SEOUL, South Korea — A North Korean soldier defected to South Korea across the rivals’ heavily fortified border on Sunday, South Korea’s military said.

Its agents are immigration officers, like officials at Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, which is also part of the Department of Homeland Security. While ICE has traditionally operated in the country, Border Patrol’s focus is the 6,000 miles of international border and a zone of about 100 miles inland.

Gregory Bovino led aggressive immigration operations in California, leading to lawsuits questioning his agents’ tactics. The same tactics are being used in his “Operation Midway Blitz” mission in Chicago.

Trump administration Border czar Tom Homan denied accepting $50,000 and called reports to the contrary "hit pieces" while participating in a town hall event.

Chicago — A high-speed chase involving Border Patrol agents led to the pursued person's arrest Tuesday afternoon in a residential street on Chicago’s South Side, authorities said, and footage from the scene shows protesters gathering before agents deployed a tear gas to disperse them.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced a $4.5 billion dollar investment during the ongoing government shutdown.

Two illegal migrants were taken into custody on Tuesday after crashing their vehicle into a Border Patrol vehicle in Chicago during an immigration enforcement operation.

Palestinians and aid workers are eagerly awaiting the reopening of the Rafah border crossing, which is the Gaza Strip’s lifeline for food and other aid and its only gateway to the outside world that wasn’t controlled by Israel before the war.

Chicago police said they were trying to de-escalate the situation when people "began throwing objects at the federal agents."