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Eggs Are Being Seized By the Truckload at the Mexican Border
The surge in egg and poultry seizures along the U.S.-Mexico border includes an uptick at the San Ysidro Port of Entry, where border officials recently intercepted nearly 1,000 huevos in about 10 minutes.
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Illegal Border Crossings Surge to Highest of Biden's Term
Authorities say a surge in Cuban and Nicaraguan arrivals at the U.S. border with Mexico in December led to the highest number of illegal border crossings recorded during any month of Joe Biden’s presidency.
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Migrants Can Now Use App to Request Asylum at US-Mexico Border
The Biden administration has launched an online appointment system for migrants to be exempt from limits on seeking asylum, its latest major step to overhaul border enforcement.
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Biden to Get a Firsthand Look at US-Mexico Border Situation
President Joe Biden is heading to the U.S.-Mexico border later Sunday for a firsthand look at border security.
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Biden Announces Plans to Make First Visit to US-Mexico Border
President Joe Biden says he intends to visit the U.S.-Mexico border in connection with his meeting next week in Mexico City with the leaders of Canada and Mexico.
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Arizona to Take Down Shipping Container Wall From Mexico Border
Gov. Doug Ducey says Arizona will take down a makeshift wall made of shipping containers at the Mexico border, settling a lawsuit and political tussle with the federal government over trespassing on federal lands.
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Appeals Court Rejects GOP-Led Effort to Maintain COVID-19 Border Restrictions in Place
An appeals court is rejecting efforts to keep in place pandemic-related restrictions on immigrants seeking asylum.
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Mexican Police Clash With Migrant Camp at US-Mexico Border
Mexican police dismantled a migrants’ camp set up on the Mexican side of the border with the United States.
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US Will Begin Deporting Cubans by Plane in ‘Coming Weeks,' US Officials Say
The flights would be the first since the Trump administration. Cuba has now agreed to accept deportees.
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Border Chief Says GOP Governors Are Worsening Crisis by ‘Lying' to Migrants
Chris Magnus said Republican governors are drawing more migrants to the U.S. by pushing falsehoods about the opportunities that await them in Northern cities.
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Friction Between White House and Senior DHS Officials Mounts as Migrant Border Crossings Soar
At meetings, some DHS officials have expressed frustration with the Biden administration’s reluctance to send migrants to inland cities, as GOP governors have done
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Infant and Toddler Survive After Being Left Alone in Arizona Desert ‘To Die'
The young children were left in the desert, which is located in the south of Arizona and borders Mexico, by smugglers “to die,” according to a tweet from John R. Modlin, chief patrol agent of the U.S. Border Patrol’s Tucson Sector.
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800K Pills Containing Fentanyl Seized by Mexican Army on Way to US Border
The Mexican army says a tip led to the seizure of almost 1.5 tons of meth and 328 pounds (149 kilograms) of apparent fentanyl at a checkpoint in the northern border state of Sonora.
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Migrants Are Falling Off Trump's 30-Foot Border Wall Into US and Going to the Hospital
In the El Paso sector, the Border Patrol and paramedics have responded to 229 injuries of wall crossers, including broken legs and brain and spinal injuries
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Court Ruling to Maintain Title 42 Extends Uneven Treatment for Asylum-Seekers
In one of the busiest corridors for illegal border crossings, Cubans, Colombians and Venezuelans are released with ease to pursue asylum in the United States. Meanwhile, Hondurans struggle to be allowed to pursue asylum after entering the country. The opposite fortunes illustrate the dual nature of border enforcement under pandemic-era limits on seeking asylum, known as Title 42 authority. President...
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Long Drug-Smuggling Tunnel Found Linking San Diego, Tijuana
The entrance of a “narcotics tunnel” was found at a home in Tijuana and was used to discretely cross the U.S.-Mexico border to carry out acts of organized crimes and other illicit activities, authorities in Mexico said.
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Biden, Mexican President Confer on Migration, Diplomacy
The White House says President Joe Biden and Mexico’s Andres Manuel López Obrador agreed in a phone call Friday to do more to promote “just, humane and effective efforts to reduce irregular migration” at the southern border. López Obrador tweeted that the nearly hourlong conversation was “cordial” and that they “spoke of issues of interest to the bilateral relationship.” The...
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Federal Judge Halts Preparations for End of US Asylum Limit
A judge has ordered a two-week halt on phasing out pandemic-related restrictions on seeking asylum as the Biden administration prepares for the restrictions to be fully lifted on May 23
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More Cubans Immigrating to the US by Crossing From Mexico
U.S. border authorities encountered Cubans almost 32,400 times in March, according to figures released Monday, a number that has risen sharply in recent months.
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Courts Give Conflicting Orders on Asylum Limits at Border
A federal appeals court has upheld sweeping asylum restrictions to prevent spread of COVID-19 but restored protections to keep migrant families from being expelled to their home countries without a chance to plead their cases