OHCHS, OHTS students learn about border etiquette, security

Border Patrol

Published
April 5, 2023

OHCHS, OHTS students learn about border etiquette, security

For federal border patrol agents, the outdoors is their office.
Published
March 7, 2023

Agents added to U.S. northern border as illegal crossings increase

The team, which started on Monday, will help to deter and disrupt human smuggling activities in the sector that includes Maine.
Published
April 19, 2022

Mexican man in federal court after arrest near East Dixfield

The defendant was charged with illegally reentering the country after he'd been deported.
Published
October 28, 2021

Border Patrol has a ‘shadow police unit’ that protects agents when they kill, groups say

These "shadow police units" have been operating since at least 1987 and without any actual authority under federal law, according to a letter sent to Congress calling for an investigation.
Published
April 3, 2021

U.S. Border Patrol agents being reassigned from Maine to Mexican border

Agents working on the Maine-Canada border are being sent to states in the Southwest to address the migrant influx there.
Published
December 2, 2020

Trump’s unfinished border wall faces uncertain future after Biden pledge to freeze construction

Trump's project has added just a few miles of new fencing where none previously existed. The effort largely has consisted of replacing small, older vehicle barriers with towering steel bars.
Published
November 21, 2020

Rangeley Border Patrol arrests violent sex offender, reunites missing woman with family

Responding to a tip by an off-duty warden, Border Patrol agents tracked two subjects and found that one was a missing person and the other a fugitive from Virginia.
Published
October 21, 2020

Study finds no increase in crime in ‘sanctuary’ cities, despite Trump claims

The data show that the policies were effective at limiting deportations of nonviolent offenders but did not result in higher crime rates in those cities.
Published
September 16, 2020

Democrats to investigate whistleblower claims that detainees were given forced hysterectomies

A nurse alleges that the Irwin County Detention Center performed questionable hysterectomies, refused to test detainees for COVID-19 and shredded medical records.
Published
June 12, 2020

Border officials spent humanitarian funds on dirt bikes, dogs and enforcement, report finds

The report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office did not indicate how much money was misused, but it said the expenditures were a violation of the law.