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A line of migrants recently released by U.S. immigration authorities waits to check in at the Catholic Charities shelter in McAllen, Texas.

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Border Patrol Starts Releasing Asylum-Seeking Migrants To South Texas Streets

9:43pm March 20, 2019

by Richard Gonzales

The move is an apparent return by the government to the practice President Trump has called "catch and release" and promised to end when he was a presidential candidate.

Issac Rodriguez, from Sinaloa, Mexico, peering through the fence that divides Mexico and the U.S. in Tijuana, Mexico.

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New Southwest Border Arrests Jump 78 Percent In November

10:45pm December 06, 2018

by Richard Gonzales

The Trump administration blames unfavorable judicial rulings for encouraging an increase in illegal crossings.

A portrait of Jose Antonio Elena Rodriguez, 16, a Mexican youth who was killed by a U.S. Border Patrol agent in Nogales, Mexico, in October 2012.

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No New Trial For Border Agent Acquitted Of Killing Mexican Teen, U.S. Prosecutors Say

6:56pm December 06, 2018

by Richard Gonzales

Two separate juries deadlocked on charges stemming from an October 2012 cross-border shooting by a border agent.

Juan David Ortiz, a U.S. Border Patrol supervisor, who was indicted Wednesday on charges of capital murder in the killings of four women in Texas.

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Border Patrol Supervisor Indicted After Allegedly Confessing To Killing 4 Women

10:12pm December 05, 2018

by Richard Gonzales

A Texas prosecutor says the suspect targeted sex workers in an effort to clean the streets of Laredo. If convicted, Juan David Ortiz could face execution.

A U.S. Customs and Border Protection helicopter patrol flies over a border fence by a bridge between the United States and Mexico on Oct. 18, 2016 in Hidalgo, Texas.

On Both Sides Of The Mexican Border, Fear Grows For U.S.-Bound Migrants

4:53pm March 12, 2017

Officials say Trump's tough stance has led to fewer apprehensions at the border. But amid heightened threats of family separation and terrorization, some think the journey is still worth the risks.

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Border Patrol Agent-in-Charge Henry Leo on the Rio Grande.

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Combating Corruption: U.S. Customs And Border Protection Seeks Deep Reform

10:34am October 29, 2016

by John Burnett

The U.S. Border Patrol expanded after Sept. 11, but was soon plagued with corruption. A new leader is trying to turn around the agency. We visited field agents to explore if the reforms are working.