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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.
Biden leaning into global diplomacy to manage migration at US-Mexico border
On President Joe Biden 's first day in office, he handed Congress a legislative plan to modernize the nation's immigration system.
US Border Patrol says agents who killed man in Arizona were answering report of gunfire
U.S. Border Patrol agents answering reports of gunfire shot and killed a man on a tribal reservation in southern Arizona after he abruptly threw something and raised his arm, the agency said on May 22.
Death of 8-year-old girl in Border Patrol custody highlights challenges providing medical care
The recent deaths of an 8-year-old Panamanian girl and 17-year-old boy from Honduras who were under U.S. government supervision have again raised questions about how prepared authorities are to handle medical emergencies suffered by migrants arriving in the U.S., especially as agencies struggle with massive overcrowding at facilities along the southern border.
Crowds of migrants wait at the border as Title 42 gives way to new rules
At points all along the U.S.-Mexico border on Friday, crowds of migrants clutching sacks of belongings or holding the hands of children waited to apply for asylum as new immigration rules took effect. And more people kept arriving.
US-Spain collaboration on migration looms large as Biden, Sánchez hold White House talks
President Joe Biden and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez are set to hold talks Friday as their countries are collaborating along with Canada to establish migration hubs in Latin America where asylum seekers fleeing poverty and violence in their home countries can go to apply for protection.
US, Mexico agree on tighter immigration policies at border
U.S. and Mexican officials have agreed on new immigration policies meant to deter illegal border crossings while also opening up other pathways ahead of an expected increase in migrants following the end of pandemic restrictions next week.
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.
Border towns see ‘disaster’ without federal help as end to Title 42 looms
Arizona border communities face a “humanitarian disaster” in two weeks if the federal government does not step in to help with the crush of migrants expected when Title 42 ends, local officials told a Senate panel Wednesday.
Sheriff Mark Lamb says he’s running for US Senate in Arizona
Pinal County Sheriff Mark Lamb said Tuesday he's running for the U.S. Senate in Arizona, becoming the first Republican to jump into a high-profile race for the seat now held by independent Sen. Kyrsten Sinema.
University of Arizona sued over former governor’s home
The family of Arizona's only Hispanic governor is suing the University of Arizona over an alleged breach of contract for trying to sell his home in Nogales.
Plunge in border crossings could blunt GOP attack on Biden
A sharp drop in illegal border crossings since December could blunt a Republican point of attack against President Joe Biden as the Democratic leader moves to reshape a broken asylum system that has dogged him and his predecessors.
