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A 30-foot border barrier — as tall as a two-story building — rises from the desert near Lukeville, Ariz.

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Border Wall Rising In Arizona, Raises Concerns Among Conservationists, Native Tribes

10:38am October 13, 2019

by John Burnett

The Customs and Border Protection agency says it is doing its best to reduce impact to the environment and tribal citizens. Conservationists and Native Tribes in the area are not appeased.

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Democratic presidential candidate Julián Castro walked with a group of asylum-seekers and their lawyers from Mexico to Texas on Monday. Hours later, CBP released the asylum-seekers back into Mexico.

12 Asylum-Seekers Julián Castro Escorted To The U.S. Border Sent Back To Mexico

2:53pm October 08, 2019

The asylum-seekers, who were in Matamoros, Mexico, because of the Trump administration's Migrant Protection Protocols policy, said they faced violence and harassment because they identify as LGBTQ.

Nora Isabel Gallegos, left, stands with her daughter Priscila Arévalo in the riverside park in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, where her husband Guillermo was killed by the Border Patrol seven years ago.

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Investigations Of Fatal Shootings On The Border Can Drag On For Years

8:00am September 07, 2019

by John Burnett

A seven-year delay in the investigation of a controversial shooting by a Border Patrol agent of a Mexican national is emblematic of a larger problem when federal officials investigate these cases.

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Opinion: We Are Risking Health And Life

8:32am August 24, 2019

by Scott Simon

The government wants to withhold flu shots from migrants in detention centers even though doctors advise vaccinations for all detainees promptly upon arrival.

U.S. officers found nearly four tons of marijuana in a shipment of peppers in San Diego.

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Spicy With A Twist: Nearly 4 Tons Of Pot Found In Jalapeno Shipment

3:32pm August 19, 2019

by Merrit Kennedy

Hundreds of bulky green packages were discovered amid the spicy chiles. The drugs seized at a San Diego cargo facility were valued at $2.3 million.

Tania and her husband, Joseph, initially had to stay just across the border in Mexico under a Trump administration program that requires thousands of people to wait in northern Mexico cities while their immigration cases are heard in U.S. courts.

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Border Protection Disputes Account Of 3-Year-Old Asked To Choose Between Parents

7:41pm July 18, 2019

by Robert Moore

Customs and Border Protection officials are denying an NPR report that a Border Patrol agent asked the girl to choose which of her parents would be sent back to Mexico.

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.

Family members pay their final respects to 7-year-old Jakelin Caal Maquin during a memorial service in Guatemala, on Dec. 24, 2018. Jakelin died while in the custody of U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

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Autopsy For 7-Year-Old Migrant Who Died In U.S. Custody Shows She Died Of Sepsis

6:19pm March 30, 2019

by Shannon Van Sant

Jakelin Caal Maquin was in the custody of U.S. Customs and Border Protection when the infection led to the failure of multiple organs, according to the report.

A Border Patrol agent checks the names and documents of families who crossed the nearby U.S.-Mexico border near McAllen, Texas. Immigration authorities say they expect the continuing surge of Central American families crossing the border to multiply in th

Immigration System At The 'Breaking Point,' Homeland Security Official Warns

7:04pm March 27, 2019

by Joel Rose

A flood of migrant families and children arriving at the Southern border is straining the U.S. immigration system. Authorities say daily apprehensions are at the highest levels in over a decade.

Martha Hernandez (left) and Ana Suda say they were interrupted and detained because they spoke Spanish while shopping at a convenience store in Havre, Mont. They've now filed a lawsuit.

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Americans Who Were Detained After Speaking Spanish In Montana Sue U.S. Border Agency

4:25pm February 15, 2019

by Bill Chappell

"I saw that you guys are speaking Spanish, which is very unheard of up here," an agent told two women in a convenience store. The two friends were born in California and Texas.