Border Patrol officials say truck traffic is too voluminous to check every vehicle at the dozens of immigration checkpoints on roadways near the border.
Tag: Border Patrol (US)
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How Asylum Seekers Cross the Border
The southern border is seeing a historic spike in migrant crossings. Many are coming in hope of asking for asylum, a right that has been unavailable because of pandemic-related restrictions on immigration. A New York Times photographer documented three ways that people cross the border into the United States.
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How the Police Response in Uvalde Broke Down: No Radio, Old Tactics
The commander at the scene arrived without a police radio, and decided in the first minutes on an approach that would delay a confrontation.
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Police Response to Uvalde Shooting Infuriated Parents Clinging to Hope
Law enforcement killed the gunman more than an hour after the first officers arrived at an elementary school in Texas. Nineteen students and two teachers died in the attack.