U.S.-Mexico border

Roberto Velasco, Mexico's next foreign minister, is not a household name outside diplomatic circles. But in Washington, policy forums, and border negotiations, he has spent years becoming one of the most visible architects of his country's relationship with the United States. His new position was announced after the current foreign minister, Juan Ramón de la Fuente, revealed that he is leaving the post for health reasons.

Experts consulted about the barriers said they could speed up floodwater in a region already prone to flooding, as well as accumulate sediment and create new landforms along the river.

Gen. Gregory Guillot acknowledged that troops deployed along the U.S.-Mexico border have been targeted by digital and personal attacks in recent weeks as a result of the instability following the death of El Mencho, the longtime leader of the Jalisco Cartel.

A couple of years ago, the Texas Military Department, under Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's Operation Lone Star, cleared another river island near the town of Fronton, commonly known as Fronton Island.

Last December, the United States and Mexico signed an agreement aimed at curbing the pollution flowing into the Tijuana River, including infrastructure upgrades and other steps to contain the crisis.

DHS Secretary Kristi Noem said the purpose of the barriers is to make it significantly more difficult for undocumented migrants, as well as drug and human traffickers, to cross the river into the United States.

Thousands of migrants deported under the Trump administration's hardline policies have ended up in the border city of Tijuana, where a mega-shelter has housed 12,000 people through the end of November.

Marines finished installing wire in San Diego County and returned to Camp Pendleton, a spokesperson said, without explaining when or why.

The report from Migration Policy Institute also found that the share of detainees with criminal convictions declined from 65% in October 2024 to 35% in September 2025

For the first time since at least 2014, immigration removals from inside the United States have surpassed deportations at the border, according to a new report

Mexican media reported the appearance of two 'narco-banners' warning Americans to stop visiting or residing in the tourist area of Los Cabos, Baja California Sur.

The U.S. government has awarded 10 construction contracts worth $4.5 billion to companies tasked with building an additional 230 miles of barriers along the U.S.-Mexico border, with the majority of them being awarded last month, according to a new report.

Unauthorized crossings at the U.S.–Mexico border have fallen to their lowest level in more than 50 years

CBP also outlined plans to upgrade 52 miles of existing infrastructure with surveillance cameras, patrol roads, and lighting

"So I like the president very much," Trump said of Sheinbaum. "I think she's a terrific woman. She's actually an amazing woman in some ways. Very elegant, beautiful. But Mexico is run by the cartels. It's run by the cartels."

Last month, President Claudia Sheinbaum said her administration's security strategy had inflicted more than $2.3 billion in losses on criminal networks through seizures, arrests and the destruction of clandestine laboratories.

The Defense Department has established the Mexican Border Defense Medal (MBDM) to recognize U.S. service members deployed to the southern border in support of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)

With fewer migrants reaching the U.S., criminal groups have lost a key source of income, as they previously made millions annually from smuggling, extortion, and kidnapping.

Border cities analyzed by Axios had an average violent crime rate of 356.5 incidents per 100,000 residents in 2024, slightly below the national average of 359.1, according to FBI data.

Local law enforcement agencies along the U.S.-Mexico border are increasingly deploying artificial intelligence-powered drones to track drug traffickers and migrants, while Mexican cartels are flying their own drones into U.S. territory

The lawsuit challenging the ban was originally filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and other groups which claimed it placed vulnerable migrants at risk

A former senior Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) official has called on Mexico to step up the pace of cartel extraditions

Mexican authorities say they have solid leads in the murders of 20-year-old Alan Valenzuela and a 17-year-old girl who was kidnapped and believed to be killed by a criminal gang

A group of 18 heavily-armed Mexican soldiers reportedly crossed into U.S. territory near Hachita, New Mexico, earlier this week while pursuing suspected traffickers

A report found that of 361 systems installed since 2019, 166 (46%) were inoperable at some point, sometimes for as long as 344 days, resulting in more than 400,000 hours of downtime

Three people were taken down from the border fence after getting stuck while trying to cross into the U.S.

Juan Francisco Gim Nogales, mayor of the Mexican border city of Nogales, Sonora, expressed support for the Trump administration's deportation strategy

Roughly 70% of migrants who encountered the closed U.S.-Mexico border after Trump was sworn in on January 20 are now choosing to remain in Mexico, the IOM said

Firearm seizures along the U.S.-Mexico border dropped nearly 61% through April this fiscal year compared to the same period in 2024, according to CBP data

CBP data collected by Project On Government Oversight (POGO) revealed that the majority of drug seizures involved U.S. citizens—83% in fiscal year 2024, 80% in 2023 and 83% in 2022