WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Gil Kerlikowske, the head of U.S. Customs and Border Patrol, vowed at his Senate confirmation hearing in January 2014 to strengthen the integrity of the nation’s largest law ...

EAGLE PASS, Texas – Border Patrol is failing to hire agents fast enough to replace thousands of soon-to-be retirees, and current and former employees say overly aggressive and unaccountable polygraph ...

U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar is pushing to give U.S. Customs and Border Protection more discretion in its polygraph screening process for Border Patrol hires. The amendment, added to a major Homeland ...

EXCLUSIVE: Arizona Democratic Sen. Ruben Gallego is introducing legislation on Wednesday that would end the polygraph test requirement for some applicants to U.S. Customs and Border Protection. The ...

Customs and Border Protection spent millions of taxpayer dollars in recent years on polygraph exams for job applicants who admitted to disqualifying criminal acts or drug use on their applications or ...

The DHS Inspector General found a key control over CBP’s polygraph review and approval process was not always operating as intended although the agency had controls over its polygraph examination ...