Border patrol

Newly released video sheds light on a delayed response to a woman who was stuck on top of the U.S.-Mexico Border wall and ultimately fell to her death in Otay Mesa in March 2024.

There are a lot of questions after new video shows a delayed response to a woman stuck on top of the border wall before falling to her death in March.  NBC 7’s Shelby Bremer has been looking into the case.

In the month since President Joe Biden’s executive action fast-tracking deportation for most migrants entering the U.S. illegally, federal officials say encounters and apprehensions at the border have dropped in San Diego and nationwide.

Deportations are up, and some border crossings have seen fewer migrants in recent weeks. While federal officials say that’s because of last month’s executive action, those on the ground say other factors are at play. NBC 7’s Shelby Bremer reports on July 8, 2024.

A federal judge in California has awarded a family $1.5 million after ruling U.S. Customs and Border Protection violated the rights of a 9-year-old girl and her brother who were falsely imprisoned while trying to cross into the U.S.

A federal judge awards a family more than a million dollars, after ruling Customs and Border Protection violated the rights of a little girl and her brother.  NBC 7’s Omari Fleming has the story.

President Joe Biden has suspended asylum processing at the U.S. border. But the proclamation for the new policy unveiled this week has an exception for “operational considerations.”

A former U.S. Border Patrol agent who accepted bribes and took part in drug and human smuggling attempts was sentenced to more than seven years in federal prison.

A woman died after falling from the U.S.—Mexico border near the San Ysidro Port of Entry on Thursday night, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

The person died very near the border early on Sunday morning, according to officials.

Buses dropped off hundreds of migrants at a San Diego bus stop instead of at a reception center that had been serving as a staging area because it ran out of local funding sooner than expected. The releases Friday of people from as far away as Mauritania and China show how even the largest city on the country’s southern border...

A migrant center in San Diego County has shuttered its doors after funding ran dry. NBC 7’s Joey Safchik looks at what’s next for asylum seekers who cross at San Diego’s southern border.

President Joe Biden said Friday that he was ready to make “massive changes” to border policy and challenged House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., to join him in taking on the hot-button issue.

The Justice Department is asking the Supreme Court to order Texas to stop blocking Border Patrol agents from a portion of the U.S.-Mexico border where large numbers of migrants have crossed in recent months.

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.