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The Biden administration’s new limits on asylum introduced in June, combined with a coordinated crackdown with Mexico, led to a significant reduction in the number of migrants arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border.
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Se Busca initiative encourages border residents to anonymously call or text a tip line to provide information that leads to the arrest of suspects wanted for violent crimes in both the U.S. and Mexico.
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection says a plan to install lighting infrastructure along the Rio Grande in El Paso and Starr counties has been placed on hold because of a legal fight between Texas and the Biden administration over border funding.
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Regardless of what courts rule regarding SB4, a climate of distrust has permeated among immigrant and mixed-status families in Texas.
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Ariel Ruiz Soto, senior policy analyst at Migration Policy Institute, said they 'could have consequences that actually raise the pressures and boiling points that raise issues for migrants and for local communities.'
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Texas Attorney General seeks to close Catholic organization that provides temporary shelter for migrants in an escalating effort to take over border enforcement.
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U.S. Border Patrol recorded 124,220 encounters between ports of entry along the southwest border last month, down 42% from December 2023 and is the lowest recorded so far during this fiscal year.
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Jason Owens, the head of a busy Border Patrol sector in Del Rio, Texas, will lead the agency, the Biden administration announced. His predecessor is retiring at the end of the month.
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After discovering that contracted medical staff ignored the mother’s pleas to take the girl to the hospital as her condition declined, the federal agency said it is taking action to ensure an in-custody death 'never happens again.'
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Democratic Congressman Henry Cuellar said U.S. Customs and Border Protection is processing a growing number of people. Antonio Fernandez, the president and CEO of Catholic Charities, urged residents to make donations to assist with the humanitarian effort.