Border Patrol Arrests Violated Policy, Agency Concedes
Border Patrol agents who arrested more than 400 undocumented immigrants during sweeps in Riverside and San Bernardino counties earlier this month acted against a Department of Homeland Security policy requiring agents to clear such operations with their Washington headquarters, officials said Friday. The undersecretary of Homeland Security, Asa Hutchinson, accepted the request of a group of California legislators Friday to review the operation and, during a meeting with them, acknowledged that the agents had broken department policy. [more]