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Report scrutinizes new Border Patrol punishments

Meantime, a separate study by the Council on Foreign Relations, found the capture rate for the Border Patrol may be lower than the agency's own estimate, perhaps by as much as one-third.

Prosecutors release evidence in Border Patrol case

Border Patrol agent Luis Fonseca is seen kneeing Adolfo Ceja in the thigh at a station in Imperial Beach in 2011, shortly after his arrest on suspicion of entering the country illegally.

Heated debate continues on security of U.S.-Mexico border

The area has seen a huge influx of Border Patrol agents, but officers like Green fear that the government will always be behind the curve in dealing with sophisticated smuggling operations.

Arrests along US borders up in last year

Border Patrol data obtained by The Associated Press shows that agents made more than 356,000 apprehensions along the Mexican border in the budget year that ended in September.

Border patrol, airport security might see budget cutbacks

Congressional appropriations for the border patrol have increased 750 percent since 1989, according to the Congressional Research Service, a public-policy research arm for Congress.

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KEY WEST, Fla.: "Seaquester" mocks cuts affecting Conch Republic

Keys residents claimed they were "seceding" from the U.S. to protest a Border Patrol roadblock.

5 die in rollover during pursuit by Border Patrol

Treatch says he didn't know the circumstances of the vehicle pursuit by the Border Patrol.