Border Patrol mourns El Paso agent who died after contracting Covid-19 on the job
EL PASO, Texas — The U.S. Border Patrol station on Hondo Pass in El Paso is mourning the loss of one of its own. Agent and canine handler Freddie…
Continue ReadingOn the Border
Border encounters reach 2-decade high in April, though number of unaccompanied children dips
WASHINGTON, DC — More than 178,000 migrants were encountered at the U.S.-Mexico border in April, a slight increase over March, for the highest…
Continue Reading
‘Heartbreaking’ says Texas farmer who found 5 abandoned migrant girls, all under age 7, near border
QUEMADO, Texas — A Texas farmer found five young migrant children who had been abandoned, resting on the ground in the hot sun on his ranch land…
Continue Reading
Indigenous diaspora: Leaving home and the journey across Mexico
(Editor’s note: This story was produced as part of the Puente News Collaborative, a bi-national partnership of news organizations in Ciudad Juárez…
Continue Reading
Man dead after gunman opens fire at U.S. immigration office in Florida
ORLANDO, Florida — A man was fatally shot outside a U.S. Customs and Immigration Services building in central Florida, and a suspect has been taken…
Continue Reading
El Pasoans Fighting Hunger providing meals, water to organizations helping migrants
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — As the immigration surge continues at the U.S. Southwest border, local organizations are finding unique ways to help the…
Continue Reading
ABC-7 Xtra: Bound for U.S., migrants take dangerous risks jumping on trains
EL PASO, Texas — U.S. Customs and Border protection is seeing a dangerous trend with migrants jumping on trains coming in from Mexico to enter the…
Continue Reading Homeland security chief tours migrant facility in Texas amid decline in child border crossings
DONNA, Texas — New immigration data shows trends at the border may be changing as the Biden administration attempts to control migration.…
Continue Reading
Luna County farmers living along border urge Biden administration to finish wall construction
LUNA COUNTY, New Mexico — Farmers in Luna County are expressing concern that the halt to the construction of the U.S.-Mexico border wall by the…
Continue Reading Passengers aboard a boat that sank near San Diego paid thousands to smugglers
Passengers aboard a vessel that sank near San Diego on Sunday told investigators they each paid thousands of dollars to be smuggled into the US,…
Continue Reading
CBP to allow Mexican students, parents to cross border for UTEP commencement
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — UTEP has announced that it reached an agreement with U.S. Customs and Border Protection that would allow upcoming graduates…
Continue Reading
Body believed to be Ecuadorian migrant found in desert area between Las Cruces & Hatch
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A body found north of Las Cruces could be that of a migrant from Ecuador, according to the Dona Ana County Sheriff’s…
Continue Reading
El Paso tourism restarting, leaders hope border restrictions lifted by summer
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Travel and tourism is picking up as more people are getting vaccinated. Despite border restrictions still in place,…
Continue Reading
Migrant family separated in El Paso by Trump administration among 1st to be reunited
EL PASO, Texas — Mabel, a mother from Honduras surprised her sons, Mino and Erick, at a family gathering and locked them in a tearful group hug for…
Continue Reading A mom and son sobbed as they reunited at the border after 3 years apart
SAN DIEGO, California — Bryan Chávez carried a bundle of Mother’s Day balloons as he headed toward the border. It had been more than…
Continue Reading
Massive drug pipeline from Mexico to Georgia, all ran from prison, busted
ATLANTA, Georgia (WGCL) — A sophisticated system pumping deadly, liquid meth from Mexico to metro Atlanta, run by a dangerous crime ring in…
Continue Reading
Migrant girls facility in quiet west El Paso neighborhood to open soon
EL PASO, Texas — Nestled inside a quiet westside El Paso neighborhood, you’ll find an Alzheimer’s facility transformed into a facility for migrant…
Continue Reading
Caught on video: Inside Juarez smuggling operation moving migrants across border to El Paso
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — The blue sedan looked like any other driving along a Mexican highway until the mid-morning sun glinted off long, thin pieces…
Continue Reading
Caught on video: Mexico City overpass collapses; at least 24 dead – including children, 79 injured
MEXICO CITY, Mexico — Officials say an elevated section of Mexico City’s metro collapsed and at least 24 people have been killed, including…
Continue Reading
Biden set to raise refugee cap to 62,500 after blowback
WASHINGTON, DC — The Biden administration will raise the refugee ceiling to 62,500 people this fiscal year, the White House confirmed, after…
Continue Reading
Nearly 6,000 migrants apprehended daily at U.S.-Mexico border in April
WASHINGTON, DC — After a spike in apprehensions of undocumented immigrants at the U.S.-Mexico border in March raised alarms and prompted a…
Continue Reading
4 families separated at the U.S.-Mexico border under Trump to be reunited this week in Texas, California
WASHINGTON, DC — Four migrant families separated at the U.S.-Mexico border under the Trump administration will be reunited this week in Texas…
Continue Reading Feds launch human smuggling investigation after police find more than 90 people in Houston home
HOUSTON, Texas — Houston police officers following up on a kidnapping report found more than 90 people jammed in a two-story home in what…
Continue Reading
Biden stopped building Trump’s wall, here’s what it looks like now
PATAGONIA MOUNTAINS, Arizona — Once there was a bustling construction zone here. Now it’s like a ghost town, frozen in time. Heavy…
Continue Reading
Defense Department cancels all border wall contracts using funds intended for military missions
WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Defense Department is canceling all contracts for wall construction on the U.S.-Mexico border that used funds…
Continue Reading
Las Cruces migrant advocates & ‘dreamers’ call for pathway to citizenship for essential workers
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Ahead of International Workers Day, Las Cruces ‘dreamers’ and immigrant advocates called on the federal government…
Continue Reading 3 migrants hurt trying to jump on moving train in Hudspeth County
SIERRA BLANCA, Texas — Three migrants were injured after trying to jump on a moving Union Pacific Train in Hudspeth County on Wednesday, authorities…
Continue Reading
Mexico tops 345,000 virus deaths, will start vaccinating ages 50-59
MEXICO CITY, Mexico — Mexico’s pandemic death toll passed 345,000 Tuesday, though most states have not seen any rebound in coronavirus cases,…
Continue Reading
El Dorado High School senior creates feminine care packages for female immigrants
El Paso, Texas– Mia Flor Gonzales is hoping to provide a sense of warmth to immigrant girls by providing them with feminine care packages. It’s all…
Continue Reading Biden picks Texas sheriff who criticized Trump-era immigration policies for ICE director
WASHINGTON, DC — President Joe Biden will nominate Harris County, Texas, Sheriff Ed Gonzalez, a critic of former President Donald Trump’s…
Continue Reading