Sen. Ruben Gallego was expected Thursday to reintroduce legislation to expand the Shadow Wolves, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement tactical patrol group that patrols the Tohono O'odham Nation.

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 been celebrated for ...

On Wednesday, the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee unanimously advanced the Shadow Wolves Improvement Act, a bipartisan bill introduced by U.S. Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ).

Since its inception in 1974, the Shadow Wolves, a Native American tracking unit under U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), have played a vital role in combatting smuggling activities from ...

David (Dave) Scout, a retired Homeland Security Investigations Supervisory Tactical Officer who led the Shadow Wolves unit along the U.S.-Mexico border, died on Jan. 23, 2026. He was 52. Scout was ...