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The White House has approved a list of ICE leaders to be replaced by Border Patrol officials in coming days amid disappointment with arrest numbers.
The number of Border Patrol encounters in Arizona and the entire U.S.-Mexico border has been steadily rising since July 2025.
CBP data show that migrant apprehensions at the border rose sharply in recent months, increasing 83 percent from July to September.
The incident unfolded Saturday in Chicago’s Old Irving Park neighborhood, where residents say federal agents disrupted a children’s Halloween parade
US District Judge Sara Ellis referred to several recent incidents, including one over the weekend in which US Border Patrol official Gregory Bovino was recorded throwing what appeared to be tear gas canisters into a crowd in a Chicago neighborhood without any warning.
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US Customs and Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino will appear in court Tuesday to answer a judge’s concerns about federal agents’ aggressive tactics after he was recorded throwing what appears to be a tear gas canister into a crowd.
"I don’t like Trump, but we should have a secure border. It ain’t that hard to do. Biden didn't do it," the senator said.