Here are answers to key legal questions on what immigration agents and protesters are allowed to do, and where there are gray areas in the law.

Years before he led the Trump Administration’s immigration-enforcement effort in Minneapolis, Bovino saw the 1982 Jack Nicholson film “The Border.”

Border Patrol agents do not normally operate this way. Ordering them into these roles invites tragedy, exposes them to liability, and betrays the public trust. This misuse of the U.S. Border Patrol must stop now before more innocent people lose their lives.

Todd Lyons, the acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and Rodney Scott, who heads U.S. Customs and Border Protection, told the House Homeland Security Committee this morning that the training curriculum for these agencies remains the same despite a surge in hiring.

The law requires Border Patrol officials to inform Congress of a death in their custody within 72 hours

The Border Patrol agents involved in the fatal shooting of nurse Alex Pretti have been placed on administrative leave, according to the Department of Homeland Security.

A man was hospitalized after allegedly exchanging gunfire with Border Patrol agents in Arizona on Tuesday, according to the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI.

"Patient care was transferred to a local medical helicopter for rapid transport to a regional trauma center," the fire department said

The text messages a Border Patrol agent sent to colleagues and family after he shot a Chicago woman five times can be released to the public, a federal judge ruled.