U.S. Border Patrol conducts interior immigration enforcement operations that can include making arrests in U.S. cities.
November 15, 2025
high
operational
Border Patrol has authority and operational roles beyond border facilities, including interior enforcement activities.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has reported that liquid-form methamphetamine shipments have become increasingly common along the U.S.-Mexico border.
October 29, 2025
high
temporal
Trend in smuggling methods reported by CBP and referenced in news coverage.
By 2025, Republicans had been making electoral inroads with Hispanic voters along the U.S.-Mexico border.
October 15, 2025
medium
temporal
Political trend in voter alignment along the border
U.S. Border Patrol agents recorded nearly 238,000 apprehensions of migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border illegally in fiscal year 2025 (Oct. 1, 2024–Sept. 30, 2025).
September 30, 2025
high
temporal
Preliminary Department of Homeland Security Border Patrol apprehension totals for fiscal year 2025.
Illegal border crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border fell to a 55-year low in fiscal year 2025.
September 30, 2025
high
temporal
Fiscal-year comparison of reported illegal border crossings.
U.S. Border Patrol recorded 2.2 million apprehensions at the U.S.-Mexico border in fiscal year 2022 (Oct. 1, 2021–Sept. 30, 2022).
September 30, 2022
high
temporal
Border Patrol apprehension totals for fiscal year 2022, a record high.
The longest U.S. federal government shutdown lasted 34 days and began in December 2018; that shutdown involved a demand for funds to pay for a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.
December 01, 2018
high
temporal
Historical record of the longest federal shutdown and its central funding dispute.