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US, Mexico commission meets on border violence
A joint U.S.-Mexico committee met for the first time Wednesday to address border management issues and border violence.
‘Major’ human smuggling cell busted in Arizona
Authorities have dismantled a major cell of a human smuggling ring that may be responsible for the transportation of thousands of illegal immigrants from the U.S.-Mexico border to Phoenix and other parts of the country, investigators said Wednesday.
Feds touting National Guard mission in Arizona
Government officials are showing off a site where National Guard troops have been deployed near the Mexican border, despite criticism that they will do nothing to stem the tide of illegal immigration.
Border mayors gather, draw scant interest in US
Mexican mayors from cities on the U.S. border held their biannual meeting in the United States for the first time Thursday but failed to draw interest from their U.S. counterparts as they exchanged thoughts on topics ranging from illegal immigration and the environment to economic growth.
Agents stop harmful insects at US-Mexico border
Border agents in Nogales say they've recently stopped three harmful foreign insects from entering the United States from Mexico, and that two of them have never before been found in the U.S.
US, Mexican border governors meet in Santa Fe
Border security, economic development and energy are the focus of U.S. and Mexican border governors who have gathered in Santa Fe.
Sheriff Babeu calls for more federal help
An Arizona sheriff whose county is at the end of a smuggling corridor between Tucson and Phoenix is calling for more federal help to battle the problem, but he made the call as he tried to persuade his own county to give him money to create an anti-smuggling unit of his own.
National Guard troops begin AZ border deployment
The first of 532 National Guard troops are set to arrive Monday along parts of the Arizona border with Mexico.
First National Guard troops to deploy to border soon
The first of 524 National Guard troops being allocated to Arizona's border with Mexico are set to be deployed by the end of August.
Border Patrol recovering big money on the border
There's big money belonging to drug smugglers along the border and some of it is being confiscated by the feds.
Immigration chief: ‘We’re going to get this right’
The federal government has deported more illegal immigrants from the U.S. than ever before, the director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said Thursday as part of an effort to push back on the suggestion Washington isn't doing enough.
Obama signs $600M border security bill into law
President Barack Obama has signed into law a $600 million border security that will put more agents and equipment along the Mexican border.
