US-Mexico Border

Due to a drop in apprehensions at the border, U.S. Customs and Border Protection says it’ll remove five soft-sided facilities (SSFs) along the U.S.-Mexico border that it no longer needs to process migrants. The CBP said Friday nationwide apprehensions dropped to an average of about 330 per day in February, the first full month since President Donald Trump signed...

Gustavo Alfonso Garcia Olivares died at 24, drowning in the Rio Grande not far from where we he was buried in Eagle Pass, Texas.

President Donald Trump says a primary reason for his new tariffs against the United States’ three largest trading partners is what he calls a “national emergency” brought on by fentanyl flowing across the country’s borders, NBC News reported.

Vice President JD Vance will visit the Texas-Mexico border later this week.

The Pentagon is sending about 3,000 more active-duty troops to the U.S.-Mexico border as President Donald Trump seeks to clamp down on illegal immigration and fulfill a central promise of his campaign.

Mexico has sent infamous drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero to the United States along with 28 other prisoners requested by the U.S. government. Caro Quintero was behind the killing of a U.S. DEA agent in 1985.

NBC 5 Investigates goes inside Texas’ border operations as crossings hit a 15-year low. With cartels raising fees and federal troops increasing, questions grow over Texas’ billion-dollar border spending.

Illegal border crossings have declined as the Trump administration surges resources to the southern border. Migrants caught crossing the border tell Texas state troopers that Mexican cartels are responding by raising their fees for smuggling people across.

More than 2,500 Mexican troops, from the states of Tlaxcala, Durango, Yucatán and Mexico City, have fanned out along this historically violent border city in a show of force, NBC News reported. 

Many families have been having a tough time finding affordable eggs at the grocery store. Now, federal officials say they’re intercepting a growing number of eggs at the U.S.-Mexico border.

As the Trump administration aims to deport more migrants, there are new questions about whether a wave of additional cases could crush overwhelmed immigration courts and slow the administration’s plans.

CBP agents assigned to the cargo area of ​​the Pharr International Bridge intervened Tuesday with a truck that was preparing to cross in from Mexico.

Concerns about tariffs lead some workers along Mexico’s border with Texas to wonder how much longer they’ll have jobs, while business leaders say the uncertainty has already led many investors to start tightening their purse strings.

Abbott met with Trump, requesting $11B for Texas’ border costs and offering state-built facilities.

Trump has declared an emergency on the border despite migration levels and fentanyl overdoses significantly dipping over the part year.

Mexican soldiers were mobilized on Tuesday to the border with the United States to crack down on fentanyl trafficking.

Thousands of protestors have staged demonstrations from Chicago to Phoenix to protest President Trump’s immigration policies and deportations.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) is sending hundreds of soldiers in the Texas Military Department to work with the U.S. Border Patrol in the Rio Grande Valley.

The Texas National Guard works to secure the Rio Grande Valley border with barriers and patrols as migrants face risks in search of a better life.

The Trump administration is making good on hardline illegal immigration policy. NBC 5’s Maria Guerrero and photojournalist Mike Heimbuch traveled to South Texas earlier this month to see what’s changed, the ongoing challenges and the people at the heart of the debate.