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Andy Villagomez clears what remains of a large tree that overshadowed his front yard before falling to Typhoon Mawar, Thursday, May 25, 2023, in Mongmong-Toto-Maite, Guam. (AP Photo/Grace Garces Bordallo)
Andy Villagomez clears what remains of a large tree that overshadowed his front yard before falling to Typhoon Mawar, Thursday, May 25, 2023, in Mongmong-Toto-Maite, Guam. (AP Photo/Grace Garces Bordallo)
Federal Newscast

Air Force team heads to Guam to offer post-typhoon assistance

In today's Federal Newscast: Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz will end his 30-year career in 30 days. An Air Force disaster recovery response team is on its way to Guam. And the VA is pulling the mask off of certain mandates.

Unions

Whatever happened to those horseback mounted Border Patrol agents?

Federal Newscast

GSA has ambitious goal for using renewable electricity in all federal buildings

Workforce

CBP creates new position to handle administrative load at Mexico border

Budget

Another DHS subcomponent faces partial funding shortfall, union warns

Federal Drive

4 of 7 border patrol agents recommended for firing after Facebook posts still on the job

Federal Drive

Scale of crimes in Marines smuggling case at border is 'unusual'

FILE - This Nov. 13, 2013 file photo shows the main gate of Camp Pendleton Marine Base at Camp Pendleton, Calif. A human smuggling investigation by the military led to the arrest of 16 Marines Thursday, July 25, 2019 while carrying out a battalion formation at California's Camp Pendleton, a base about an hour's drive from the U.S.-Mexico border. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi, File)
Federal Newscast

16 Marines charged with smuggling migrants into the US

FILE - In this Dec. 9, 2018 file photo, a woman and children are ushered into cars by U.S. Border Patrol agents after crossing illegally over the border wall into San Diego, Calif., as seen from Tijuana, Mexico. A federal judge in California on Friday, May 17, 2019, will consider a challenge to President Donald Trump's plan to tap billions of dollars from the Defense and Treasury departments to build his prized border wall with Mexico. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)
Federal Newscast

CBP creates new position to handle border apprehensions

Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue speaks with reporters after testifying on the FY2019 USDA budget request April 11, 2018, on Capitol Hill.
Federal Newscast

USDA narrows down choices for relocation of two bureaus

Immigrant mother
Federal Newscast

CBP hopes new bonuses will convince Border Patrol agents to stick around

Janette Jimenez
Federal Drive

Despite hiring improvements, CBP still understaffed

CBP
Hiring/Retention

CBP sees some glimmers of progress but still can't meet recruitment, staffing goals

FILE - In this June 28, 2018, file photo, a Guatemalan father and son, who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border illegally, are apprehended by a U.S. Border Patrol agent in San Diego. Children torn from their parents, refugees turned away, tear gas fired on asylum-seekers, and a swath of the globe derided by the president in crude language. In a breathless 2018, they were just a handful of headlines on immigration, one of the year’s most dominant issues. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
Federal Drive

Asking border patrol agents could help policy talks go smoother

Donald Trump
Defense

Trump pledges asylum crackdown, tent cities; is it legal?

Tom Homan, Ronald Vitiello
Federal Newscast

Embattled ICE getting permanent leader

US Customs and Border Protection
Hiring/Retention

CBP, ICE call on industry to help solve border hiring challenges

Carla-Provost
The Business of Government Hour

Insight by Business of Government Hour Securing America's borders: A conversation with Carla Provost

In this June 22, 2016 photo, a Border Patrol agent walks along a border structure in San Diego. Only about one of every three applicants passes CBP's polygraph, which is barely half the pass rate among law enforcement agencies that provided data to The Associated Press under open-records law requests. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
Tom Temin Commentary

No-polygraph hiring requires risk management approach

mental health, TSA, CBP, 2025 budget request
ap/Joshua Replogle
Workforce

Pay, management issues may weigh on Trump's Border Patrol, ICE hiring surge

Donald Trump
All News

Trump administration’s second week proves as active as the first

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Federal Drive

Rebecca Gambler: Border Patrol screening system needs work

Edward Olmos
Federal Drive

Brandon Judd: Elections matter for CBP union