Gaps in Arizona border wall to be filled with double-stacked shipping containers
The border wall will be fortified with 60 double-stacked shipping containers, reinforced with razor wire. The 8,800-pound containers will be welded together, according to a news release.
Border Patrol agents in Texas discover migrants smuggled inside toolboxes at checkpoint
A Border Patrol agent said the migrants were being smuggled in extreme summer heat.
California becomes first state to cover health care for all immigrants
California is now the first state to guarantee free health care for all low-income immigrants living in the country illegally, a move that will provide coverage for an additional 764,000 people at an eventual cost of about $2.7 billion a year.
FHP: Human smuggler arrested for transporting 8 undocumented immigrants into Florida
Florida troopers arrested a man who they say was caught smuggling eight undocumented immigrants into the state.
Supreme Court allows Biden to end Trump-era 'Remain in Mexico' policy
The Supreme Court has ruled that the Biden administration properly ended a Trump-era policy forcing some U.S. asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico.
Trucking company says 18-wheeler with 51 dead migrants inside was 'cloned' by human smugglers
Texas Department of Transportation numbers emblazoned on the side of the truck link it to a small company in the Rio Grande Valley. But the company says the driver is not one of its employees. They say they are victims of “truck cloning," when someone else steals DoT numbers in order to skirt law enforcement.
Death toll rises to 51 after migrants found in abandoned tractor-trailer in Texas
Dozens of people were found dead in an abandoned tractor-trailer on a remote road in San Antonio. Sixteen others were hospitalized, including four children.
46 people found dead, 16 hospitalized after tractor-trailer containing migrants found in Texas
Officials said 46 people have been found dead and 16 others were taken to hospitals with heat-related illnesses after a tractor-trailer rig containing suspected migrants was found Monday on a remote back road in southwest San Antonio.
Summit of the Americas: Biden lauds democratic unity despite no-shows
President Joe Biden says democracy is an “essential ingredient” for the Western Hemisphere's future, an implicit rebuttal to leaders from around the world who boycotted the Summit of the Americas because authoritarians were not invited.
US-bound migrant caravan with up to 5K people sets out in southern Mexico
It was estimated to include 4,000 to 5,000 migrants, mostly from Central America, Venezuela and Haiti. It is the largest migrant caravan to attempt to leave southern Mexico this year.
Agents find 23 pounds of cocaine in North Carolina passenger's wheelchair
The 22-year-old man was returning to the U.S. from the Dominican Republic when officers found packages of a white, powdery substance concealed in an electric wheelchair.
2 separate groups of Cuban migrants land in South Florida within hours of each other
Two separate groups of migrants from Cuba landed in South Florida within hours of each other — just the latest in a dramatic spike of migrants fleeing the island and attempting to make it to Florida.
Title 42: Federal judge rules COVID-19 asylum restrictions must continue on southern US border
A federal judge in Louisiana is refusing to end pandemic-related restrictions on migrants seeking asylum on the southern border.
CBP: Woman tried to cross border with condom filled with fentanyl pills in her vaginal cavity
A woman was arrested after U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers found 0.006 pounds of fentanyl that was wrapped inside a condom the woman placed inside her vaginal cavity.
Big border-crossing tunnel found linking Tijuana, San Diego
U.S. authorities on Monday announced the discovery of an underground smuggling tunnel on Mexico’s border, running the length of a football field on U.S. soil to a warehouse in an industrial area.
Border authorities seize counterfeit designer clothes worth more than $2M
CBP The items were falsely marked as Louis Vuitton, Gucci, and Apple.
Border Patrol seizes $18M of meth in single bust on Mexican truck driver entering Texas
The 24 buckets contain more than 900 lbs. of seized methamphetamine.
Driver charged after trailer full of illegal immigrants broke down in Texas
Witnesses say 60-100 people ran away while 12 of them remained by the truck.
Orlando's immigration crisis: Rep. Demings proposes short-term solutions for ICE office crowds
On another 90-degree day Monday, people were growing more restless and frustrated waiting outside the ICE office in Orlando, many with families and young children.
Border agents seize 460 counterfeit Rolex watches
Agents intercepted two shipments coming from Hong Kong to Brooklyn, New York.