US Mexico Border

Mexican officials have pledged to set up checkpoints to “dissuade” migrants from hopping freight trains to the U.S. border.

San Diego has seen groups of up to 700 in between the border fences at a makeshift camp in san ysidro. Some people have since been processed and dropped off at transit centers throughout our county.

Mexico is on track to receive more asylum applications this year than ever before as the flow of migrants threatens to overwhelm governments of several Latin American countries along the migratory route.

Governor Gavin Newsom announced he is sending more National Guard troops to the border to crack down on fentanyl smuggling. NBC 7’s Jackie Crea has the details.

San Diego activists sent a letter to President Joe Biden Tuesday, asking him to re-implement DNA tests at the border to try and reduce the sex trafficking of children.

A federal judge on Wednesday ordered Texas to move a large floating barrier to the bank of the Rio Grande after protests from the U.S. and Mexican governments over Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s latest tactic to stop migrants from crossing America’s southern border.

President Joe Biden issued an executive order his first day in office to halt wall construction, ending a signature effort by his predecessor, Donald Trump. But his administration has moved ahead with small, already-contracted projects

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.

The U.S. is working with the foreign partners to shut down the travel routes used by the smuggling network and to identify the people who used it to enter the country, the NSC said.

Joel Reyes Muñoz’s wife filed the lawsuit, saying her husband’s death remains a mystery.

Cal Fire crews are battling a vegetation fire that broke out Monday evening in Dulzura, a community in far East San Diego County, less than 3 miles from the U.S.–Mexico border, according to the agency.

The new Biden administration initiative comes two months after the expiration of pandemic-era border restriction known as Title 42 in May

Both victims appeared to have gunshot wounds, officials said on Friday.

Dozens of people who apparently were smuggled into the United States were found working and living in “horrible” conditions at an illegal marijuana plant in California’s Central Valley, authorities said Thursday.

According to the Department of Homeland Security, about 85,000 migrants have been “repatriated” since Title 42 was lifted. That’s up 65% since the same period last year.

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

Under the rule, migrants are generally presumed ineligible for asylum unless they use a government app to get an appointment or they’ve already tried to seek protection in another country.

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

In the midst of the San Diego heat wave, Customs and Border Protection is warning migrants to avoid crossing the U.S.-Mexico border at all costs. Border patrol agents in San Diego explained that, in this hot season, the most dangerous thing for migrants is to pass through canyon areas, where the temperature can be up to 20 degrees higher. ...

Texas Trooper Nicholas Wingate sent an email this month giving accounts of migrants that were left bloodied from razor-wire barriers and fainting in triple-digit temperatures.