Greg Bovino

(Newser) - A Chicago jury has cleared a Mexican immigrant accused of trying to put a price on the head of a top Border Patrol official. Juan Espinoza Martinez, a longtime Chicago resident and union carpenter, had faced a federal murder-for-hire charge over Snapchat messages that included a photo of senior tactical...

(Newser) - The Department of Homeland Security said Tuesday that it launched what it described as the largest immigration enforcement operation ever carried out by the agency—with 2,000 federal agents and officers expected in the Minneapolis area for a crackdown tied in part to allegations of fraud involving Somali residents,...

(Newser) - Around 250 federal border agents are set to descend on New Orleans in the coming weeks for a two-month immigration crackdown dubbed "Swamp Sweep" that aims to arrest roughly 5,000 people across southeast Louisiana and into Mississippi, according to documents obtained by the AP and three people familiar...