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Feds fund ‘smart wall’ in Southwest to strengthen border security
Key Points:Â The Department of Homeland Security is spending $4.5 billion to fund a smart wall along the Southwest border The smart wall is a combination of technology, including motion […]
Immigration enforcement continues despite government shutdown
Key Points: Federal agents and military personnel are considered essential personnel CBP website says about 3,700 agents are in the Border Patrol’s Tucson sector Immigration courts have remained open during […]
Some GOP candidates want to use force against Mexico to stop fentanyl, experts say that won’t work
Ron DeSantis wants suspected drug smugglers at the U.S.-Mexico border to be shot dead. Nikki Haley promises to send American special forces into Mexico. Vivek Ramaswamy has accused Mexico's leader of treating drug cartels as his "sugar daddy" and says that if he is elected president, "there will be a new daddy in town."
Remove lethal, illegal vapes from kids’ reach
Protecting children and young adults from dangerous drugs and unregulated products should be a top priority for elected officials in all levels of government. We are in the midst of a national crisis as fentanyl continues to spread across every corner of the country and unregulated vaping products multiply on store shelves targeting young children.
US Border Patrol chief retiring after seeing through end of Title 42 restrictions
The head of the U.S. Border Patrol announced that he's retiring, after seeing through a major policy shift that seeks to clamp down on illegal crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border following the end of Title 42 Covid pandemic restrictions.
Tribe’s land was cut in two by US borders, fight for access could help others
Pascua Yaqui tribal officials have drafted regulations to formalize the border-crossing process, working with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's recently formed Tribal Homeland Security Advisory Council, comprised of 15 Native officials across the U.S.
Biden sending 1,500 troops for Mexico border migrant surge
The Biden administration will send 1,500 active-duty troops to the U.S.-Mexico border starting next week, ahead of an expected migrant surge following the end of Covid pandemic-era restrictions.
Sharp drop in illegal border crossings continues in February
A sharp drop in illegal border crossings along the Southwest border that started in January after the Biden administration announced stricter immigration measures continued into February, the administration announced Wednesday.
Prison escapee in southwestern Arizona now back in custody
A prison inmate who walked off during work duty in San Luis was taken into custody Tuesday at a hotel in south Phoenix.
US launches online system to seek asylum on Mexican border
The Biden administration on Thursday launched an online appointment system as the only way for migrants to get exceptions from pandemic-era limits on asylum — the U.S. government's latest major step in eight days to overhaul border enforcement.
How will asylum work after Title 42 ends? No one knows yet
The Biden administration has been conspicuously silent about how migrants should enter the United States when Trump-era asylum limits end, fueling rumors, confusion and doubts about the government's readiness despite more than two years to prepare.
Border surge brings shift in migrant countries, challenges to U.S. policy
The surge of migrants at the southern border has included skyrocketing numbers from countries that were barely represented in previous years, presenting a challenge that experts say the U.S. is not equipped to address.
