Border Patrol says migrant encounters are surging in Texas
Border Patrol agents in Texas say migrant encounters have surged 288% in the past year.
Immigrant essential workers rally in NYC for pathway to citizenship
Protesters marched from Chinatown, across the Manhattan Bridge to demand the country to value their contributions and give all 11 million undocumented immigrants a pathway to citizenship.
Texas begins to arrest and jail border crossers on trespassing charges
Texas is beginning to arrest migrants on trespassing charges along the U.S.-Mexico border as part of Republican Gov. Greg Abbott's actions that he says are needed to slow the number of border crossings, jailing at least 10 people so far with more on the way.
Texas begins jailing border crossers on trespassing charges
The detainees are being held at what had been an empty state prison in Dilley, Texas, about 100 miles (160.93 kilometers) north of the border city of Laredo, said Robert Hurst, a spokesman for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. He said the converted facility will be able to hold more than 950 people.
Border Patrol finds large groups of children as young as age 5
Nearly 200 unaccompanied children have been found by border patrol in one Arizona sector in just the past two days.
Federal judge orders DACA program to halt approval of new applications
A federal judge in Texas sided in part with groups suing the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, saying the program was illegally created by the Obama administration.
CBP seizes thousands of fake Apple AirPods worth $1.3 million
On Monday, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in Cincinnati seized five shipments of fake Apple AirPods valued at over $1.3 million.
Cuban migrants come ashore in South Florida, ask beachgoers for directions to Miami Beach
Beachgoers in South Florida watched as Cuban migrants in a wooden boat came ashore -- then immediately asked for directions to Miami Beach.
Feds seize eye-popping 6,000 false lashes at New Orleans airport
Federal customs officers confiscated hundreds of boxes of fake eyelashes that were illegally imported from China to New Orleans.
SUV from Canada drives across library lawn to illegally enter U.S.
Seven people entered Vermont illegally from Quebec by driving across the lawn of a library that straddles the U.S.-Canada border.
ICE to avoid detaining most pregnant, postpartum women in new policy
ICE will avoid detaining most undocumented people who are pregnant, postpartum or nursing under a new policy announced Friday.
Biden holds naturalization ceremony at White House ahead of July 4
President Joe Biden will welcome 21 immigrants as the newest United States citizens in a ceremony in the East Room beginning at 2:30 p.m. ET.
Former President Trump tours southern border with Gov. Abbott to discuss border security
Former President Trump's visit to the Texas border comes two weeks after Gov. Greg Abbott promised to finish the border wall in Texas using state funds and private donations. Critics call it a political stunt.
Ilhan Omar says every illegal immigrant in US should have 'pathway to citizenship'
Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., has called for every illegal immigrant in the U.S. to have a pathway to citizenship.
Harris asserts 'progress' made amid 'tough' situation at US-Mexico border
Vice President Kamala Harris has used her first trip to the U.S.-Mexico border since taking office to call for an end to political “rhetoric” and “infighting” over immigration, an issue that Republicans have been eager to weaponize against her.
Four Long Island first-generation graduates heading to the Ivy League
Four high school students on Long Island are making family history as the first in their families to go to college. And they're headed off to the Ivy League as well!
Border Patrol chief who backed Trump's wall resigns
Rodney Scott wrote to agents that he will be reassigned.
Harris to make 1st visit to US-Mexico border Friday
Vice President Kamala Harris is set to make her first visit to the U.S.-Mexico border since taking office.
US ends Trump-era asylum policies for violence victims
Attorney General Merrick Garland issued a new policy saying immigration judges should cease following the Trump-era rules that made it tough for immigrants who faced domestic or gang violence to win asylum in the United States.
Gov. Greg Abbott says Texas will build a border wall, but doesn’t yet give details on cost or location
Gov. Greg Abbott announced Thursday that Texas will build a border wall along the state’s boundary with Mexico — but provided no details on where or when.