A History Of The Border Patrol Commentator Cokie Roberts talks with Steve Inskeep and answers listener questions about the history of the U.S. Border Patrol.

In a seemingly stark policy reversal, President Biden announced his administration will build 20 miles of new fences along the U.S.-Mexico border. DHS Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas says Biden ...

Border enforcement has been deadly by design. The Biden administration’s expanded use of Title 42 to expel asylum seekers will take a toll ...

Commentator Cokie Roberts talks with Steve Inskeep and answers listener questions about the history of the U.S. Border Patrol.

U.S. Border Control didn’t begin building physical barriers on the southern border until 1990, the year after Reagan left office, in which a 14-mile long “primary fence” was erected in San ...

He’s essentially running as a single-issue candidate on “border security.” But look at the data from his time in the White House and you’ll see he failed at that, too.

Sure, these borders are obviously the product of European colonialism, and, yes, we don’t necessarily see ourselves as a colonial power, but if you look at the whole history of U.S. involvement ...

The year 2000 marked one of the largest waves of illegal immigration over our southern border. By 2006, a bipartisan agreement was reached to build a wall on that border. About 700 miles were ...

Border encounters hit a record high. The Trump administration promised "the largest deportation effort" in U.S. history if elected again. During his presidency, about 935,000 non-residents were ...