Border Patrol Archives - Times of San Diego

A law enforcement jacket with the words "POLICE ICE" on the back

Opinion: The irony of Latinos working for ICE reflects a complicated history

by Eladio Bobadilla • Zócalo Aug. 5, 2026, 10:00 a.m.Aug. 3, 2026, 12:24 p.m.

Latinos have not only been frequent targets of nativism and xenophobic violence but have also joined the Border Patrol and ICE in significant numbers.

UC San Diego is cutting ties with the Border Patrol after student outcry

by Phoebe Huss • CalMatters July 31, 2026, 7:52 a.m.July 31, 2026, 7:52 a.m.

A Border Patrol agent motions to migrants. Photo by Chris Stone

Man pleads guilty to impersonating border agent in order to divert immigration raids

by Associated Press April 29, 2026, 2:21 p.m.April 29, 2026, 2:22 p.m.

A blue SUV on a rural highway with road construction barrels and a hilly landscape.

Tech

Secret license plate readers are tracking drivers in San Diego and beyond. Who owns the cameras?

by Sofía Mejías-Pascoe • inewsource Feb. 14, 2026, 2:05 p.m.Feb. 14, 2026, 2:16 p.m.

Two people in caps hold up signs, one reading "Flock lied" and the other "Restore trust." They are seated in a crowded gallery with a TV hanging on a wall in front of the room.

Crime

Privacy activists call on California to remove covert license plate readers

by Associated Press Feb. 11, 2026, 7:49 a.m.Feb. 11, 2026, 7:49 a.m.

Sergeant Gregory Bovino during an interview at El Centro Border Patrol headquarters on Feb. 25, 2025. (Kevin Clancy, CalMatters and Evident Media)

Crime

Minneapolis made the Border Patrol’s Bovino infamous. Now he’s back in Imperial County

by Sofía Mejías-Pascoe • inewsource Feb. 8, 2026, 9:30 a.m.May 21, 2026, 11:33 a.m.

Sergeant Gregory Bovino during an interview at El Centro Border Patrol headquarters on Feb. 25, 2025. (Kevin Clancy, CalMatters and Evident Media)

Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino returning to El Centro amid federal shake-up

by Staff and Wire Reports Jan. 26, 2026, 6:30 p.m.Jan. 26, 2026, 7:03 p.m.

Dozens of people crowd a public square in the dark. They are surrounded by trees and the windows of tall buildings.

Immigration arrests gripped San Diego this year. Here’s what to expect in 2026

by Lillian Perlmutter • Times of San Diego Dec. 30, 2025, 6:00 a.m.Dec. 31, 2025, 5:33 a.m.

Heroin packages on car

Crime

Border Patrol seizes $300,000 in heroin smuggled in a car in Interstate 5

by Chris Jennewein • Times of San Diego Dec. 6, 2025, 5:45 p.m.Dec. 6, 2025, 6:34 p.m.

A Border Patrol agent motions to migrants. Photo by Chris Stone

Border Patrol monitoring American drivers for ‘suspicious travel patterns’

by Associated Press Nov. 20, 2025, 10:51 a.m.Nov. 20, 2025, 10:51 a.m.

Border Patrol SUV at the U.S.-Mexico border.

San Diego Border Patrol introduces new Chief Patrol Agent

by City News Service Nov. 17, 2025, 11:08 a.m.Nov. 18, 2025, 1:52 p.m.

A small blue boat lies on the sand with the sea behind it. The panga boat capsized, killing four.

Crime

Panga boat capsizes, leaving 4 dead, 5 injured in Imperial Beach

by City News Service Nov. 15, 2025, 11:55 a.m.Nov. 15, 2025, 3:38 p.m.

Homeland Security tightening rules on ‘anti-ICE activities’

by Kate Morrissey • Capital & Main Nov. 11, 2025, 12:17 p.m.Nov. 11, 2025, 1:00 p.m.

A Gobernación van transporting deportees from the airport arrives at a temporary reception center set up by the Mexican government in a sports stadium parking lot. (Photo courtesy Kate Morrissey/Capital & Main)

U.S. deports asylum-seekers to southern Mexico without their phones

by Kate Morrissey • Capital & Main Nov. 11, 2025, 8:00 a.m.Nov. 11, 2025, 12:48 p.m.