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Migrants who crossed the Rio Grande and entered the U.S. from Mexico are lined up for processing by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Sept. 23, 2023, in Eagle Pass, Texas. Texas began flying migrants from the U.S.-Mexico border to Chicago on Wednesday, Dec. 20, a week after the city took a tougher stance on the buses that Republican Gov. Greg Abbott has been sending north since last year. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

DHS retreats on closing border freight train crossings

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this June 15, 2021, photo, a Border Patrol agent watches as a group of migrants walk across the Rio Grande on their way to turning themselves in upon crossing the U.S.-Mexico border in Del Rio, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) **FILE**

DHS gave leniency to agents who made offensive Facebook posts

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this Jan. 10, 2020, photo, a man passes new border wall sections as they replace the old fencing near Yuma, Arizona. (AP Photo/Elliot Spagat) **FILE**

DHS on track for 450 miles of border wall by end of year

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., center, hugs Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., after Sanders walked up to the podium to speak during a campaign event Saturday, Jan. 25, 2020, in Marshalltown, Iowa. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez lauds Bernie Sanders’ push to break up ICE, Customs and Border Protection

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Protesters stand outside the federal courthouse where a hearing was scheduled for Northeastern University student Shahab Dehghani, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020, in Boston. Dehghani arrived on a flight into Boston on Monday but was detained by U.S. Customs and Border Patrol at Logan International Airport and then was deported. (AP Photo/Philip Marcelo)

Lawmakers, professors seek return of Iranian college student

By PHILIP MARCELO - Associated Press

House Oversight and Reform Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings, D-Md., is shown in this file photo from Wednesday, June 12, 2019. Mr. Cummings on July 31, 2019 sent a letter asking Homeland Security to reveal when officials learned about secret Facebook groups frequented by Border Patrol agents where offensive messages were exchanged. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, file) **FILE**

Congress demands DHS reveal knowledge of offensive Facebook group for border agents

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Kevin McAleenan is sworn in before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on 'Oversight of U.S. Customs and Border Protection' on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Kevin McAleenan defends using tear gas on migrant caravan

By Colleen Long - Associated Press

Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Kevin McAleenan testifies before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on 'Oversight of U.S. Customs and Border Protection' on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Top border security official defends use of tear gas

By COLLEEN LONG - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 18, 2018, file photo, dozens of family members and friends of four women who authorities say were killed by a U.S. Border Patrol agent Juan David Ortiz, gather for a candlelight vigil at a park in downtown Laredo, Texas. The Border Patrol sector in Laredo, Texas, where two agents were accused this year of multiple murders in separate cases, disciplined employees more over two years than any other major sector, according to data released by U.S. Customs and Border Protection Friday. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan, File)

Border Patrol misconduct stats point to Texas

By COLLEEN LONG and NOMAAN MERCHANT - Associated Press

Agency looks to fill hundreds of job vacancies on border

Associated Press

The U.S.-Mexico border fence seen on the outskirts of Nogales in southern Arizona. A U.S. border patrol agent is going on trial for second-degree murder in U.S. District Court in Tucson on Tuesday, March 20, 2018, in a rare Justice Department prosecution of a fatal cross-border Mexico shooting. (AP Photo/Brian Skoloff, File)

Homeland Security border wall prototypes fail to account for rough terrain

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Alabama deploys Guard helicopter, crew to Mexican border

Associated Press

Schumer urges Trump to sign fentanyl-screening bill

Associated Press

Customs and Border Protection to host Trade Day in Detroit

Associated Press

US Secret Service officers stand in the cordoned off Lafayette Park after a security incident near the fence of the White House in Washington, Saturday, March 18, 2017. President Trump was not at the White House at the time of the incident. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Randolph ‘Tex’ Alles, retired Marine, tapped by Trump to lead Secret Service

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times