More Mexicans seek asylum in U.S. as drug violence rises A Texas lawyer is among those trying to broaden the definition of asylum, dismaying conservative critics and some Mexican officials. One of his clients, a Mexican waitress and widowed mother of three, says she played dead under a pile of bodies to survive a massacre in Ciudad Juarez led by men she recognized as federal police. More
FBI: Strong signs border death was friendly fire Friendly fire likely was to blame in a shooting near the Arizona-Mexico line that killed one federal agent and wounded another, the FBI said, noting the investigation was still ongoing in the case that reignited the political debate over border security.... More
Report: US weighs using blimps at Mexico border Dozens of surveillance blimps now being used on the battlefield in Afghanistan and Iraq could be deployed on the border with Mexico under a new joint initiative by the American military and border patrol officials, the Wall Street Journal reported. More
'Extraordinary' U.S.-Mexico drug tunnel may be Sinaloa cartel's The powerful Sinaloa drug cartel is believed to be behind one of the most sophisticated and well-engineered smuggling tunnels ever found along the U.S.-Mexico border, according to U.S. drug enforcement officials who announced the discovery Thursday in Yuma. More
Immigration from Mexico in fast retreat, data show Census figures show that fewer people are leaving and many are returning as a lack of jobs in the U.S. and tighter border enforcement dissuade many who might have entered illegally. More
3 days of silence: Records reveal inside story of Border Patrol shooting Two others, mounted on ATVs, rolled through the adjacent blocks.Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. A few minutes later, Gómez was lying in the ... 06/24/2024 - 4:57 am | View Link
You’ll Never Forget the Things You See in Green Border Green Border forces us to confront raw human behavior ... a heavily pregnant woman tossed over a fence like a sack of potatoes; the freezing and the wounded left to die in the cold. Holland is a ... 06/20/2024 - 1:00 pm | View Link
‘Green Border’ Review: Migrants’ Elusive Race for Freedom Agnieszka Holland focuses on the Polish-Belarusian border as a Syrian family tries to make it to the ... out eerily close by — through an opening in a towering razor-wire fence. Amid a cacophony of ... 06/19/2024 - 1:00 pm | View Link
On US-Mexico bridge, two sides of Biden border crackdown A group of migrants walked into Mexico on Saturday against pedestrian traffic on the international bridge between El Paso and Ciudad Juarez minutes after being deported from the United States under ... 06/19/2024 - 4:24 am | View Link
Artist's display at US-Mexico border wall highlights problems facing local wildlife: 'This isn't about making beautiful art' However, barriers like the wall can prevent these animals from doing so, impeding their ability to find food, water, and potential mates. In Nogales, for instance, the wall towers about 20 feet high ... 06/12/2024 - 6:30 pm | View Link