The head of the U.S. Border Patrol is leaving the agency, which is tasked with securing the U.S. border, in the latest shake-up of immigration enforcement leadership in the Trump administration.

Mike Banks, who led Trump’s border crackdown, resigned weeks after reports of prostitution allegations Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email Mike Banks, the border patrol chief who oversaw ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — An appeals court on Friday blocked President Donald Trump's executive order suspending asylum access, a key pillar of the Republican president's plan to crack down on migration at ...

Border crossings have ground to such a halt over the last year that President Donald Trump’s border czar, Tom Homan, recently said “we have the most secure border in the history of the nation.” But ...

The sun sets over the Rio Grande at Big Bend Ranch State Park in Terlingua, Texas, on March 3. (Photos by Thomas Simonetti/For The Washington Post) The aggressive pace of expansion has alarmed ...

Border wall construction during President Donald Trump’s second term is far ahead of where it was at the same point in his first term, but Department of Homeland Security officials say it should be ...

Today, President Donald J. Trump will award the newly established Mexican Border Defense Medal to U.S. service members for their extraordinary work to safeguard our nation’s southern border and uphold ...

Construction crews are closing a 27-mile gap in the border wall, blocking migration for people and wildlife. Opponents of the wall say it will further imperil already rare border species like jaguars ...

Sen. Bernie Sanders praised President Donald Trump’s immigration policy during a recent appearance on The Tim Dillon Show, saying Trump "did a better job" securing the border than President Biden and ...

I have had several media outlets reach out to me with questions about U.S. Border Patrol (USBP) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) conducting immigration enforcement away from the border, ...

The last time illegal border crossings were this low, disco music and bell-bottoms were in fashion. Illegal crossings in 2025 have plunged to the lowest level since 1970 amid an aggressive crackdown ...