Aaron Heitke, a 22-year veteran of the Border Patrol, has been promoted to chief patrol agent of the San Diego Sector. Heitke most recently served as the sector’s deputy chief patrol agent. In 2015, ...

She replaced Aaron Heitke, who became the sector’s leader in early 2020 when his predecessor, Rodney Scott, was promoted to head the full Border Patrol. Heitke retired on June 24. McGurk-Daniel most ...

Border Patrol agents manning the southern border have released just two migrants into the US since President Trump’s Border Patrol Chief Mike Banks took the reins, the new head honcho revealed ...

“We are in the field and are enforcing laws, and there are consequences now,” the same agent said. Border Patrol Chief Mike Banks detailed to the Washington Examiner in an exclusive interview ...

“The U.S. Attorney’s office has been a valuable partner in our efforts to secure the border,” Chief patrol agent Sean McGoffin of the Tucson sector said in the release. “Taking away the ...

Assistant Chief Border Patrol Agent David Kim explains operations in Skull Valley, a remote area along the US – Mexico border in Imperial County, Feb. 20, 2025. That same month, Bovino sent more ...

"It was an uphill battle," Tim Sullivan, the chief patrol agent for the U.S. Border Patrol Special Operations Group, said. "There was very limited support coming from Venezuela. So, the agents did ...

PHOENIX — A former Border Patrol agent was recently sentenced to 27 years in prison for abducting and sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl three years ago, authorities said. Aaron Thomas ...

The vice president of the National Border Patrol Council, Art Del Cueto, says that has allowed agents to focus on patrolling the border instead of processing migrants who have illegally crossed ...