Authorities say a U.S. Border Patrol agent was shot and wounded during a traffic stop near the Texas border city of Del Rio and that another agent shot and killed the gunman. U.S. Customs and Border Protection said in a statement that the two agents pulled over a vehicle Friday evening near Brackettville and that
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The U.S. Supreme Court upheld President Donald Trump’s policy of seeking asylum in the first country an immigrant sets foot on. That ruling sent shock waves among immigration advocacy groups because of how it could affect the thousands of immigrants trying to gain asylum in the U.S. Juarez officials are uncertain what the ruling means
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The U.S. Supreme Court is allowing nationwide enforcement of a new Trump administration rule that prevents most Central American immigrants from seeking asylum in the United States. The justices’ order late Wednesday temporarily undoes a lower-court ruling that had blocked the new asylum policy in some states along the southern border. The policy is meant
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A federal appeals court has put on hold a ruling that blocked a Trump administration policy that would prevent migrants from seeking asylum along the entire southwest border. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued a stay overnight that puts the ruling by U.S. District Judge Jon Tigar on hold for now. That means
Continue Reading There’s about to be a new Barbie doll on the shelves, with flowers on her dress and a skull painted on her face. It’s the Dia de los Muertos Barbie, or Day of the Dead Barbie. The collectible doll, which will be released on Thursday, celebrates the annual Mexican festival, in which people honor their
Continue Reading The Trump administration says it saw a 30% drop in the number of people apprehended at the southern U.S. border from July to August, amid summer heat and aggressive crackdowns on both sides of the border to deter migrants. Acting U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Mark Morgan said Monday that the percentage of border
Continue Reading A federal judge in California on Monday again blocked the Trump administration from turning away asylum seekers who pass through another country on the way to the U.S.-Mexico border, reinstating his nationwide injunction after the Ninth Circuit narrowed it to apply only within that circuit. U.S. District Judge Jon Tigar on Monday ruled that an
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Two men were killed and dismembered with their mutilated remains being found scattered in two separate sections of the city over the weekend, according to reports from El Mexicano and El Diario. The body discoveries contributed to a weekend that saw an escalation of violence in Juarez, with at least a half-dozen murders occurring during
Continue Reading A month after a white gunman targeting Latinos killed 22 people in El Paso, the Democratic-led U.S. House Judiciary Committee heard Friday from experts about the “relationship between anti-immigrant rhetoric and domestic terrorism.” U.S. Reps. Veronica Escobar of Texas and Jerry Nadler of New York presided over a field hearing at the University of Texas
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Under threat of crippling U.S. tariffs, Mexico said Friday it had reduced the flow of migrants arriving at its northern border by 56% in three months. Foreign Secretary Marcelo Ebrard said he believes Mexico’s strategy of cracking down on illegal migration with a National Guard deployment, investment in Central America and allowing the U.S. to
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Federal authorities want to divert $125 million from two planned projects at New Mexico military bases to help to build part of President Donald Trump’s wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. Members of the New Mexico congressional delegation were informed Wednesday of the Department of Defense’s decision. Funding is expected to be diverted from an $85
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A Mexican man detained by Border Patrol for illegal re-entry died Monday at a hospital in Texas. U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokesman Andrew Meehan says the 45-year-old man was initially apprehended Feb. 2 and requested medical attention. He was taken to a medical center and later cleared to return to the Rio Grande City
Continue Reading A group of about one hundred Las Cruces residents took to one of the busiest corners of town to protest President Donald Trump’s most recent move to fund a border wall. “We know we have an immigration crisis, but it’s not a national emergency,” said Greg White, one of the organizers of the protest on
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The building options for the proposed migrant processing center planned to be built in El Paso are limited. According to our news partners at the El Paso Inc., the General Services Administration, working with U.S. Customs and Border Protection, is looking for a property with 250-thousand square feet of open space, fully heated and air-conditioned
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