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Migrants seeking asylum in the United States receive breakfast from a group of volunteers near the international bridge in Matamoros, Mexico.

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Administration To Send Hundreds Of Migrants To South Florida, Local Officials Say

11:37am May 17, 2019

by Richard Gonzales

Florida officials say they were informed of the migrant release plan by the federal government. They are scrambling to prepare for an influx of asylum-seekers.

Drivers line up in the border city of Juárez in Mexico's Chihuahua state, as they attempt to cross the border at El Paso, Texas. The Guatemalan consul has confirmed that a Guatemalan boy apprehended with his mother last month had died Tuesday night.

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Guatemalan Toddler Apprehended At U.S. Border Dies After Weeks In Hospital

2:47pm May 16, 2019

The child's mother informed federal agents that her 2 ½-year-old son was sick after they were taken into custody last month on the north bank of the Rio Grande in El Paso, Texas, U.S. officials say.

In this 2016 photo, a man holds up his iPhone during a rally in support of data privacy outside the Apple store in San Francisco. Watchdog groups that keep tabs on digital privacy rights are concerned that U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents are sea

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ACLU: Border Agents Violate Constitution When They Search Electronic Devices

8:44am May 02, 2019

by Matthew S. Schwartz

U.S. border agents improperly look for broad evidence of crimes when they search international travelers' phones and laptops without probable cause, civil rights groups argue.

Migrants line up after being apprehended along the U.S.-Mexico border near Lukeville, Ariz. Mexico is at the top of the image, beyond the border fence.

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Southwest Border Apprehensions Show Small Decline In January

7:28pm February 08, 2019

by Richard Gonzales

Government data reflect a slight dip in arrests even as authorities see more Central American families trying to enter the U.S.

CBP agents, pictured Thursday, stand beside drugs seized last weekend at Arizona's Port of Nogales.

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Concealed By Cucumbers And False Floor, Massive Fentanyl Stash Found In Produce Truck

3:50pm February 01, 2019

by Amy Held

U.S. Customs and Border Protection said agents at an Arizona port of entry uncovered over 254 pounds of fentanyl and nearly 395 pounds of methamphetamine in the trailer.

Migrants run as tear gas is thrown by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents to the Mexican side of the border fence after they climbed the fence to get to San Diego from Tijuana, Mexico.

U.S. Agents Fire Tear Gas At Migrants Trying To Cross Mexico Border

1:34pm January 02, 2019

by Daniella Cheslow

U.S. Customs and Border Protection authorities say they fired tear gas to deter about 150 Central American migrants from climbing over or under the U.S.-Mexico border fence into California.

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Dr. Bert Johansson, an El Paso pediatrician, treats lesions on a migrant man's foot at a makeshift clinic within a local shelter.

It's Easy For Migrants To Get Sick; Harder To Get Treatment

4:59pm December 30, 2018

Two children recently died in Border Patrol custody. In response, volunteers created pop-up clinics and the Department of Homeland Security ordered medical checks on kids in custody.

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Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen announced a host of "extraordinary protective measures" designed to improve conditions for children and adults held in U.S. Customs and Border Protection custody.

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Department Of Homeland Security Promises Changes To Protect Migrant Children

10:59pm December 26, 2018

by Vanessa Romo

Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen promises new "extraordinary protective measures" in the wake of the death of a second migrant child this month. They will require assistance from multiple federal agencies.

Migrants, one carrying a child, who plan to turn themselves over to U.S. border agents, walk up the embankment after climbing over a U.S. border wall from Playas de Tijuana, Mexico, last week. On Tuesday, members of the Hispanic Caucus called for improved

Hispanic Caucus Calls For Investigation Into Migrant Child's Death

8:55pm December 18, 2018

by Vanessa Romo

After touring the two border facilities where Jakelin Caal was detained before she died, the congressional delegation called for better medical facilities and trained personnel at ports of entry.

Jobs with CBP have been notoriously difficult to fill, in large part because of the polygraph exam applicants are required to undergo.

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Customs And Border Protection Paid A Firm $13.6 Million To Hire Recruits. It Hired 2

11:38pm December 11, 2018

by Vanessa Romo

A report by the Office of the Inspector General revealed Accenture, contracted to help hire 7,500 new agents, is "nowhere near" completing its goals and "risks wasting millions of taxpayer dollars."