U.S. Customs and Border Protection

The former officer pleaded guilty to deprivation of rights under the color of law, and agreed to resign from the agency and surrender his security license

Three people climbed a San Diego segment of the border fence and became stuck at the top Sunday night, U.S. Border Patrol said.

Newly released documents show border agents began investigating an American pastor working with migrants in Tijuana in January 2019 when intelligence revealed possible evidence of marriage fraud. But the pastor said she did nothing wrong, and in the course of the investigation, border agents violated her constitutional rights. Pastor Kaji Dousa, a former pastor of the United Church in La…

A 41-year-old Congolese asylum seeker died Wednesday in U.S. government custody shortly after she entered a border station in South Texas, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said Thursday.

CBP says the woman, who the agency did not identify, had arrived at an official port of entry in Laredo, Texas, early Tuesday afternoon.

U.S. border officers charged with turning away asylum seekers under Trump administration policy accused their leadership of misleading the public and disregarding concerns for their own safety, according to documents released to The Associated Press. A March 2019 letter sent to the head of U.S. Customs and Border Protection demanded that he intervene to ensure the agency’s front-line employees...

The American Civil Liberties Union and other civil rights groups sued Customs and Border Protection Wednesday to release records concerning units they say are deployed at airports to “target, detain and interrogate innocent travelers.”

A 7-year-old child who is unable to contain her own waste due to a congenital illness and who had been refused entry to the United States three times was finally allowed into the country Tuesday, after U.S. border agents exempted her and her mother from the Trump administration’s “Remain in Mexico” policy. The reversal came after U.S. Customs and...

The latest migrant smuggling attempt sheds light into what Chinese migrants are facing while trying to cross into the country illegally. NBC 7’s Alexis Rivas has more.

A flu-ridden 16-year-old from Guatemala writhed in agony inside a U.S. Border Patrol cell and collapsed on the floor where he lay for several hours before he was found dead, according to video released Thursday that further calls into question the Trump administration’s treatment of immigrant families....

The footage published by ProPublica shows the last hours of Carlos Hernandez Vasquez, who...

For months, asylum seekers have been prohibited from filing claims at U.S. border crossings under a much-criticized Trump administration policy....

Now some are sprinting down vehicle lanes or renting cars to try to make it inside the U.S. Officials say the migrants’ efforts are causing traffic delays at Arizona crossings, with U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials barricading car lanes for...

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials are defending the decision to detain a 9-year-old girl for more than 30 hours as they worked to verify her identification.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials are defending the decision to detain a 9-year-old girl for more than 30 hours as they worked to verify her identification.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection said a 9-year-old girl who was detained for 36 hours gave “inconsistent info” to officers. NBC 7’s Artie Ojeda has more.

A mother and her 9-year-old daughter were separated for 36 hours after the child fell into U.S. Customs and Border Protection custody because agents at the border didn’t believe she was who she claimed to be.

NBC 7’s Danica McAdam spoke with the girl’s mother after their emotional reunion in San Ysidro.

A man was found seriously injured behind the Gran Plaza Outlet Mall Sunday night after he fell off the border wall.

One BP agent heard someone yelling for help around midnight and found the man drowning in the canal.

Three teenagers have been arrested after allegedly trying to smuggle $143,000 worth of Fentanyl, a powerful opioid, over the U.S.-Mexico border.

The total estimated street value of the drugs seized is around $427,000.