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House Panel Wants Answers On Racist CBP Facebook Posts

August 1, 2019 In Homeland Security Staff

The chairman of a prominent House committee is asking for answers about secret Facebook groups that aired racist and sexist comments made by agents of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency.

Border Patrol

US Military Prepares for New Southwest Border Rules of Engagement with Migrants

May 6, 2019 Sylvia Longmire

The Department of Defense (DoD) is preparing to loosen rules that prohibit troops from interacting with migrants entering the United States.

Border Patrol

Migrants Dropped Off in New Mexico; City Asks for Donations

April 15, 2019 In Homeland Security Staff

Border Patrol agents dropped off asylum-seeking migrants in New Mexico's second most populous city for the second day in a row Saturday, prompting Las Cruces city officials to appeal for donations of food and personal hygiene items and a state medical program to seek volunteers to provide health assessments of migrants.

Borders & Immigration

US Expands 'Catch and Release' Amid Surge in Migrants

April 3, 2019 In Homeland Security Staff

The surge of migrant families arriving at the southern border has led the Trump administration to dramatically expand a practice President Donald Trump has long mocked as "catch and release."

Columnists

Trump Includes $12.2B Request for Border Wall Funding in 2020 Budget

March 12, 2019 Sylvia Longmire

President Donald Trump has renewed his fight for border wall funding as the White House submitted its 2020 budget proposal to Congress on March 11.

Homeland Security

U.S. Border Officers Make Largest-Ever Fentanyl Bust: 254 Pounds Hidden Under Cucumbers

February 1, 2019 In Homeland Security Staff

The fentanyl load was enough for more than 100 million lethal doses of the drug, a synthetic opioid that has fueled an epidemic of U.S. overdose deaths.

The History Of U.S. Border Apprehensions

January 10, 2019 In Homeland Security Staff

Figures released by DHS show nationwide apprehensions of migrants entering the country without authorization are at some of their lowest numbers in decades.

Homeland Security

Border Clash Leaves Caravan Migrants Dejected, Worried

November 27, 2018 In Homeland Security Staff

Migrants hoping to apply for asylum in the US must put their names on a waiting list that already had 3,000-plus people on it before the caravan arrived.

Homeland Security

US Agents Fire Tear Gas As Some Migrants Try To Breach Fence

November 26, 2018 In Homeland Security Staff

U.S. border agents fired tear gas on hundreds of migrants protesting near the border with Mexico after some of them attempted to breach the fencing.

The border fence dividing U.S. and Mexico

Homeland Security

U.S. Adds More Barriers, Razor Wire At Mexico Border Amid Fears Of A Crowd Surge

November 20, 2018 In Homeland Security Staff

US Customs officials closed the entire San Ysidro crossing for several hours before dawn, installing additional layers of razor wire and concrete barriers.