Last fall, loops of razor-wire fencing were strung along the Rio Grande in the Big Bend area, a remote region of far West Texas. Then, in January, residents heard rumors that a steel barrier was in ...

A former Border Patrol agent has pleaded guilty to wire fraud for running his own business during work hours while collecting his government check. Ramon Heriberto Cerda Jr., 41, of Eagle Pass, ...

Border Patrol Chief Michael Banks, who has led the agency since President Donald Trump took office in January 2025, resigned from his position Thursday. Banks oversaw Border Patrol, which serves as ...

U.S. Border Patrol Chief Mike Banks, formerly Texas' border czar until his appointment by the second Trump administration last year, is stepping down from his position, three Department of Homeland ...

The U.S. Border Patrol El Paso Sector commemorated fallen agents ahead of Memorial Day weekend and the anniversary of the founding of the agency. The solemn ceremony on Thursday, May 21, remembered ...

U.S. Border Patrol Chief Mike Banks resigned Thursday. "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, ...

U.S. Border Patrol Chief Mike Banks is stepping down from his role after nearly a year and a half with the agency, sources told NewsNation, The Hill’s sister network. Banks announced his retirement in ...

US Border Patrol chief Mike Banks announced Thursday that he was stepping down from his position, as the Department of Homeland Security has been cleaning house in the wake of ex-Secretary Kristi Noem ...

WASHINGTON, May 14 (Reuters) - U.S. Border Patrol Chief Michael Banks abruptly resigned on Thursday, an agency spokesperson said, adding to turnover in recent months among top ‌immigration officials ...

After about a year on the job, U.S. Border Patrol chief Mike Banks is out, making him the latest senior immigration official to leave the Department of Homeland Security this year. Banks, 53, told CNN ...