Topic
border patrol agents
81 published works
Jotwell
Bordering on Indifference: The Moral Work of Immigration Enforcement
There is a tendency in socio-legal and criminological scholarship to approach border policing through its most visible moments: the violent encounter, the discretionary stop, the dramatic deportation, the spectacular failure…
ImmigrationProf Blog
New Yorker Profiles Civilian Border Patrollers
The opening sentence of The New Yorker's article The Private Citizens Who Want to Help Trump Deport Migrants is an attention grabber:Christie Hutcherson, the right-wing activist from Texas who founded…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Border Patrol Operation in California Farm Country
Photo courtesy of Wikimedia CommonsLast week, I was hearing chatter about Border Patrol operations have been reported in the fields of Kern County near Bakersfield, heart of California farm country…
ImmigrationProf Blog
President-Elect Trump Taps Heads of Immigration Agencies
NPR reports that Rodney Scott, former chief of the U.S. Border Patrol, is President-elect Donald Trump's choice to lead Customs and Border Protection, the agency that manages ports of entry and…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Mother Jones Investigates the Border Patrol
Mother Jones's September+October issue is devoted to investigations into "the Border Patrol’s sharp growth, its troubling record on civil liberties, its culture of impunity, and its role in shaping the…
ImmigrationProf Blog
The Border Patrol Tequila Scandal
By Andrzej - https://pixabay.com/en/summer-the-tropical-tequila-drink-3106910/ archive copy at the Wayback Machine, CC0, LinkDid you already know about the Border Patrol's tequila scandal that's being investigated by the Customs and Border Protection’s…
The Right Coast
Border Patrol leaves migrants stranded in San Diego as shelters reach capacity – Los Angeles Times
SAN DIEGO After the migrants stepped off a bus in San Diego, Border Patrol agents ushered them across the street to a parking lot, then left.The migrants stood there,…
ImmigrationProf Blog
New Border Patrol Chief: Jason Owens
The Biden administration has named Jason Owens as the new Chief of Border Patrol, WaPo reports. Owens takes on this role following his position as leader of the USBP Del…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Asylum Seeker on Border Patrol: “They treat us like dogs, like animals.”
Photo courtesy of Wikimedia CommonsU.S. Border Patrol is holding some asylum-seekers in "an open-air holding cell between the two layers of border wall . . . with no shelter, no…
ImmigrationProf Blog
NEW OIG Report: El Paso Sector Border Patrol Struggled with Prolonged Detention and Consistent Compliance with TEDS Standards
This week, the Office of Inspector General for the Department of Homeland Security released a new report: El Paso Sector Border Patrol Struggled with Prolonged Detention and Consistent Compliance with…