Border crisis

The current immigration scenario has the potential to empower smugglers, increase dangerous crossings, and exacerbate instability at the U.S.-Mexico border

This policy shift reinstates expedited deportations nationwide, sparking fears of devastating impacts on immigrant families and U.S. citizen children.

Biden's border legacy, according to a security expert: Strengthened technology but exposed weaknesses at the core of the crisis.

Perception, rather than resources, will play a bigger role shaping Trump's approach to curbing illegal immigration, an expert told The Latin Times

Texas' crackdown on human smuggling has led to thousands of arrests, with U.S. citizens unknowingly recruited by cartels via social media platforms.

Despite a drop in migrant surrenders, smuggling-related fatalities continue to rise, reaching 23 deaths since last October, the end of the fiscal year

The discovery took place during a routine inspection.

Dawn Buckingham suggests additional border-area land could be used for deportation facilities, following her offer of over 1,400 acres for the initiative.

Stricter U.S. policies may push more migrants toward dangerous crossings, fueling organized crime and growing demand for cross-border human trafficking networks.

A video of a former acting director for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (I.C.E) interrupting a Democratic lawmaker, insisting that she works for him because he is a taxpayer, has resurfaced after President-elect Donald Trump named the former his border czar.

CBP data shows that migration at the border remains at its lowest level since the fall of 2020.

The Texas GOP is heavily investing in three Democrat-controlled state House districts with Latino majorities.

According to media reports, the DoJ warned the Abbott administration that the law is unconstitutional

Civil society experts, a journalist and a documentarist analyzed the situation at the border through their fields of expertise. These are the highlights

Migrants in Tucson were released on the streets before being taken to final destinations in coordination with city officials and nonprofits

12 countries from the region signed a joint statement which rejected "coercive measures" and enshrined the "right to migrate"

A Panamanian official said that over 270,000 Venezuelans have crossed the treacherous jungle passage so far this year as they seek to get to the U.S.

The Biden administration is using sweeping executive powers for this purpose for the first time. It comes as the number of unlawful crossings of the Southern border continues to increase

Over 9,200 migrants have been dropped off in San Diego County in the past two weeks.

Title 42, a rule introduced in 2020, facilitated the deportation of immigrants to Mexico by the U.S. government under the pretext of the COVID-19 crisis.

A Texas National Guard shot a migrant while locked in a struggle at the U.S.-Mexico border.

Over 20 states with the GOP attorneys general sued the Biden administration on Tuesday over a major immigration policy change.

Mexican cartels now pose more of a threat to Americans as they smuggle violent criminals hidden among illegal migrants.

The Border Patrol Union took to Twitter on Tuesday and lashed Vice President Kamala Harris for her poor handling of the border crisis.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams concluded his weekend trip to El Paso and pleaded for support and funding for migrants being bused from the US-Mexico border to other cities.

The United States government has just launched an online appointment system for migrants seeking to enter the country.

U.S. President Joe Biden met with Mexican President Andres Manuel López Obrador during the three-way summit of North American Leaders on Monday.

The makeshift border wall in Arizona made up entirely of shipping containers is currently being dismantled in time for its new Democratic administration.

A large group consisting of 500 migrants from Cuba have come ashore in the Florida Keys over the weekend.

Migrant shelters have begun to provide specialized care for asylum-seekers who have been stuck at the border area for months due to U.S. asylum policies.