By Daniel Trotta and Jasper Ward Jan 27 (Reuters) - A U.S. Border Patrol agent shot and wounded a human-trafficking suspect who fired on a federal government helicopter in Arizona on Tuesday and later engaged in a shootout with the agent,

Authorities in Arizona say one person was shot and in critical condition Tuesday in a shooting involving the Border Patrol near the U.S.- Mexico border.

Here are answers to key legal questions on what immigration agents and protesters are allowed to do, and where there are gray areas in the law.

Officials have struggled to provide oversight of the agency, even as local communities and civil rights groups have documented episodes of violence.

Jan 26 (Reuters) - Gregory Bovino has been removed from his role as the "commander at large" for the U.S. Border Patrol and will return to his former job in California, where he is expected to retire soon,

Border Patrol agents from the Sandusky Bay Station arrested three people near Maumee on Feb. 2, reportedly charging one with felony re-entry.

A shooting involving a US Border Patrol agent in Arivaca, Arizona, is under investigation, the Pima County Sheriff’s Department said.

A woman who was shot and wounded by a Border Patrol agent during an immigration stop in Portland, Oregon, has been sentenced for illegally entering the U.S. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports that Yorlenys Zambrano-Contreras pleaded guilty to the charge

The incident comes after angry protests erupted in Minneapolis after the fatal shooting by immigration agents of 37-year-old intensive care nurse Alex Pretti on Saturday. View on euronews

After two individuals were arrested by border patrol during a highly controversial arrest with no judicial warrant, their families, lawyers, and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) are sharing conflicting accounts of the arrests.