Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico, 12-07-2021. A Haitian migrant man and woman cross the Rio Grande natural border between Mexico and the United States to request political asylum. (Shutterstock) By Camilo Montoya-Galvez, Nicole Sganga, CBS News U.S. Border Patrol agents on horseback used “unnecessary” force and violated agency policy when they aggressively dispersed Haitian migrants seeking to […]
Yuma Sector, Ariz. / US – September 8, 2017: A reporter interviews Customs and Border Protection agents along the U.S.-Mexico border. 8740 (Shutterstock) By American Immigration Council Staff, Immigration Impact The Supreme Court issued a decision on Wednesday barring a civil rights lawsuit against a U.S. Border Patrol agent for reportedly entering the property of […]
Camp Pendleton, CA USA 12-02-2020: Border Patrol agents and Police detain a suspect on the side of the 5 freeway near Camp Pendleton, CA (Shutterstock) By Katy Murdza U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) announced in a May 6 memorandum that it would eliminate its Border Patrol Critical Incident Teams (BPCITs). The teams have faced […]
A Customs and Border Protection agent along the U.S.-Mexico border. 0398 – Yuma Sector, Ariz. / US – July 26, 2016 (Shutterstock) By American Immigration Council Staff, Immigration Impact The Trump administration secretly implemented one of its most horrific attacks on America’s long tradition of asylum—holding asylum seekers in U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) […]
