Inside the Border Patrol

Enforcing Trump’s Crackdown

The Border Patrol is the nation’s largest law enforcement agency, with some 20,000 members. But even as its power grows, it has largely evaded close scrutiny.

Impact of Our Reporting

Six Children Died in Border Patrol Care. Democrats in Congress Want to Know Why.

by Robert Moore, special to ProPublica

January 13, 2020, 2:30 pm EST

Revelations About a Secret Facebook Group Spawn Investigation of 70 Current and Former Border Patrol Employees

by Ginger Thompson

July 15, 2019, 5:15 pm EDT

26 stories published since 2019

House Committee to Subpoena Records on Discipline Related to Secret Border Patrol Facebook Group

by A.C. Thompson

October 30, 2020, 6:12 pm EDT
After a Year of Investigation, the Border Patrol Has Little to Say About Agents’ Misogynistic and Racist Facebook Group

by A.C. Thompson

August 5, 2020, 5:00 am EDT
The FBI Is Investigating Massive Embezzlement of Border Patrol Union Funds

by A.C. Thompson and Jeff Ernsthausen

February 24, 2020, 3:15 pm EST
A Group of Agents Rose Through the Ranks to Lead the Border Patrol. They’re Leaving It in Crisis.

by Melissa del Bosque

February 10, 2020, 5:00 am EST
Border Patrol Officials Dodged Congress’ Questions About Migrant Children’s Deaths

by Robert Moore, special to ProPublica

January 14, 2020, 5:38 pm EST
Balancing the Public Interest and a Family’s Grief

by Stephen Engelberg

December 11, 2019, 3:13 pm EST
Dentro de la celda donde murió el adolescente guatemalteco bajo custodia de la Patrulla Fronteriza

por Robert Moore y Susan Schmidt, en reporte especial para ProPublica, y Maryam Jameel, ProPublica

December 11, 2019, 2:26 pm EST
Carlos’ Family Objects to Publication of Video Detailing His Death

by ProPublica

December 6, 2019, 8:52 pm EST
Inside the Cell Where a Sick 16-Year-Old Boy Died in Border Patrol Care

by Robert Moore and Susan Schmidt, special to ProPublica, and Maryam Jameel, ProPublica

December 5, 2019, 1:30 pm EST
New Video Shows Border Patrol Account of Child’s Death Was Not True

by Lucas Waldron and Katie Campbell

December 5, 2019, 12:00 am EST
Border Agents Can Now Get Classified Intelligence Information. Experts Call That Dangerous.

by Melissa del Bosque

November 1, 2019, 5:00 am EDT
El caso que hizo que una exabogada de ICE se diera cuenta de que el gobierno se estaba basando en “pruebas” falsas contra los migrantes

por Melissa del Bosque

August 21, 2019, 12:05 pm EDT
“Dirtbag,” “Savages,” “Subhuman”: A Border Agent’s Hateful Career and the Crime That Finally Ended It

by A.C. Thompson

August 16, 2019, 5:00 am EDT
The Case That Made an Ex-ICE Attorney Realize the Government Was Relying on False “Evidence” Against Migrants

by Melissa del Bosque

August 13, 2019, 5:00 am EDT
Un agente de la Patrulla Fronteriza revela la realidad de ser guardia de niños migrantes

por Ginger Thompson

July 18, 2019, 11:44 am EDT
A Border Patrol Agent Reveals What It’s Really Like to Guard Migrant Children

by Ginger Thompson

July 16, 2019, 8:00 am EDT
Border Patrol Official Circulates Article That Deems Our Reporting on Secret Facebook Group a Threat

by Ginger Thompson

July 12, 2019, 6:06 pm EDT
Border Patrol Agents Are Passing Around A Commemorative Coin Mocking Care for Migrant Kids

by Dara Lind

July 12, 2019, 9:45 am EDT
Immigration Officials Use Secretive Gang Databases to Deny Migrant Asylum Claims

by Melissa del Bosque

July 8, 2019, 2:06 pm EDT
En un grupo secreto en Facebook, agentes de la Patrulla Fronteriza se burlan de inmigrantes muertos y publican memes sexistas

por A.C. Thompson

July 2, 2019, 1:30 pm EDT
Investigation of Secret Border Patrol Group Launched as New Degrading Facebook Posts Surface

by A.C. Thompson and Dara Lind

July 1, 2019, 8:10 pm EDT
Inside the Secret Border Patrol Facebook Group Where Agents Joke About Migrant Deaths and Post Sexist Memes

by A.C. Thompson

July 1, 2019, 10:55 am EDT
Years Ago, the Border Patrol’s Discipline System Was Denounced as “Broken.” It’s Still Not Fixed.

by A.C. Thompson

June 20, 2019, 5:28 pm EDT
Over 200 Allegations of Abuse of Migrant Children; 1 Case of Homeland Security Disciplining Someone

by A.C. Thompson

May 31, 2019, 1:56 pm EDT