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Arizona voters will soon decide if illegal border crossings should be a state crime

5:05pm October 18, 2024

by Ximena Bustillo

A ballot measure would give local law enforcement the right to question, arrest, detain and prosecute anyone suspected of having crossed the U.S.-Mexico border between legal ports of entry.

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President Biden Delivers Remarks On New Border Policy

ACLU sues Biden administration over new executive action on the southern border

6:19pm June 12, 2024

by Franco Ordoñez

President Biden is using new executive actions to block migrants from seeking asylum at the southern border. The ACLU says this goes against U.S. asylum laws.

National

Blocked from asylum, migrants juggle their choices: try to cross again or give up

5:16pm June 10, 2024

by Sergio Martínez-Beltrán

“We made the mistake of crossing illegally… But that’s the desperation of a person who fears for the safety of his loved ones,” says one migrant deported days after crossing U.S.-Mexico border.

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Migrant crisis on the border of Mexico and the United States

National

Biden’s new executive order denies asylum claims to most migrants crossing the border unlawfully

7:04pm June 04, 2024

by Sergio Martínez-Beltrán

New White House measure will go into effect if more than 2,500 migrants cross illegally per day.

Texas Rep. Mónica De La Cruz and Alabama GOP Sen. Kate Britt delivered rebuttals to Biden's speech.

Politics & Government

GOP rebuttals to Biden's State of the Union focus on the border and immigration

1:51am March 08, 2024

Alabama GOP Sen. Katie Britt and Texas Rep. Mónica De La Cruz delivered rebuttals to Biden's speech focusing on immigration, crime, inflation and national security.

People enter the Rafah border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip before crossing into Egypt on Wednesday. The U.N. says some 500 foreign passport holders were allowed to leave Gaza.

World News

First Americans and other foreign nationals leave besieged Gaza

4:06pm November 01, 2023

by Becky Sullivan

It's the first time people have been allowed to exit the Palestinian territory since the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks on Israel. Ambulances took dozens of seriously wounded people to hospitals in Egypt.

Migrants wait at the Gateway International port of entry under U.S. Customs and Border Protection custody in Brownsville, Texas, on May 5, before being sent back to Mexico under then-active Title 42 restrictions.

As immigration debate plays out, border towns want to paint a different picture

5:29am May 16, 2023

by Ashley Lopez

For the residents of Brownsville, Texas, the national spotlight often accompanies an increase in border crossings. But life goes on here, with or without the media attention.

President Biden speaks with U.S. Customs and Border Protection police at the Bridge of the Americas border crossing between Mexico and the U.S. in El Paso, Texas, on Sunday.

Biden makes his first visit to the southern border as president

3:47pm January 08, 2023

by Giulia Heyward

The Biden administration recently expanded a pandemic-era program that quickly expels migrants who illegally cross into the country from Mexico.

A long row of double-stacked shipping containers provide a new wall between the United States and Mexico in the remote section of San Rafael Valley, Ariz., on Dec. 8, 2022.

National

The U.S. is suing Arizona over shipping containers on the border with Mexico

3:19am December 15, 2022

by The Associated Press

The U.S. government sued Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey and the state Wednesday over the placement of shipping containers as a barrier on the border with Mexico, saying it is trespassing on federal lands.

Several dozen commercial trucks wait to cross the Pharr-Reynosa International bridge on April 13 in Pharr, Texas.

Texas governor repeals immigration order that caused border crossing gridlock

5:30pm April 15, 2022

by The Associated Press

The Texas governor has dropped his new rules that had required all commercial trucks from Mexico to undergo extra inspections.