Sep 01 Smugglers are steering migrants into the hot Arizona desert, posing new Border Patrol challenges By Anita Snow, Associated Press In just a month, the Border Patrol's Tucson Sector in July became the busiest along the U.S. border with Mexico for the first time since 2008. Continue reading
Aug 01 Democratic lawmakers slam the lack of attorney access for asylum-seekers in Border Patrol custody By Associated Press As the administration prepared to launch speedy screenings this spring, authorities pledged access to counsel would be a key difference from a Trump-era version of the policy. Continue reading
Jun 23 Border Patrol body camera footage released after shooting of tribal member in Arizona By Anita Snow, Associated Press U.S. Customs and Border Protection has released body camera footage that shows Border Patrol agents were concerned that a tribal member they fatally shot last month may have been carrying a handgun during an encounter on a remote corner of… Continue reading
Jun 02 Border Patrol failed to review medical file of detained girl with heart condition before she died By Valerie Gonzalez, Associated Press An internal investigation finds that Border Patrol medical staff declined to review the file of an 8-year-old girl with a chronic heart condition and rare blood disorder before she died on her ninth day in custody. The Panamanian child's parents… Continue reading
May 21 Child who died in Border Patrol custody ‘begged’ for medical help, her mother says By Associated Press An 8-year-old girl who died last week in Border Patrol custody was seen at least three separate times by medical personnel on the day of her death before she was taken to a hospital, U.S. immigration officials said Sunday. Continue reading
May 18 8-year-old girl dies in Border Patrol custody in Texas as agency struggles with overcrowding By Valerie Gonzalez, Rebecca Santana, Associated Press Her death comes a week after a 17-year-old Honduran boy, Ángel Eduardo Maradiaga Espinoza, who was traveling alone, died in U.S. Health and Human Services Department custody. Continue reading
May 13 How the U.S. asylum process works By Diana Roy, Council on Foreign Relations Record numbers of migrants seeking to cross the southern U.S. border are challenging the Biden administration’s attempts to restore asylum protections. Here’s how the asylum process works. Continue reading
Jul 08 WATCH: Report finds ‘unnecessary’ force by Border Patrol agents at Rio Grande By Will Weissert, Associated Press Border Patrol agents on horseback engaged in "unnecessary use of force" against non-threatening Haitian immigrants but didn't whip any with their reins, according to a federal investigation of chaotic scenes along the Texas-Mexico border last fall. Continue reading
Mar 24 3 U.S. Muslims sue over religious questioning by border officers By Associated Press Three Muslim Americans have filed a lawsuit alleging that U.S. border officers questioned them about their religious beliefs in violation of their constitutional rights when they returned from international travel. Continue reading
Jan 05 European Union wants place at table to discuss Ukraine, Russia crisis By Raf Casert, Associated Press The European Union’s foreign policy chief is insisting that the 27-nation bloc must have a bigger role to play alongside Washington and Moscow to defuse the West’s standoff with Russia over Ukraine. Continue reading