BORTAC stands for Border Patrol Tactical Unit, and BORSTAR stands for Border Patrol Search, Trauma, and Rescue. Both of these elite units are highly trained and are capable of a multitude of things.

Federal law enforcement arrested the alleged leaders of one of the largest migrant smuggling operations in the U.S., notching ...

Ruben Gallego was expected Thursday to reintroduce legislation to expand the Shadow Wolves, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement tactical ... of border with Mexico. The Shadow Wolves patrol ...

(NewsNation) — The U.S. Border Patrol is known for securing the nation’s border, but the agency includes an elite tactical unit that is less visible. The Border Patrol Tactical Unit, or BORTAC, is ...

Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger A day after last week’s fatal shooting of a U.S. Border Patrol agent in northern ... spotted in northern Vermont wearing tactical gear, including while walking ...

There’s a record number of ex-SEALs on Capitol Hill. Is politics at odds with the special forces’ ethos of working in the ...

Top command was unaware regional division was not functioning for nearly 10 hours during onslaught; army failed to build a ...

The U.S. Border Patrol is known for securing the nation’s border, but the agency includes an elite tactical unit that is less visible. The Border Patrol Tactical Unit, or BORTAC, is comprised of ...

Last week, lawmakers reintroduced a bill to improve recruitment and retention of a Native American tactical patrol unit ... and investigative unit with decades of experience in protecting the Tohono O ...