U.S.-Mexico border

What you should know about the impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas

By Rebecca Santana, Associated Press

The vote Tuesday marks the first time in nearly 150 years that a Cabinet secretary has been impeached.

House votes to impeach Mayorkas in a historic rebuke of a sitting Cabinet member

By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press

The U.S. House voted Tuesday to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, with the Republican majority determined to punish the Biden administration over its handling of the U.S-Mexico border after failing last week in a politically embarrassing setback.

WATCH: Biden pleas for Congress to ‘show some spine’ as border security and Ukraine aid collapses

By Stephen Groves, Mary Clare Jalonick, Aamer Madhani, Associated Press

President Joe Biden is urging Congress to "show some spine" and stand up to Donald Trump. But Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell says that a deal to pair border policy changes with $60 billion in wartime aid for Ukraine is…

WATCH: Texas Gov. Abbott speaks at gathering of GOP governors at U.S.-Mexico border

By Valerie Gonzalez, Associated Press

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott returned to Eagle Pass on Sunday, surrounded by GOP governors who have cheered on his extraordinary showdown with President Joe Biden’s administration over immigration enforcement.

Senators release $118 billion package pairing border policy with aid for Ukraine and Israel

By Stephen Groves, Mary Clare Jalonick, Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press

Senators on Sunday released a highly anticipated $118 billion package that pairs border enforcement policy with wartime aid for Ukraine, Israel and other U.S. allies, setting off a long-shot effort to push the bill through heavy skepticism from Republicans, including House…

Senators reach a deal on border policy bill. Now it faces an uphill fight to passage

By Stephen Groves, Associated Press

Sen. Chris Murphy, the lead Democratic negotiator, posted on social media Friday that a deal had been reached and text of the bill would be released over the weekend.

Mexican president suggests U.S. talks on migration and trafficking may suffer after drug money allegations

By Associated Press

Mexico's president has suggested that talks with the U.S. government on migration and drug trafficking could suffer after media reports of a U.S. investigation into alleged drug money donations for his 2006 campaign.

Deal on wartime Ukraine aid and border security stalls in Congress as time runs short

By Stephen Groves, Lisa Mascaro, Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press

Senate negotiators are struggling to finalize a bipartisan deal that would pair policy changes at the U.S. southern border with wartime aid for Kyiv as they run into strong resistance from House Republicans and Donald Trump.

President Biden says he’ll shut the U.S.-Mexico border if given the ability. What does that mean?

By Colleen Long, Associated Press

The deal had been in the works for months and seemed to be nearing completion in the Senate before it began to fall apart, largely because Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump doesn't want it to happen.

Biden says he would shut down U.S.-Mexico border ‘right now’ if Congress sends him a deal

By Zeke Miller, Colleen Long, Meg Kinnard, Associated Press

Bidding to salvage a border deal in Congress that also would unlock money for Ukraine, Biden offered fresh assurances Saturday night that he would be willing to close the U.S.-Mexico border if lawmakers would only send him a bill to sign.