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Trump taps forceful ally of hard-line immigration policies to head Customs and Border Protection
President-elect Donald Trump’s immigration and border team is filling out.
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Who are the Border Patrol chaplains? And why does the agency need more of them now?
Border Patrol agents are tasked with enforcing hotly contested immigration policies as many Americans at both ends of the political spectrum look askance at the border — and the agents. That’s taking a mounting toll, so the agency is training more among its ranks to become chaplains and provide spiritual care for their fellow agents on and off the job....
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Texas leaders meet with incoming Trump ‘border czar'
On Tuesday, Governor Greg Abbott and Steve McCraw, the director of the Texas Department of Public Safety, will meet with incoming “border czar” Tom Homan.
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Nearly 200 families separated by US-Mexico border reunite briefly in annual event
Nearly 200 families have gathered along a stretch of the United States-Mexico border for heartfelt but brief reunions with loved ones they had not seen for years because they live in opposite countries.
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Ex-CBP officer sentenced for taking bribes to let drugs across US-Mexico border
A former U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer convicted of taking bribes to allow drug-laden vehicles across the U.S.-Mexico border was sentenced to over 23 years in prison.
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Mexican president blames the US for bloodshed in Sinaloa as cartel violence surges
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has blamed the United States in part for the surge in cartel violence terrorizing the northern state of Sinaloa which has left at least 30 people dead in the past week.
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Venezuelan gang known as TdA active in Texas
A Venezuelan gang was a topic of discussion during a Senate committee meeting on border security. NBC ‘s Vince Sims tells us more about the gang known to be in the state and even in North Texas.
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US border policy spurred migrant camps hundreds of miles away in Mexico's capital
U.S. immigration policy has shifted the migrant landscape in Mexico City, far from the shared border. The teeming capital that was merely a transit point for some migrants has now become a temporary destination.
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Border arrests are expected to rise slightly in August but are hovering near 4-year lows
U.S. authorities say arrests for illegal border crossings from Mexico during August are expected to rise slightly from July.
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Border arrests are expected to rise slightly in August but are hovering near 4-year lows
U.S. authorities say arrests for illegal border crossings from Mexico during August are expected to rise slightly from July. That would possibly end a streak of five straight monthly declines but the numbers are hovering near four-year lows.
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US expands area in Mexico to apply for border asylum appointments, hoping to slow push north
The CBP One app has been around, but as of Friday migrants in Mexico’s southernmost states bordering Guatemala will be able to apply for appointments. Previously, they had to be in central or northern Mexico.
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Latest on arrests in 2022 deadly human smuggling incident
On Thursday, U.S. authorities announced arrests linked with the deadliest case of human smuggling in U.S. history. NBC 5’s Vince Sims is following this story and has the latest.
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US indicts Guatemalan nationals over deaths of migrants in trailer
Several people have been charged in Guatemala after 53 migrants were found dead in San Antonio, Texas, in 2022. NBC 5’s Alanna Quillen has the details.
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Man indicted on smuggling charges after 53 migrants die in a trailer in Texas
U.S. authorities on Thursday announced the indictment of a Guatemalan national who they say helped coordinate a human smuggling effort that ended with 53 migrants dead in a sweltering tractor-trailer in Texas.
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Number of migrant buses leaving Texas for blue cities drops sharply to zero
The number of buses transporting migrants out of Texas has dropped sharply since President Joe Biden’s executive action limiting asylum claims went into effect on June 4, NBC News reports.
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$5 million worth of meth found in shipments of celery and watermelon at California customs checkpoint
More than 5,000 pounds of methamphetamine were found hidden in shipments of celery and watermelon during two separate incidents in Otay Mesa near the U.S.-Mexico border, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials announced this week.
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Texas' floating Rio Grande barrier can stay for now, court rules
A floating barrier in the Rio Grande meant to discourage migrants from trying to cross from Mexico into Texas can stay for now, a full federal appeals court ruled Tuesday.
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Border arrests expected to drop 30% in July to new low for Biden's presidency
United States-Mexico border arrests during July have plummeted to a new low for Joe Biden’s presidency, raising prospects a temporary ban on asylum may be lifted soon.
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Unaccompanied migrant kids suffered ‘severe' sexual abuse by housing provider, DOJ says
The largest housing provider for unaccompanied migrant children has engaged in the “severe, pervasive” sexual abuse and harassment of children in its care, the Justice Department alleges.
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Migrant aid group asks judge to push back on Ken Paxton's investigation
A prominent aid group along the U.S.-Mexico border is asking a Texas judge to push back on a widening Republican-led investigation into nonprofits that help migrants.