Politics Oct 14 Trump proposes adding 10,000 Border Patrol agents after derailing a bipartisan border bill By Meg Kinnard, Nicholas Riccardi, Associated Press
Nation Sep 03 Officials find bodies of 9 migrants who died trying to cross Rio Grande into Texas Officials on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border searched for more victims Saturday after at least nine migrants died while trying to cross the rain-swollen Rio Grande river, a dangerous border-crossing attempt in an area where the water level had risen…
Nation Mar 15 AP Report: U.S. to house up to 3,000 immigrant teens at Dallas site The memo says federal agencies will use the facility to house boys ages 15 to 17. The memo describes the soon-to-open site as a "decompression center."… By Nomaan Merchant, Jake Bleiberg, Associated Press
Nation Jul 29 Watch 8:28 Trump says Cummings lied about conditions in migrant detention facilities. Did he? President Trump’s recent verbal attacks on Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., were sparked by the congressman’s criticism of migrant facilities on the U.S.-Mexico border. The White House disputed Cummings’ characterizations. So what do we actually know about what’s going on in…
Nation May 31 Border patrol releases critical report on use of force by agents On Friday, U.S. Customs and Border Patrol released both a critical report on the use of force by its agents along the Mexican border and a revised use of force policy handbook prohibiting excessive force. By Kayla Ruble