Nebraska sending state troopers to help at the Texas border
Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts plans to send about two dozen state troopers to Texas later this month to help patrol the nation’s border with Mexico.
Texas governor announces $250M down payment on border wall
Declaring that the lives and property of Texans are at grave risk, Governor Greg Abbott authorized a quarter billion dollar down payment to complete the border wall the Trump administration started.
Gov. Greg Abbott wants to build a border wall, but does Texas have the ability — or money — to do so?
Critics have denounced Abbott's proposal as "political theater" that won't pass legal muster. But the two-term Republican governor says it's time to secure the border.
Immigrants' Rights activists say border wall announcement by Gov. Abbott is going to create more problems
Cesar Espinosa, with FIEL, an immigrant rights activist organization believes the community is being used as a political talking point.
Harris defends comments on migration spike during visit to Mexico
Vice President Kamala Harris has brushed off questions about her decision not to visit the U.S.-Mexico border as part of her work to address the spike in migration to the U.S.
US threatens legal action against Texas on shelter closures
The Biden administration threatened Monday to pursue legal action if Texas Gov. Greg Abbott doesn’t rescind his order shutting down federally funded shelters that house migrant children who cross the U.S.-Mexico border without their parents.
3,900 kids separated from parents at border under Trump, task force finds
Biden’s Family Reunification Task Force identified 3,913 kids separated from parents at the U.S.-Mexico border under Trump's “zero-tolerance” policy.
Kamala Harris to Guatemalan migrants weighing trek to US: 'Do not come'
Vice President Kamala Harris has offered an optimistic outlook for improved cooperation with Guatemala on addressing the spike in migration to the U.S.
SCOTUS rules against green card path for immigrants with temporary status
The Supreme Court has ruled people living in the U.S. for humanitarian reasons cannot apply to become permanent residents.
'Don't go!': Migrant boy screams after being abandoned along US-Mexico border, video shows
A video shows a migrant boy screaming "don't go" after being left alone at the U.S.-Mexico border.
DHS ends contracts with 2 immigration jails accused of mistreating inmates
The Biden administration will stop using immigration detention facilities in Massachusetts and Georgia that are the subject of abuse allegations.
Number of migrant children in US custody more than doubled in past two months, data shows
Attorneys, advocates and mental health experts say that while some shelters housing the migrant children are safe and provide adequate care, others are endangering children’s health and safety.
US begins reuniting families at Mexican border in ‘beginning’ of broader effort
The Department of Homeland Security on Monday announced that four families who were separated at the U.S.-Mexico border during the Trump administration will be reunited this week in the U.S.
President Biden to nominate Harris County Sheriff Gonzalez to lead ICE
Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez has been named President Joe Biden's pick to lead the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency. The nomination was announced Tuesday by the White House.
President Biden to nominate Harris Co. Sheriff Ed Gonzalez for ICE director
President Joe Biden intends to nominate Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez to serve as Director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the White House confirms.
Biden orders ICE, CBP to drop ‘illegal aliens,’ ‘assimilation’ when referring to migrants
President Joe Biden has ordered departments not to use certain terms when referring to noncitizens.
Texas Sen. John Cornyn demands federal probe into San Antonio child migrant abuse allegations
The abuse allegations were limited to the San Antonio facility – an event center that has been temporarily converted to house unaccompanied minors.
Number of kids traveling alone at US-Mexico border hits all-time high in March
The U.S. government picked up nearly 19,000 children traveling alone across the Mexican border in March, authorities said Thursday, the largest monthly number ever recorded.
Poll: 40% of American disapprove of Biden's handling of the Mexico border crisis
More Americans disapprove than approve of how President Joe Biden is handling the sharply increasing number of unaccompanied migrant children arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border, and approval of his efforts on larger immigration policy falls short of other top issues.
YMCA International Services helps unaccompanied teens in federal custody in Houston
Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee says, so far, 300 unaccompanied migrant children have arrived at an emergency housing facility in North Houston operated by the National Association of Christian Churches.