Border Patrol Announces New Risk-Based Pursuit Policy Similar to Agencies Across U.S.

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Border Patrol announced changes to its policy for pursuing smugglers and other crime suspects on Wednesday, following an extensive review and criticism by immigrant advocates who pointed to cases in which passengers died when drivers fled law enforcement.

provides a framework for weighing the risks of a pursuit against the law enforcement benefit or need. The agency said it reviewed more than two dozen vehicle pursuit policies from various enforcement agencies across the U.S. to come up with the new policy.Sign up for NBC San Diego newsletters.

The driver lost control and crashed into a flatbed truck, which led to three people being detained, according to Border Patrol Agents. NBC 7's Dana Griffin is at the scene with more. "This revised CBP vehicle pursuit policy is in many ways the result of tireless advocacy by people who have lost loved ones or been injured by reckless Border Patrol vehicle pursuits,” she said.

Federal authorities confirmed Wednesday that an undocumented noncitizen from Mexico was facing charges in connection with Sunday's deadly rollover and that more arrests were pending. from authorities and crashing their vehicle, killing two and injuring 10 others just miles from the U.S.-Mexico border. The brothers themselves had been smuggled into the U.S. and agreed to bring in more migrants to pay their debt, according to court documents.

 

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