Immigration Advocates Call for More Relaxed Asylum Restrictions as Migrant Deaths Hit Record Numbers
Certain sectors of the US.-Mexico border, such as El Paso, saw record number of deaths reported during Fiscal Year 2024
As Border Surveillance Gets Increasingly High Tech, Cartels Now Use Devices to Jam CBP Drones
Officials say that the devices being used by the "Cartel del Noreste" can detect nearby unmanned aircraft systems.
Mexican Military Mistakenly Shoots Bus Carrying Dozens of Migrants, Killing Six
The incident, which took place in Chiapas, raises concerns about militarization, migrant safety, and accountability for security forces in the country
Texas Teens Kick Driver Out of Car at Gunpoint, Use Vehicle to Smuggle Migrants in Trunk: Officials
Two Houston teens have pleaded guilty after they were caught at a U.S. border checkpoint with two people concealed in the trunk of a carjacked vehicle.
More Than 435,000 Migrants With Criminal Records Have Been Released by ICE, Agency Director Says
In Fiscal Year 2024, ICE has the capacity to hold up to 41,500 undocumented migrants, which is up from the 34,000 limit in Fiscal Year 2023
Surveillance Cameras Are Detected on Border Palm Trees; Officials Believe they Belong to Cartels
Authorities believe the 24 cameras were used by drug cartels keeping tabs on the movements of soldiers and police at the border
Couple Arrested After Buying a Machine Gun, Grenades in the U.S., Trying to Smuggle Them to Mexico
According to data from CBP, there have been more than 4,500 seizures of firearms and ammunition during Fiscal Year 2024
U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agents in South Texas Stay Increase Cocaine Seizures Along the Border
With one month remaining in Fiscal Year 2024, CBP has conducted more drug seizures than in all of 2023 (53,699)
Biden Administration Plans to Tweak Asylum Ban to Make it Harder for Officials to End it in the Future
The proposed changes would also include more migrants in the calculations used for the deactivation threshold, such as including all unaccompanied children
Border Crossings are Dropping Across the U.S., but New Mexico Saw a 22% Increase in August
So far this Fiscal Year, New Mexico has reported over 110,000 illegal crossings, 60,000 less compared to Fiscal Year 2023
Three Children Rescued from Alleged Human Traffickers in California, CBP Says
Alleged traffickers used sedatives and American birth certificates to smuggle the minors across the U.S.-Mexico border.
Advocates say that lack of funding for CBP keeps delaying the Otay Mesa II Port of Entry project
During the second quarter of 2024, San Diego County alone was responsible for almost 150,000 of California's 200,000 daily crossings
How Mexico's 'El Carrusel' has helped U.S. border crossings drop to a four-year low
The program buses roughly 10,000 migrants each month back to the border with Guatemala, where many simply turn around and head north again
Texas lawmaker says blimp surveillance program could return with improved technology
DHS announced the ending of the program this week citing a lack of funding
Latino immigrants are extorted out of over $800 in average before they get to the U.S. border
The most common perpetrators of extortion were police officers, immigration officials, drug-traffickers or gangs and the military
CBP officers in Texas' Eagle Pass Port of Entry confiscate over $700,000 in narcotics
CBP officers have seized a total of 228,532 pounds of narcotics along the Southwest border so far this Fiscal Year.
Mexican government to facilitate rides to the border for those with U.S. asylum appointments
The National Immigration Institute said the buses will leave from the southern cities of Villahermosa and Tapachula.
San Diego County reports two cases of migrants trying to board school buses
The Jamul-Dulzura Union School District plans to hold a community meeting on Aug. 31 to address the issue
Over a dozen Texas National Guard members have died while deployed at the southern border since 2021
Gov. Greg Abbott said Operation Lone Star has led to the apprehension of more than half a million migrants as well as 46,000 criminal arrests since March 2021
Six migrants injured in San Diego after falling from the border wall
Last year, the Mexican consulate reported that 29 Mexican nationals died from falls while trying to cross into the San Diego region while another 120 were hurt.
Donald Trump does not rule out separations of mixed-status families in mass deportation plan
About 4.4 million U.S.-born children under the age of 18 live with an unauthorized immigrant parent
Bus drivers caught smuggling over 92,000 rifle bullets from the United States to Mexico
More than 300,000 rounds of ammunition have been seized by CBP agents during fiscal year 2024 in the Southwest border
CBP announces seizure of over 600 pounds of methamphetamine hidden within a shipment of celery
The episode is not the only one involving produce this month as CBP also reports seizing $5 million worth of meth disguised within a shipment of watermelons
Shooting in Mexico, near the Arizona border, leaves one migrant dead and eight wounded
Officials said the wounded included nationals from Mexico, Ecuador and Africa.
DHS is planning on using facial recognition technology on children at the border
Since January 2020, U.S. Customs and Border Protection has added 1.5 million DNA profiles to law enforcement databases
Crimes against migrants are rising despite lower amount of people traveling north
Mexico's national immigration agency said authorities had freed 2,115 migrants of all nationalities kidnapped by smuggling gangs and drug cartels last year
Governor Abbott orders more razor wire 'to protect Texans and Americans from the Biden-Harris border crisis'
He also claims that Operation Lone Star has resulted in the apprehension of over 517,400 illegal immigrants and more than 45,900 arrests
MSF resumes support to migrants along the Arizona desert as deaths in the area this year near 100
The organization will continue to help local groups prepare for a potential increase in migration flows across the border
Sexual misconduct at a New Mexico Border Patrol Academy soared as hiring standards decreased
CBP leaders estimated a corruption rate of 20% or higher among their employees
A Texas landowner is suing CBP for the second time for trying to take his land to build border wall
The federal government claims that a portion of Florentino Luera's land does not belong to him