Mar 28 Watch 8:23 How increased security affects life for border residents By PBS News Hour In a sleepy, no-stoplight town 25 miles from the Arizona-Mexico border, you'll pass surveillance towers, border agents on patrol and checkpoints. This is life along the border, where security has been ramped up significantly since 9/11, sweeping up American citizens… Continue watching
Mar 28 This man has tried crossing the U.S.-Mexico border 5 times. He says he won’t try again By Joshua Barajas PBS NewsHour visited a soup kitchen for recently deported migrants in Mexico that’s a stone’s throw from the Mariposa port of entry in Nogales, Arizona. There, he met a husband and father who, days earlier, tried to cross the border… Continue reading
Mar 26 Trump’s border-wall proposal faces many obstacles By Alicia A. Caldwell, Associated Press President Donald Trump has now laid out exactly what he wants in the "big, beautiful wall" that he's promised to build on the U.S.-Mexico border. Continue reading
Mar 18 Trump wants to build 30-foot-high wall at Mexican border By Alicia A. Caldwell, Associated Press The Trump administration wants to build a 30-foot-high border wall that looks good from the north side and is difficult to climb or cut through. Continue reading
Feb 28 Trump says he’s open to ‘compromise’ immigration bill By Julie Pace, Associated Press The president, in a lunch with news anchors ahead of his address to Congress on Tuesday night, said, "The time is right for an immigration bill as long as there is compromise on both sides."… Continue reading
Feb 28 Watch 6:09 This New Mexico school welcomes families who live across the border By PBS News Hour As anxiety increases within the immigrant community over stepped-up enforcement along the U.S.-Mexican border, one small bi-national community in New Mexico is working hard to keep families connected through education and schooling. Special correspondent Simon Thompson reports from public media’s… Continue watching
Feb 24 Photo: Deported from the U.S., walking the border By News Desk A Mexican who was recently deported from the U.S. carries a black bag Feb. 22 next to the Tijuana river, in Tijuana, Mexico. Continue reading
Feb 23 Watch 9:00 For a ‘smart’ secure border, ‘we need some creativity,’ says Rep. McCaul By PBS News Hour The Trump administration is continuing its push to increase security both along the southern border and at U.S. points of entry. Judy Woodruff speaks with Texas Rep. Michael McCaul, the chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, who has just… Continue watching
Feb 23 Watch 9:25 U.S. and Mexico share diplomatic dialogue amid tensions By PBS News Hour The two heads of the State and Homeland Security Departments traveled to Mexico for what was originally seen as a fence-mending mission after months of diplomatic turbulence. But with new, tougher U.S. immigration policies taking shape, the visit was what… Continue watching
Feb 23 U.S., Mexico at odds over deportation as top officials meet By Josh Lederman, Associated Press MEXICO CITY — Mexico's mounting unease and resentment over President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown are looming over a gathering of U.S. and Mexican leaders that the U.S. had hoped would project a strong future for relations between neighbors. Continue reading