Supreme Court Takes Up Cross-Border Shooting Case
The Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to consider for the second time a case where a federal agent fired his gun across the border into Mexico, killed an unarmed teenager.
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ICE Shipping Immigrant Families to the North
Federal authorities have begun using aircraft to move immigrants and asylum-seekers to less-crowded areas for processing, and families are being bused north to Colorado to alleviate the strain on shelters along the border in Texas and New Mexico.
Read moreArmed Militia Members Say They Work With Border Patrol
Authorities on the U.S.-Mexico border have tried to distance themselves from an armed civilian group that detains asylum-seeking families, but the United Constitutional Patriots have never been shy about saying they work with Border Patrol agents.
Read moreSan Diego Congress Members Talk Border, Mueller Report
San Diego’s congressional leaders sat down for a roundtable discussion Tuesday about the pollution crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border and what they think of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report on Russian meddling in the 2016 election.
Read moreArmed Civilian Border Group Member Arrested in New Mexico
A New Mexico man belonging to an armed group that has detained Central American families near the U.S.-Mexico border was arrested Saturday in a border community on a criminal complaint accusing him of being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition, authorities said.
Read moreFeds Push Back on Order to Reunite Separated Children
Nine months after a federal judge ordered families separated at the border under the Trump administration’s zero tolerance policy to be reunited, the government argued Thursday that it is not required to track or reunite children separated from relatives who are not their parents or guardians.
Read moreTrump Retreats on Threat to Close Border
President Trump eased up on his threats to close the southern border as officials across his administration explored half-measures that might satisfy the president’s urge for action, like stopping only foot traffic at certain crossings.
Read moreJulian Castro Proposes Immigration System Overhaul
Democratic presidential hopeful Julian Castro grabbed hold Tuesday of the uncertainty over President Donald Trump’s threat to shut down the U.S.-Mexico border with his own plan to fix the nation’s immigration system, calling for a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants and an end to laws established under Republican presidencies.
Read moreClosure of Southern Border Would Wreak Economic Havoc
President Trump’s threat to shut down the southern border raised fears Monday of dire economic consequences in the U.S. and an upheaval of daily life in a stretch of the country that relies on the international flow not just of goods and services but also students, families and workers.
Read moreTrump Threatens to Shut Down US-Mexico Border
Threatening drastic action against Mexico, President Donald Trump declared he is likely to shut down America’s southern border next week unless Mexican authorities immediately halt all illegal immigration.
Read moreTrump Uses First Veto on Anti-Emergency Resolution
President Donald Trump issued his first-ever veto Friday to block a bill that would have terminated his declaration of a national emergency at the southern border.
Read moreAsylum Seekers Find Help, Hope on Long Journey to US
It’s hard to tell where the auto shop ends and the shelter starts at Armando Vilchis Vargas’ “albergue” an hour west of Mexico City.
Read moreSenators Rebuke Trump National Emergency Order
The Senate on Thursday voted to terminate President Donald Trump’s declaration of a national emergency at the southern border, delivering an historic, if likely short-lived, rebuke to the president.
Read moreFor Pastor, Helping Migrants Is a Matter of Faith
Migrant advocate and longtime easer of migrant suffering Rev. Robin Hoover of Tucson, Arizona, never makes a firm plan when he goes to Mexico.
Read moreMigrant Status Inc: Using Tech to Make Journeys Safer
As tens of thousands of migrants, mostly from Central and South America, make their way through Mexico toward the United States, many of them don’t know what to expect. One advocate from Arizona is bringing technology to help.
Read moreHouse Dems Grill Homeland Security Boss on Border Crisis
Ahead of a Senate vote next week to reject President Donald Trump’s national emergency declaration, Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen held firm amid tough questions from Democrats and told lawmakers during a tense hearing Wednesday the crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border is real.
Read moreCalifornia Pulling National Guard Troops From Border
California is pulling hundreds of National Guard soldiers deployed to the U.S.-Mexico border last year at President Donald Trump’s request, and new Gov. Gavin Newsom said Monday the troops are better used preventing wildfires than fighting Trump’s “manufactured” border crisis.
Read moreBorder Arrests
U.S. Customs and Border Protection made 58,207 arrests or denials of entry at the Mexico border in January — down 4 percent from December but up 62 percent from the same time last year.
Read moreBrexit Talks Go On, But Under Darkening Clouds
With 50 days to go, the deadline for Great Britain’s departure from the European Union is fast approaching and the atmosphere hanging over the fraught negotiations over its withdrawal threatens to become toxic.
Read morePanel Hears Claims of Unfair Trials for Separated Families
Separating children from their parents at the border can easily be seen as a constitutional issue, a Fifth Circuit judge said Tuesday during a hearing about five children who were separated from their parents “indefinitely” after the parents were charged with misdemeanor offenses for crossing into the U.S. illegally.
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