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Border Patrol agents conducting a vehicle stop earlier this week on Interstate 8 seized nearly 190 pounds of methamphetamine worth more than $280,000, the federal agency announced.

The case of an Afghan man who represented himself in U.S. immigration court offers a rare look in that system’s proceedings.

A pediatrician tasked by the federal court in Los Angeles to monitor the conditions of migrant children in U.S. government custody revealed in a recent court filing that some children were temporarily separated from their parents while in Border Patrol custody this summer due to overcrowding. 

A woman fell to her death after climbing over the U.S.—Mexico Border fence around 2:31 p.m. on Friday, according to the San Diego Police Department.

Smugglers are suddenly steering migrants through some of the most desolate and dangerous areas of the Arizona borderlands, forcing them to walk for miles in scorching heat.

On July 22, Mexican authorities said they found a patrol car on the Mexican side of border labeled with Border Patrol logos and 17 migrants huddled inside.

Even for experienced immigration researchers, this is a new one.

The report made public Tuesday was conducted by an independent monitor working to enforce compliance with the latest terms of the Flores settlement agreement.

Around 150 pounds of drugs have been found by boaters in the Florida Keys in the past week, authorities said.

An infant was among four people who died while crossing the Rio Grande in the Texas border city of Eagle Pass in a 48-hour period over the Fourth of July weekend, authorities said.

The Biden administration named U.S. Border Patrol veteran Jason Owens to lead the agency, replacing retiring chief Raul Ortiz.

The girl died Wednesday on what her mother said was the family’s ninth day in Border Patrol custody. People are to be held no more than 72 hours under agency policy.

U.S. authorities say an 8-year-old girl died Wednesday in Border Patrol custody, a rare occurrence that comes as the agency struggles with overcrowding.

The Biden administration is reportedly set to release migrants on “parole” with a notice to report to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement office but without enrolling them in the Alternatives to Detention program that requires a given court date.

Thirteen migrants have been taken into custody after a human smuggling boat was found by US Border Patrol agents.

Borderlands Relief Collective hopes this incident shines a light on those destroying supplies left for migrants, which they say has become a common occurrence.

Volunteers captured part of the confrontation with agents on camera, NBC 7’s Amber Frias reports.

More than 86,000 people have been caught illegally crossing into the United States in 2023, a 30% increase from the same time last year, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) mid-year statistics. Agents say some are being picked up near the border thanks to smugglers using social media apps to offer appealing driving gigs to young people and...

U.S. Border Patrol agents working in the San Diego area have seen a nearly 30 percent increase in illegal border-crossing during the first half of the current fiscal year, as compared with the comparable period last year, the federal agency reported Monday.

U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested two men who had nearly $1 million of cocaine in their vehicle near Murrieta.