," Banks told Melugin. "I feel like I got the ship back on course. From the least secure, disastrous, chaotic border to the most secure border this country has ever seen. Time to pass the reins, 37 years is time to enjoy the family and life."

Last month, Banks had been accused of regularly soliciting sex workers. ...

One of the key figures in President Donald Trump's mass deportation plan openly cheered a blog post by a known anti-Semitic and racist social media account Monday, according to a report.

The Daily Beast reported that former Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino shared an April 9 article from the blog American Greatness that argued "mass arrests are the only way forward to mass deportations."

in a post on X on April 20, Bovino linked to the blog post and commented "vindication for mass deportations" and "hard to ignore facts," accompanied by American flag and flexing arm emojis. He also tagged right-wing influencers Nick Sortor, Benny Johnson and Lauren Witzke. ...

President Donald Trump thanked Republican congressional leaders for standing down on the funding bill that would have ended the partial government shutdown — instead moving away from the bipartisan legislation and extending the ongoing stalemate.

House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune had agreed on Wednesday to move forward with the bill but had reversed their decision by early Thursday. Now, Republicans have rejected the Senate’s bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security, according to The New York Times.

He wrote the following on his Truth Social platform: ...