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Tuesday, January 17, 2012  The U.S. Border Patrol is moving to halt a revolving-door policy of sending migrants back to Mexico without any punishment.

Wednesday, March 23, 2011  Border Patrol agents in San Diego arrest illegal immigrants wearing US Marine uniforms

Friday, October 15, 2010  The American tourist who reportedly was shot and killed by Mexican pirates on a border lake may have been a victim of mistaken identity

Friday, September 03, 2010  Arizona governor says she was wrong about her beheadings claim disputed by rival during debate

Thursday, August 19, 2010  Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger says the first of 224 National Guard troops have completed their training and are expected to be deployed to California's border with Mexico on Sept. 1.

Tuesday, July 06, 2010  Justice Department official says federal government suing to block new Arizona immigration law

Tuesday, June 29, 2010  APNewsBreak: Courts requesting $40 million to help carry out Obama's border enforcement

Friday, June 11, 2010  Mexico condemned the shooting of a 15-year-old boy by a U.S. Border Patrol agent Thursday through diplomatic correspondence and an angry phone call to the Homeland Security secretary.

Thursday, June 10, 2010  Pointing their rifles, Mexican security forces chased away U.S. authorities investigating the shooting of a 15-year-old Mexican by a U.S. Border Patrol agent on the banks of the Rio Grande, the FBI and witnesses told AP.

Wednesday, June 09, 2010  A U.S. Border Patrol agent fatally shot a 15-year-old Mexican boy after a group trying to illegally enter Texas threw rocks at officers near downtown El Paso, U.S. authorities said Tuesday.

Wednesday, May 26, 2010  President Barack Obama's plan to send as many as 1,200 National Guard troops to the US-Mexico border appears to be a scaled-down version of the border security approach championed by his predecessor.

Tuesday, October 21, 2008  Police in Ciudad Juarez received an ice chest packed with four human heads.