Senate panel advances Gallego's Shadow Wolves Act, enhancing Arizona border security and career paths for Native American ...

A bill to strengthen border security and expand opportunities for agents involved in the Shadow Wolves Program is advancing ...

WASHINGTON — Since 1972, the Shadow Wolves, a specially trained unit of American Indian federal agents who patrol 76 miles of the Arizona border in the Tohono O'odham nation, have ...

The "Shadow Wolves" are members of the Tohono O’odham Nation, which is in Southwestern Arizona and shares 76 miles of border with Mexico.

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., is one of the main sponsors. Officers of the elite unit, known as Shadow Wolves, have done drug interdiction in the Tohono O’odham Nation since 1974.

Shadow Wolves, and the attempts to strengthen their authority, do not represent a “happy middle point” between tribes and federal agencies, Jose said. “It is a responsibility of the federal ...

Shadow Wolves Enhancement Act In 1974, Congress issued a mandate to establish a Native American task force to stop rampant human and drug smuggling across the Sonoran desert that runs through the ...

Reclassifying Shadow Wolves from officers to agents provides career path mobility and allows HSI to share resources with other tribal areas. The Shadow Wolves are a Native American tactical patrol ...

The Shadow Wolves are an elite unit within U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement that operates on the Tohono O’odham Nation, which shares 62-miles of the Mexican border.

Given the program’s current aging workforce, with most Shadow Wolves eligible for retirement and no new hires since 2007, the report underscores the importance of developing a succession plan. This ...

Thirty minutes later, Shadow Wolves Al Estrada and Robert Antone, both O'odhams, found Miles' dropped flashlight, next to his body, still beaming out. One theory holds that Miles jumped some ...