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President Joe Biden, center, looks over the southern border, Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024, in Brownsville, Texas. Walking with Biden are from l-r., Peter Flores, Deputy Commissioner, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Jason Owens, Chief, U.S. Border Patrol and Gloria Chavez, Sector Chief, U.S. Border Patrol. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Border Patrol union chief says Biden must quit saying union backed border bill

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden talks with U.S. Border Patrol agents as they walk along a stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border in El Paso Texas, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Border agents miffed by Biden’s visit, say hastily planned trip avoids trouble spots

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

A member of U.S. Customs and Border Protection walks past a group of migrants gathered along the border Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023, in Lukeville, Ariz. The U.S. Border Patrol says it is overwhelmed by a shift in human smuggling routes, with hundreds of migrants from faraway countries like Senegal, Bangladesh and China being dropped in the remote desert area in Arizona. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) **FILE**

Arrest-related deaths up at border; new figures from Justice Department paint tragic picture

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Migrants navigate around concertina wire along the banks of the Rio Grande after crossing from Mexico into the U.S., Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023, in Eagle Pass, Texas. Texas state police officers separated migrant families along the border with Mexico by detaining fathers on trespassing charges and turning over mothers and children to federal officials, the state Department of Public Safety said Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Trump-inspired border visits as important as early voting states for GOP presidential hopefuls

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Migrants, mostly from Guatemala, wait at a U.S. Border Patrol intake site after they were smuggled on an inflatable raft across the Rio Grande river in Roma, Texas, Wednesday, March 24, 2021. On Wednesday, President Joe Biden tapped Vice President Kamala Harris to lead the White House efforts at the U.S. southern border and work with Central American nations to address root causes of the migration. The lights of the Mexican city of Miguel Aleman can be seen in the background. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills) **FILE**

DHS slaps new limits on when Border Patrol can chase fleeing smugglers

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Mounted U.S. Border Patrol agents attempt to contain migrants as they cross the Rio Grande from Ciudad Acuña, Mexico, into Del Rio, Texas, Sept. 19, 2021. The administration began a massive expulsion of thousands of Haitians while allowing thousands of others to stay in the U.S. The uneven response, which at one point included Border Patrol agents on horseback appearing to use reins as whips to corral Haitian asylum seekers, sparked sharp criticism and underscored for many a failed border policy. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez) **FILE**

Border Patrol union chief says Mayorkas could be impeached over ‘whipping’ fiasco

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

U.S. Border Patrol agents and vehicle are seen in this undated file photo. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Border Patrol union fears agents getting railroaded in DHS probe of ‘whipping’ Haitian migrants

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

A youth stands by the border fence that separates Mexico from the United States, where candles and crosses stand in memory of migrants who have died during their journey toward the U.S., in Tijuana, Mexico, late Saturday, June 29, 2019. On the border fence at right hangs a cartoon depiction of a news photograph of the bodies of Salvadoran migrant Óscar Alberto Martínez Ramírez and his daughter Valeria, photographed on the banks of the Rio Grande between Matamoros, Mexico, and Brownsville, Texas, after they drowned on Sunday, June 23. (AP Photo/Emilio Espejel)

Border deaths soar as 2021 sets record for most migrant fatalities

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

A Border Patrol agent watches as a group of migrants walk across the Rio Grande on their way to turn themselves in upon crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, Tuesday, June 15, 2021, in Del Rio, Texas. U.S. government data shows that 42% of all families encountered along the border in May hailed from places other than Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras the traditional drivers of migratory trends. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Migrant deaths rising in summer surge, rescues by border agents soaring

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

This March 2, 2019 photo shows a Customs and Border Control agent patrols on the US side of a razor-wire-covered border wall along the Mexico east of Nogales, Ariz. President Joe Biden rushed to send the most ambitious overhaul of the nation's immigration system in a generation to Congress and signed nine executive actions to wipe out some of his predecessor's toughest measures to fortify the U.S.-Mexico border. But a federal court in Texas suspended his 100-day moratorium on deportations. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel,File)

Border Patrol union chief: ‘I do not know of one individual that does not think walls work’

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, right, accompanied by White House press secretary Jen Psaki, left, speaks during a press briefing at the White House, Monday, March 1, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Mexican border ‘crisis’ worsens as politicians fight over label

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

President-elect Joe Biden speaks at The Queen theater, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020, in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Joe Biden DHS ‘landing team’ stocked with amnesty proponents, short on border security

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Jan. 3, 2019, file photo, President Donald Trump, left, listens as Brandon Judd, president of the National Border Patrol Council, talks about border security after making a surprise visit to the press briefing room of the White House in Washington. Trump and Judd share an ominous view of the southern border and a certainty that a wall along the boundary is urgently needed to stop what they’ve described as a humanitarian crisis. Judd, a 21-year veteran of the U.S. Border Patrol, has helped to validate Trump’s fiery immigration rhetoric and affirm the president’s conviction the border with Mexico is a frequently lawless place. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

At Trump’s side, Border Patrol union leader in spotlight

By RICHARD LARDNER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 3, 2019, file photo, President Donald Trump, left, listens as Brandon Judd, president of the National Border Patrol Council, talks about border security after making a surprise visit to the press briefing room of the White House in Washington. Trump and Judd share an ominous view of the southern border and a certainty that a wall along the boundary is urgently needed to stop what they’ve described as a humanitarian crisis. Judd, a 21-year veteran of the U.S. Border Patrol, has helped to validate Trump’s fiery immigration rhetoric and affirm the president’s conviction the border with Mexico is a frequently lawless place. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

At Trump’s side, Border Patrol union leader in spotlight

By RICHARD LARDNER - Associated Press

Honduran migrants walk toward the U.S. as they arrive at Chiquimula, Guatemala, Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2018. U.S. President Donald Trump threatened on Tuesday to cut aid to Honduras if it doesn't stop the impromptu caravan of migrants, but it remains unclear if governments in the region can summon the political will to physically halt the determined border-crossers. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Honduras begs migrant caravan to turn back

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Central Americans who travel with a caravan of migrants they walk towards the border before crossing the border and request asylum in the United States, in Tijuana, Mexico, Sunday, April 29, 2018. A group of Central Americans who journeyed in a caravan to the U.S. border resolved to turn themselves in and ask for asylum Sunday in a direct challenge to the Trump administration - only to have U.S. immigration officials announce that the San Diego crossing was already at capacity. (AP Photo/Hans-Maximo Musielik)

Donald Trump’s illegal immigrant ‘zero tolerance’ border policy fails

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Central American migrants traveling with a caravan gather at the border wall, some sitting on top of it, look toward the U.S. from Mexico during a gathering of migrants living on both sides of the border, on the beach where the border wall ends in the ocean, in Tijuana, Mexico, Sunday, April 29, 2018. U.S. immigration lawyers are telling Central Americans in a caravan of asylum-seekers that traveled through Mexico to the border with San Diego that they face possible separation from their children and detention for many months. They say they want to prepare them for the worst possible outcome. (AP Photo/Hans-Maximo Musielik)

Illegal immigration up 233 percent in April on southwest border

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this June 22, 2016, file photo, Border Patrol agent Eduardo Olmos walks near the secondary fence separating Tijuana, Mexico, background, and San Diego in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

Border Patrol agents stuck on desk duty amid Trump call for more manpower

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this June 22, 2016, file photo, Border Patrol agent Eduardo Olmos walks near the secondary fence separating Tijuana, Mexico, background, and San Diego in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

Border Patrol agents back Trump wall, survey finds

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

U.S. Border Patrol agents are reporting a new surge in illegal border crossings in Texas. (Associated Press/File)

Catch-and-release of illegal immigrant restarted in Texas, border patrol agents say

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times