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A search team looks for a 2-year-old girl who went missing in the Rio Grande near the border city of Del Rio, Texas.

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U.S. Border Patrol, Mexican Authorities Search Rio Grande For Missing 2-Year-Old

12:11pm July 03, 2019

by Laurel Wamsley

The search has been focused in an area near Del Rio, Texas. U.S. Customs and Border Protection says the girl's mother told agents that her daughter went missing while they tried to cross the river.

Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, speaks alongside members of the Hispanic Caucus after touring the Border Patrol station in Clint, Texas, on Monday.

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Lawmakers Respond To 'Vile,' Secret Facebook Group Created By Border Patrol Agents

9:00am July 02, 2019

by Vanessa Romo

Among the group's most offensive posts were discussions of recent migrant deaths, jokes about throwing burritos at lawmakers and illustrations depicting sexually aggressive acts.

The entrance to the Border Patrol station in Clint, Texas, where reporters were given a tour following outrage over reports of unsanitary detention conditions for migrant children being housed at the Border Patrol facility near El Paso.

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Scenes Of Tearful, Flu-Stricken and Underfed Migrant Kids Emerge In New Accounts

10:26pm June 27, 2019

Advocates described a desperate and squalid scene in detention facilities. Days later, reporters given a tour of a Border Patrol station at Clint, Texas, saw a clean, orderly facility.

Rosa Ramírez cries as she looks at photos of her son Óscar Alberto Martínez Ramírez, 25, and granddaughter Valeria, nearly 2, while speaking to journalists at her home in San Martín, El Salvador, on Tuesday. The drowned bodies of her son and granddau

A Father And Daughter Who Drowned At The Border Put Attention On Immigration

3:55pm June 26, 2019

by Bill Chappell

Óscar Alberto Martinez Ramirez was trying to bring his 23-month-old daughter, Angie Valeria, to safety and a new life in the U.S.

A sign is posted outside the U.S. Customs and Border Protection station in Clint, Texas, earlier this week, where lawyers reported that detained migrant children were held unbathed and hungry.

House Passes $4.5 Billion In Emergency Border Aid

9:46am June 26, 2019

by Scott Neuman

President Trump has threatened to veto the measure in favor of a Senate Republican version of the bill that would include about $50 million more for immigration courts.

The entrance of a Border Patrol station in Clint, Texas. U.S. Customs and Border Protection said the agency is removing children from the facility following reports of unsanitary conditions inside.

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Migrant Children Moved From Border Patrol Center After Outcry

8:35pm June 24, 2019

by Richard Gonzales

Reports of children detained in crowded and unsanitary conditions long beyond the maximum legal limit have created a new controversy over the administration's immigration policies.

U.S. Border Patrol agents found four bodies near the Rio Grande river along Anzalduas Park, close to McAllen, Texas. In this file photo, a Border Patrol boat is seen on the river along Anzalduas Park.

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U.S. Border Patrol Finds 4 Bodies, Including 3 Children, Near Rio Grande In Texas

1:48pm June 24, 2019

by Reynaldo Leaños Jr.

An FBI agent calls it "an incredibly heartbreaking situation." Three of the deceased were children — one toddler and two infants — and the other was a 20-year-old woman.

Jugs of water for undocumented immigrants sit along migrant trails after being delivered by volunteers for the humanitarian aid group No More Deaths. The number of immigrant deaths, mostly due to dehydration and exposure, has risen as higher border securi

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Extending 'Zero Tolerance' To People Who Help Migrants Along The Border

10:13pm May 28, 2019

by Lorne Matalon

Scott Warren of the humanitarian group 'No More Deaths' faces three felony counts for harboring migrants. The number of U.S. citizens arrested for harboring is on the rise.

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U.S. citizens use ropes to cross the Rio Grande from San Antonio del Bravo, Mexico, into Candelaria, Texas. U.S. citizens depend on the free health clinic in San Antonio del Bravo.

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In Rural West Texas, Illegal Border Crossings Are Routine For U.S. Citizens

8:20am May 25, 2019

by Lorne Matalon

In some remote border towns in Texas along the Rio Grande, U.S. citizens cross back and forth for medical care in Mexico. It's a technically illegal reality that local Border Patrol acknowledges.

A U.S. Border Patrol agent walks along the banks of the Rio Grande River near McAllen, Texas. Migrant families often cross the river illegally to enter the U.S.

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Teenager Is Latest Migrant Child To Die In U.S. Custody

4:50pm May 20, 2019

by Shannon Van Sant

The 16-year-old boy was found unresponsive after a routine welfare check at a facility near the U.S. border with Mexico. He was the fifth migrant child since December to die after being detained.