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Judge orders halt to fast releases at US border with Mexico
A federal judge Wednesday ordered the Biden administration to end the expedited releases of migrants who enter the United States illegally from Mexico, potentially straining already stretched holding facilities.
Border top issue for statewide GOP hopefuls
Republicans running for Senate are sticking to the same simple message about border security – the border is a mess, President Biden is to blame and a return to former President Trump’s approach is needed.
Family of boy slain in Mexico can sue Border Patrol
A federal appeals court this morning ruled the mother of a teen shot by a Border Patrol agent through the fence has a legal right to sue him and the federal government in U.S. courts for damages.
Colonias on the border struggle with decades-old water issues
All along the U.S.-Mexico border, about 840,000 mostly low-income, immigrant Latinos have settled in colonias – cheap plots of land outside city limits without basic infrastructure such as water and sewage systems, electricity and paved roads.
Trump’s wall met with skepticism, unease on US-Mexico border
As President Donald Trump announced his plans for a wall on the U.S. border with Mexico, Border Patrol agents in San Diego on the lookout for drugs and smugglers drove all-terrain vehicles along a barrier that reaches 18 feet, topped by razor wire and reinforced by cameras and lighting.
Southern Arizona residents take border security gripes to Congress
Two southern Arizona residents told a House panel Tuesday that their communities have grown more dangerous due to what they see as a lack of security at the Arizona-Mexico border.
Feds: Joint US-Mexico border inspections shorten wait times
Federal authorities say a program that allows U.S. and Mexico officers to jointly inspect commercial trucks heading north is helping shorten border crossing wait times in Arizona.
At GOP convention, little sympathy for border wall opponents
A poll of nearly 1,500 residents on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border found more than 70 percent of U.S residents don’t believe that a wall should be built between the two countries.
Border ranchers with few options now have police radios
Southern Arizona ranchers who often encounter drug smugglers and other dangers have a new way to get help in emergencies: sheriff-issued radios usually reserved for police that connect them directly to 911 dispatchers.
Border fence climbers: How should the Border Patrol respond?
A widely seen video showing two suspected drug smugglers rapidly climbing a tall border fence ai??i?? within sight of three Border Patrol vehicles ai??i?? put on display for a global audience what the government says is a regular occurrence at the U.S.-Mexico international line.
Young refugees who arrive at the border alone struggle in U.S.
Immigrant youth who arrive at the border alone and have no family to take care of them in the U.S. often struggle to build a life.
ACLU, immigrants rights groups seek injunction against Border Patrol’s ‘freezing’ holding cells
The Arizona chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union and immigrants’ rights groups filed a class action lawsuit seeking to end U.S. Border Patrol’s use of what the ACLU describes as freezing holding cells and inhumane conditions for migrants apprehended at the U.S.-Mexico border.
