US-Mexico Border

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has blamed the United States in part for the surge in cartel violence terrorizing the northern state of Sinaloa which has left at least 30 people dead in the past week.

During a public comment period Wednesday, supervisors heard from South County residents, some of whom said environmental conditions had caused them and family members to become ill.

Researchers say the air around the Tijuana River is dangerous, while county leaders say they have not seen the evidence. NBC 7’s Joe Little reports.

Avigail Silva, 17, who was born with cerebral palsy and suffered a brain injury she wouldn’t survive last Thursday, was later taken to UC SanDiego Medical Center.

Customs and Border Protection has not responded to requests for information on this incident, reports NBC 7’s Shelby Bremer.

Several questions remain unanswered days after Customs and Border Protection agents drew their weapons in detaining a San Diego family at the border, in what the family said was a case of mistaken identity.

There is new reaction to a story about a local family that was held at gunpoint by border agents. NBC 7’s Shelby Bremer has more from a civil rights attorney and those asking about accountability.

Cell phone video shows border agents at the San Ysidro Port of Entry with their guns drawn on a family returning home from a funeral in Mexico Thursday, in what the family said was a case of mistaken identity as the agents searched for someone with a common name.

NBC 7’s Shelby Bremer spoke with the family about the traumatic experience.

U.S. immigration policy has shifted the migrant landscape in Mexico City, far from the shared border. The teeming capital that was merely a transit point for some migrants has now become a temporary destination.

U.S. authorities say arrests for illegal border crossings from Mexico during August are expected to rise slightly from July.

Members of San Diego’s congressional delegation Wednesday demanded answers as to why despite the dry weather, environmental officials are reporting an increase in sewage flow and strong odors from Mexico in the Tijuana River.

The CBP One app has been around, but as of Friday migrants in Mexico’s southernmost states bordering Guatemala will be able to apply for appointments. Previously, they had to be in central or northern Mexico.

U.S. authorities on Thursday announced the indictment of a Guatemalan national who they say helped coordinate a human smuggling effort that ended with 53 migrants dead in a sweltering tractor-trailer in Texas.

More than 5,000 pounds of methamphetamine were found hidden in shipments of celery and watermelon during two separate incidents in Otay Mesa near the U.S.-Mexico border, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials announced this week.

The application period opened Monday for a new federal immigration program that allows undocumented spouses to remain in the U.S. as they apply for legal status.

Individuals approved under the new program will be allowed to remain in the U.S. as they navigate a pathway to citizenship, reports NBC 7’s Shelby Bremer.

The Department of Homeland Security already uses facial recognition with adults and teens, but is now exploring ways it could utilize the technology with children younger than 14, according to a report from MIT Technology Review.

In May, local lawmakers called for an investigation into wastewater pollution impacts on residents in Imperial Beach, Coronado and other southern San Diego neighborhoods.

The county’s website states that the “purifier can help you best when it is in the room where you spend most of your time” and that it uses less energy than a typical lightbulb.”