Dec 01 U.S. border officials are closing a remote Arizona crossing because of overwhelming migrant arrivals By Anita Snow, Associated Press The U.S. Customs and Border Protection says it will temporarily close south and northbound traffic to vehicle and pedestrians at the remote Lukeville, Arizona border crossing with Mexico. Continue reading
Oct 13 Arizona tribe is protesting the decision not to prosecute Border Patrol agents for fatal shooting By Associated Press The tribe's executive office called the decision not to file charges "a travesty of justice." Raymond Mattia was shot the night of May 18 outside a home in the reservation's Menagers Dam community near the U.S.-Mexico border. Continue reading
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