ICE and Border Patrol. What makes the immigration agencies different?

As ICE and Border Patrol agents increasingly work alongside one another nationwide, it's often become difficult to tell them apart.
The Christian Science Monitor

Who does what? Decoding ICE, Border Patrol, and other immigration enforcement.

Immigration enforcement involves a slew of federal agencies. Amid some calls to “abolish ICE,” here’s more information about ...

Who is Tom Homan? What to know as 'border czar' heads to Minnesota

Minneapolis has erupted with protests after federal agents shot and killed a second U.S. citizen there, and Trump's "border ...
Houston Public Media

Border Patrol is monitoring U.S. drivers and detaining those with ‘suspicious’ travel patterns

Alek Schott watches police body camera video of his vehicle search, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025, while sitting at his home in Houston. The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers ...
Washington Examiner

Why ICE and Border Patrol are fighting over which should arrest illegal immigrants

Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol are fighting over which is better-suited to carry out President Donald Trump’s deportation operation. This week, the fight devolved into a ...
CNN

Border Patrol trains record number of recruits, with new lessons on car chases and shooting

In the desert of New Mexico, under wide open skies, the US Border Patrol is bulking up. A record number of recruits, many Latino, Spanish-speaking, and from border towns they know well, are ...
PBS

Border Patrol monitoring drivers and detaining those with ‘suspicious’ travel patterns

The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious, The Associated Press has ...