US Customs and Border Protection named Rosario “Pete” Vasquez as chief of the US Border Patrol on Monday, as the Trump administration seeks to sustain a sharp decline in illegal border crossings.

CBP announces Pete Vasquez as the next U.S. Border Patrol chief, succeeding Mike Banks who retired after 37 years of federal law enforcement service.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced the appointment of Rosario “Pete” Vasquez as the new chief of the Border Patrol. Vasquez succeeds Michael Banks, who resigned in May.

The DOT announced it's partnering with Border Patrol to revoke visas and impose "immediate and real consequences" for cross-border drivers and carriers who undermine American truckers via cabotage.

Controversy over enforcement actions by Border Patrol and ICE led to a partial shutdown of DHS from February to late April.

Kenneth MacDonald, a retired Attaché/Supervisory Special Agent with HSI, noted on LinkedIn that there has been massive conflation and confusion of the functions of various Department of Homeland Security agencies with all the press coverage of the events ...

U.S. Border Patrol agents say they rescued 39 people from a locked tractor-trailer that had caught fire after the driver fled the Falfurrias Border Patrol Checkpoint in South Texas.

U.S. Border Patrol agents have arrested 52 people under “Operation Checkmate” in Arizona’s Yuma Sector for allegedly residing in the United States illegally, with 30 of those detained identified as Indian nationals.