During the month of October, CBP seized nearly 20,500 pounds of illicit drugs only in the Southwest border region

"Coordination failed in the last year, in great part because the previous president did not want to receive help from the United States" said Ken Salazar

The two men were arrested in late 2022 and were indicted last year by a grand jury in Missouri

Customs officers in Texas intercepted 2,155 pounds of meth, preventing a major drug delivery

President Joe Biden is actually set to surpass the number of deportations that Donald Trump had during his first term as president.

Mexico was at risk of breaching an 80-year old treaty with the U.S. through which it must deliver 1,750,000 acre-feet of water every five years

Gaetz said that non-profits "should focus on doing genuine charity for genuine Americans, not illegal aliens"

Civil rights advocates say Texas' border policies push migrants to riskier routes and increase high-speed chases, thus increasing the amount of fatalities among those seeking to enter the country

Thousands of migrant children make the dangerous journey to the U.S. border every year. Some are entrusted to smugglers by their parents.

Hospitals face a substantial financial burden from this, with care charges totaling $151 million in 2023 and 2024, as well as significant unpaid costs.

The seizure is one of the largest prosecuted in South Texas and happens amid a drop in both street drug availability and overdose deaths nationwide.

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

The Santa Teresa, New Mexico, station remains one of the busiest in the El Paso sector and nationwide for smuggling activity.

The migrants were moving north, trying to get ahead of Trump's plan to close the U.S. border to illegal immigration if he became president again.

Laredo Mayor Victor Treviño said in an interview that about 40% of the pipes are over their shelf life

Certain sectors of the US.-Mexico border, such as El Paso, saw record number of deaths reported during Fiscal Year 2024

Officials say that the devices being used by the "Cartel del Noreste" can detect nearby unmanned aircraft systems.

The incident, which took place in Chiapas, raises concerns about militarization, migrant safety, and accountability for security forces in the country

Two Houston teens have pleaded guilty after they were caught at a U.S. border checkpoint with two people concealed in the trunk of a carjacked vehicle.

In Fiscal Year 2024, ICE has the capacity to hold up to 41,500 undocumented migrants, which is up from the 34,000 limit in Fiscal Year 2023

Authorities believe the 24 cameras were used by drug cartels keeping tabs on the movements of soldiers and police at the border

According to data from CBP, there have been more than 4,500 seizures of firearms and ammunition during Fiscal Year 2024

With one month remaining in Fiscal Year 2024, CBP has conducted more drug seizures than in all of 2023 (53,699)

The proposed changes would also include more migrants in the calculations used for the deactivation threshold, such as including all unaccompanied children

So far this Fiscal Year, New Mexico has reported over 110,000 illegal crossings, 60,000 less compared to Fiscal Year 2023

Alleged traffickers used sedatives and American birth certificates to smuggle the minors across the U.S.-Mexico border.

During the second quarter of 2024, San Diego County alone was responsible for almost 150,000 of California's 200,000 daily crossings

The program buses roughly 10,000 migrants each month back to the border with Guatemala, where many simply turn around and head north again

DHS announced the ending of the program this week citing a lack of funding

The most common perpetrators of extortion were police officers, immigration officials, drug-traffickers or gangs and the military