The new policies include ending "catch and release," prosecuting illegal crossings, and deploying troops to the border. The Border Patrol has shifted its focus to combating drug smuggling and ...

The policies include an end to the "catch and release" of asylum seekers, criminal prosecutions of illegal border crossers and the deployment of thousands of active duty U.S. military troops across ...

A former U.S. Army Black Hawk pilot, Smart has flown helicopters for the Yuma branch of U.S. Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations for 16 years.