Borderland Talk Border Patrol’s long history of illegally listening to your cell phones without warrants. Under today’s authoritarian take-over of the US government with the immigration agencies being the tip of the spear of this violent insurrection, I recommend you all assume they can and are listening to your cell phones. That goes for political leaders as well; assume they are listening.
Borderland Talk Using their government vehicles to ram cars is standard operating procedure in the US Border Patrol. What Americans are learning is that what happens on the border does not stay on the border, and that includes Border Patrol deadly chases, the coverups that ensue and the lack of accountability that follows.
Borderland Talk The weapons DHS is asking for that will be used against Americans. DHS is looking for a company to fulfill a large request for “non-lethal” weapons.
Borderland Talk Governors must charge ICE agents with state crimes. This assault and violation of use of force occurred in Chicago, Illinois on Kedzie Street. Governor Pritzger and Mayor Brandon Johnson must charge this agent if they intend to keep their promises of protecting their constituents. Otherwise, the people must start protecting themselves.
Borderland Talk Border Patrol: Lying is policy. What we see here is a typical Border Patrol coverup where no one can recall their actions, they blame everyone and everything else, refuse to submit documents proving their innocence and then work to protect their own agents.
Borderland Talk The Border Patrol and CBP unions are illegal. Therein lies the rub: the Border Patrol and its agents are actively "engaged in intelligence, investigative, or security work which directly affects national security.” This means that they cannot legally have a bargaining unit any longer under national security laws.
Borderland Talk Warnings about the Border Patrol not heeded from 4 years ago. This is the type of law enforcement border residents and migrants have endured for generations. This is what current Chief Scott is bringing to a town near you. The Border Patrol is a brutal, unregulated, unaccountable, militant force.
Border Patrol Rape Culture What we can learn from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and their rape culture. RCMP has a rape culture eerily similar to our Border Patrol. These are the lessons learned from their fight for justice and equality.
Borderland Talk Why immigration agents bust out car windows. The act of busting car windows is a time honored tradition within the immigration enforcement agencies of ICE, Border Patrol and CBP.
Borderland Talk In the last 4 years, a CBP agent has been arrested every 1.5 days. CBP and Border Patrol employee arrests brings them to an average of an arrest every 1.35 days for July 2025.
Border Patrol Critical Incident Teams GAO report on Border Patrol Critical Incident Team coverups is a joke. The fact that this entire report was written from the viewpoint, with the lies and propaganda used by the agency for over thirty-seven years to keep these coverup units a secret is all you need to know before you throw this report in the trash with the others.
Border Patrol Critical Incident Teams Border Patrol Critical Incident Team & the Jose Antonio Elena Rodriguez killing: Trained to obstruct justice. These carefully constructed narratives begin in Border Patrol/CBP Significant Incident Reports (SIR) and Use of Force Reports. Both are used to convey facts as well as intentional misinformation and often outright lies.
Border Patrol Critical Incident Teams How an American citizen died in Border Patrol custody and the case was never investigated. Steven Brian Keith died in US Border Patrol custody. His death was never investigated by an official law enforcement agency with the legal authority to do so.
Borderland Talk Changing the Border Narrative The goals of the border industrial complex are not based in securing the border, but rather continuing to seek and define more threats to create more contracts that make them more money.
Borderland Talk Chief Carla Provost’s legacy: lies, death and dishonor. You will be remembered as one of our nation’s most violent and corrupt Border Patrol Chiefs ever.
Borderland Talk DNA Checks for Law Enforcement With the advent of DNA testing and technology, one might expect that DNA collection of current and new police officers would be a natural progression in the hiring process.
Borderland Talk Dear fellow Border Patrol agents, You never really cared about the US Constitution when you swore your allegiance. You lied because Honor First was and is always a lie.
Border Patrol Critical Incident Teams Analysis of Border Patrol Shooting of US Citizen Noe Mejia. Border Patrol agents often break out suspected smugglers' windows with their batons to escalate the use of force and to frighten people.
Borderland Talk On why Latinos join ICE. If you are confused as to how Latino Americans can become ICE, CBP or Border Patrol, come on in and have a seat.
Borderland Talk Border Patrol Agent Suicides and why have they been so high since the late 1990s. If a chief of the Border Patrol or the union wants to save Border Patrol agents from suicide, they should stop ordering agents commit atrocities against migrants and calling it national security.
Borderland Talk When warnings are ignored and voices are silenced. So, today I am telling you we are building concentration camps. Today, I am telling you they are going after every Brown person legal or not.
Borderland Talk How immigration agents are trained to determine citizenship. It is as bad as you think.
Borderland Talk How 9/11 enabled a police state under our noses. After 9/11, we gave law enforcement our trust. They created an authoritarian police state corrupted by conmen and hired many criminals as agents. It is past time to clean house.
Borderland Talk Protecting our neighbors from ICE. Thoughts on ways to help protect your neighborhoods and neighbors.
