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A mother from Mexicali, Mexico, had her greatest fear come true on Thursday when she confirmed her husband was among the migrants killed in the deadly crash in Holtville, California.

Authorities are warning of a new scam where Border Patrol agents allegedly call people to say they are in trouble for committing criminal activity.

Larger numbers of immigrant families have been crossing the U.S.-Mexico border in the first weeks of President Joe Biden’s administration

A 48-year-old Mexican man who spent time in a California prison after a rape conviction was among those captured by the US. Coast Guard over the weekend, officials said.

Almost 75 pounds of cocaine were found this week floating off the Florida Keys

After a record hot and dry summer, more deaths among border-crossers have been documented in Arizona’s desert and mountains. It’s a reminder that the most remote paths to enter the U.S. from Mexico can be the deadliest.

Nearly two dozen people were arrested Tuesday during a foiled human smuggling attempt in Del Mar, according to the U.S. Border Patrol.

Authorities on Monday publicly identified a U.S. Border Patrol agent who fatally shot a Mexican national last month during a scuffle just north of the international line in San Ysidro.

The family of a man shot and killed by a U.S. Border Patrol agent last Friday in San Ysidro says he was dealing with mental health issues and they’re frustrated the altercation ended with his death. David Angel Villalobos, 30, got into an altercation with a Border Patrol agent after illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico Border near Las Americas Premium...

A woman traveling with her 6-year-old daughter through San Clemente was arrested after 28 pounds of methamphetamine were found in the car’s gas tank, authorities said. The 38-year-old woman, who was not identified, was pulled over on the 5 Freeway in San Clemente for an undisclosed reason when the discovery was made, officials said in a news release. According to…

 U.S. Border Patrol agents said an Arizona man who was transporting a body to a mortuary is facing human smuggling charges after they found six Mexican citizens hidden inside the vehicle. The man was driving an SUV when he was stopped earlier this week in Douglas for an immigration inspection, the Border Patrol said Thursday. The man, who wasn’t...

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) fired four employees and disciplined 65 others following an investigation into alleged violent and sexist posts submitted in closed Facebook groups, the agency confirmed Thursday.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials launched a search on the shorelines of Point Loma Monday after an overturned panga washed onto land.

The U.S. government says it’s sending 160 military police and engineers to two official border crossings to deal with asylum seekers in case a federal appeals court strikes down one of the Trump administration’s key policies

Peter Pan Bus Lines, a major Northeast carrier, will continue to allow federal immigration officials on its buses to conduct routine checks for immigrants living in the country illegally, saying it could help stem human trafficking, the company said this week. Peter Pan, based in Springfield, Massachusetts, “has always and will continue to cooperate with law enforcement,” Christopher Crean, vice…

Greyhound, the nation’s largest bus company, says it will stop allowing Border Patrol agents without a warrant to board its buses to conduct routine immigration checks

Greyhound, the nation’s largest bus company, says it will stop allowing Border Patrol agents without a warrant to board its buses to conduct routine immigration checks

It was after her transfer to a San Diego-area Border Patrol station that medical staff noticed the 27-year-old Guatemalan migrant was in labor

A U.S. judge in Arizona has issued a permanent order requiring the Border Patrol to provide clean mats and thin blankets to migrants within 12 hours of arriving at a detention facility

Fifteen people were arrested over the weekend in a maritime human smuggling attempt in Mission Bay, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection. At about 2 p.m. Sunday, Border Patrol agents witnessed a human smuggling attempt on a fishing boat at Ski Beach in Mission Bay, the agency said. Upon approaching the boat, a “large” group of individuals fled...