Based on the preliminary data of the U.S. Border Patrol, the detentions of migrant children have increased from 5,600 in January, to 9,300 in February, and with only three weeks in March, 11,000 unaccompanied minors were recorded.
The United States is seeing an increase of migrants crossing the border in 20 years, with a noted increase in apprehension of illegal crossings. Meanwhile, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott scrutinized the Biden administration last week for what he called a growing crisis at the border due to a migrant surge.
Border patrol agents from Yuma arrested 11 Iranians, including two children, after they crossed illegally into the United States from Mexico on Monday night.
Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol agents seized over $3 million worth of marijuana along the Texas-Mexico Border over the weekend, a local media release from U.S. Customs and Border (CBP) protection said Monday.
United States Border Patrol said Saturday that three out of seven the victims from a fatal crash at El Paso, Texas were illegal immigrants, with all information gathered so far.
The case is the first known challenge to the administration’s expulsion of immigrant children at the border which has turned away over 377 minors since late March.
The "Hug Not Walls" event brought more than 300 families together. More than 300 divided families from Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua and El Paso, Texas met at the dried-up riverbed of the Rio Grande, the body of water separating the United States and Mexico, for approximately three minutes.
The Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs & Border Protection (CBP) agencies have made public this week new policies put into place that give illegal immigrants certain protections from immigration enforcement actions at certain locations, deemed "sensitive."
The American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona has accused the Tucson Police Department of detaining people at traffic stops for an undue amount of time as an illegal tactic in order to investigate their immigration status.
But in January, Cruz said he was opposed to "deportation force." Sen. Ted Cruz, who is aspiring to presidency under the Republican Party, made his stance clear on illegal immigrants in a televised interview Tuesday.
A federal judge granted immigration lawyers’ request to provide them class-action status in a lawsuit that accuses the U.S. Border Patrol of holding immigrants in "inhumane and punitive conditions" at its Arizona facilities.
In order to crack down on the number of immigrants who stay in the U.S. illegally on expired visas, the federal government is making some foreigners undergo facial and eye scans when they enter the U.S.
Emmy nominated filmmaker Bernardo Ruiz is shedding light on the U.S. war on drugs in Mexico through his new documentary, which tells the story of a man who grew up in El Paso, Texas as the child of undocumented parents before later becoming a U.S. border patrol agent.
U.S. border patrol officials announced Thursday that the agency will continue to test and review a body camera program before the devices are distributed to their agents.
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Arizona accused the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) of abusing its power and implementing tactics of racial profiling at federal highway checkpoints near the Mexican border.
