Jason Owens, the retiring chief, said he hopes future leaders remain impartial and keep politics out of the agency.

"We do a selection test to make sure these dogs have the critical drives to be able to do our job," said Border Patrol Agent Jaime Lopez. Lopez said the Academy has roughly 180 dogs in their ...

Narrator: The Border Patrol is a law-enforcement agency, but are these future agents getting the training they need for the humanitarian crisis at the border, where record numbers of migrants ...

“To address the unprecedented hiring and recruiting challenges for law enforcement agencies, we are offering a $10,000 recruitment incentive for all newly appointed Border Patrol Agents who ...

The last Border Patrol agent, Vega Jr., to have been killed in ... In 2016, it was determined that he had used his law enforcement training to put himself in harm's way to stop a criminal act ...

Border Patrol staffing peaked at 21,444 agents in 2011, agency records show ... has offered $20,000 bonuses for new hires who complete training and three years of service, plus $10,000 if they ...

The agent, as are all certified Border Patrol canine handlers, is a graduate of the USBP canine academy, a rigorous course in which prospective handlers are trained on how to ensure that they are ...