BORTAC stands for Border Patrol Tactical Unit, and BORSTAR stands for Border Patrol Search, Trauma, and Rescue. Both of these elite units are highly trained and are capable of a multitude of things.

Border Patrol Chief Jason Owens is retiring in April, and will be replaced by Texas Border Czar Mike Banks, after a historic crisis at the southern border.

ICE revealed the number of illegal migrants that have been deported in the early days of Trump's immigration crackdown the same day two California hikers were set upon by a cartel gang.

SAN DIEGO (Border Report) — A group of American hikers was “brutally attacked and strafed with gunfire” on Wednesday in the Jacumba Wilderness area, U.S. Border Patrol officials said.

The incident happened about 70 miles east of San Diego. Agents with the Border Patrol Tactical Unit, or BORTAC, responded and lent medical aid to the injured hiker. Pentagon to send up to 1,500 ...

"BORTAC and BORSTAR agents maintained a secure perimeter and tracked the assailants back to the border where they returned to Mexico." It comes after the Pentagon said on Wednesday that it had ...

Throughout his career in the Border Patrol – from his first assignment at Calexico Station to his command of the elite BORTAC unit in El Paso, from his leadership of the USBP Academy to the ...

A suspected cartel terrorist attacked and shot an American hiker multiple times near the San Diego-Mexico border, according to the US Customs and Border Protection. Border patrol said a group of ...