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March 06, 2019

Homeland Security secretary insists border crisis is 'real'

Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen insisted Wednesday the crisis at the southern border is not manufactured, as she ...

March 06, 2019

More migrants crossing US southern border in large groups

The number of migrant families crossing the southwest border is again breaking records, and the crush is overwhelming border ...

March 06, 2019

The Latest: New facility to be built in El Paso for migrants

The Latest on border protection along the U.S.-Mexico border (all times local): 2:10 p.m. U.S. Customs and Border Protection ...

January 30, 2019

US launches plan for asylum seekers to wait in Mexico

The Trump administration on Tuesday quietly launched an effort to make asylum seekers wait in Mexico while their cases wind ...

January 15, 2019

At Trump's side, Border Patrol union leader in spotlight

Brandon Judd, president of the union that represents thousands of border patrol agents, has flipped the axiom that there are ...

January 05, 2019

Wall debate obscures other struggles at the border

In Washington, it's all about the wall. At the border, it's only part of the story. Border authorities are struggling with ...

December 31, 2018

Guatemala village mourns 2nd child to die in US custody

White flowers and flickering candles sat atop a low table inside the simple wooden home in remote, rural Guatemala.

December 31, 2018

2nd child dead in US custody mourned in Guatemala village

White flowers and flickering candles sat atop a low table inside the simple wooden home in remote, rural Guatemala.

Donald Trump, Kirstjen Nielsen, Mike Pence

December 30, 2018

Trump tries to deflect blame for migrant children's deaths

President Donald Trump sought to deflect blame for the deaths of two Guatemalan children in U.S. custody by claiming they ...

December 29, 2018

Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows

Guest lineups for the Sunday TV news shows: ABC's "This Week" — Kevin McAleenan, commissioner of Customs and Border ...

December 27, 2018

Deaths of 2 children raise doubts about US border agency

The deaths of two migrant children in just over two weeks raised strong new doubts Wednesday about the ability of U.S.

December 26, 2018

US conducts medical checks on children after 2 deaths

U.S. immigration authorities said Wednesday that they have done new medical checks on nearly every child in Border Patrol ...

December 26, 2018

CBP orders medical checks after second child's death

U.S. Customs and Border Protection ordered medical checks on every child in its custody Tuesday after an 8-year-old boy from ...

December 19, 2018

Officials baffled by large migrant groups at remote crossing

Large numbers of Guatemalan families and unaccompanied children are surrendering to U.S. immigration agents in an extremely ...

December 15, 2018

Death of 7-year-old on border raises questions

Just 7 years old, Jakelin Amei Rosmery Caal Maquin was picked up by U.S. authorities with her father and other migrants this ...

December 11, 2018

Top border security official defends use of tear gas

The nation's top border security official told skeptical senators Tuesday that the use of tear gas on a group of migrants ...

December 10, 2018

Agency: Fear of returning home spikes at US-Mexico border

The number of people expressing fear of returning to their home countries when stopped at the U.S. border with Mexico has ...

November 30, 2018

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these is legit, even ...

November 29, 2018

Border agents face split-second decisions on use of force

U.S. Border Patrol agents near Tijuana, Mexico, faced a choice as they looked out over the chaos at a crowd of migrants that ...