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“It is unacceptable for us to be turning our backs on the most vulnerable people and then say that we are supporting them,” says Guerline Jozef of the Haitian Bridge Alliance. In a live interview from the border in Del Rio, Texas, she called out President Joe Biden and other federal officials and asked for humanitarian aid to Haitian migrants,...

A camp where more than 14,000 migrants had waited along the Texas border just days ago is now dramatically smaller.

Vice President Kamala Harris told reporters that she supports an investigation into the photos apparently showing border patrol agents whipping migrants at the southern border.

The White House is facing sharp condemnation from Democrats for its handling of the influx of Haitian migrants at the U.S. southern border, after images of U.S. Border Patrol agents on horseback using aggressive tactics went viral this week.

White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Monday called the pictures that appeared to show a U.S. Border Patrol agent on horseback deterring migrants with a whip “horrific.”

White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Monday called images of a U.S. Border Patrol agent on horseback chasing Haitian migrants “horrific,” but declined to say what consequences there should be for his actions.

The U.S. Border Patrol hopes to free up agents to go back into the field by hiring civilians to perform tasks like checking holding cells and collecting information for immigration court papers

Migrants, mostly Haitians but also some Cubans, Venezuelans and Nicaraguans, are crossing the Rio Grande back into Mexico to stock up on essentials they say they are not receiving on the American side of the border.

Kamala Harris visited the U.S.-Mexico border on Friday as part of her role leading the Biden administration’s response to a steep increase in migration.

The chief of the Border Patrol says he has been forced out after less than two years in a position that lies in the crosshairs of polarizing political debate

A woman was arrested by Border Patrol agents near Temecula in Riverside County after heroin and fentanyl totaling more than $100,000 were discovered inside her vehicle’s battery, according to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency.

Border patrol officials in San Diego announced Friday that an increased law enforcement presence will be in place throughout the Memorial Day holiday weekend to counter human smuggling attempts at sea. Through Tuesday, federal law enforcement officials will be out to bolster coastal patrols along San Diego’s shorelines at a time when dangerous and sometimes fatal attempts to smuggle...

Some migrants are willing to risk walking through a dangerous stretch of rough terrain in a vast valley of Texas ranchlands and brush to avoid detection by border authorities.

A compound of tents to detain migrant children and families was evacuated for hours when struck by fierce winds in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley, authorities said Wednesday.

U.S. officials are scrambling to handle a dramatic spike in children crossing the U.S.-Mexico border alone

U.S. authorities say they picked up nearly 19,000 children traveling alone across the Mexican border in March

The number of unaccompanied migrant children crossing the U.S.-Mexico border in San Diego County in February was up 64% compared to last year, according to new U.S. Border Patrol data.

Between January 2019 and October 2020, border patrol agents reported 969 breaches, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection records on reported breaches obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request.

A U.S. Border Patrol agent was fatally struck by a vehicle while helping at a traffic accident in the Southern California desert

The U.S. government plans to use the downtown Dallas convention center to hold up to 3,000 immigrant teenagers as sharply higher numbers of border crossings have severely strained the current capacity to hold youths, according to a memo obtained by The Associated Press.