U.S.-Mexico border

Federal judge prohibits separating migrant families at U.S. border for 8 years

By Elliot Spagat, Associated Press

U.S. District Judge Dana Sabraw's ruling on Friday in San Diego preemptively blocks resumption of a lightning-rod, Trump-era policy that the former president hasn't ruled out if elected to a second term next year.

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.

WATCH: Biden, López Obrador talk fentanyl, migration during San Francisco meeting

By Colleen Long, Aamer Madhani, Associated Press

The two leaders were in San Francisco Friday for the annual APEC conference. Biden's relationship with López Obrador has at times been tense. But the two were all smiles and compliments on Friday.

Illegal border crossings into the U.S. drop in October after a 3-month streak of increases

By Associated Press

The decline comes during the resumption of deportation flights to Venezuela, shortly after Venezuelans replaced Mexicans as the largest nationality appearing at the border.

Why thousands of migrants are being detained by the U.S. as witnesses

By John Yang, Harry Zahn and Sarah Cutler, Columbia Journalism Fellow

Over the past 20 years, tens of thousands of undocumented immigrants have been sent to jail and held as potential witnesses in human smuggling cases, many for six months or longer. A New York Times investigation examined this largely overlooked…

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WATCH: White House holds briefing as Biden waives laws to allow border wall in Texas

By Colleen Long, Associated Press

The Department of Homeland Security announced that the Biden administration leveraged sweeping executive power to waive 26 federal laws in South Texas.

What’s behind the influx of migrants crossing the U.S. southern border?

By Rebecca Santana, Associated Press

Migrants have always come to the U.S., but the immigration system now seems strained nationwide more than ever. The U.S. has had immigration surges before so what's different now, and why?…

A judge orders Texas to move a floating barrier used to deter migrants to the bank of the Rio Grande

By Paul J. Weber, Associated Press

The ruling Wednesday is a setback to Republican Gov. Greg Abbott's latest aggressive tactic to try stopping migrants from crossing America's southern border.

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.

Mexican border city struggles to find space for migrants even with a new shelter

By Valerie Gonzalez, Associated Press

At a massive encampment near an international bridge along the U.S.-Mexico border, migrants from Honduras, Haiti, Venezuela and elsewhere have turned scraps of plastic, poster board and rope into makeshift homes.