DHS Secretary Kristi Noem visits U.S.-Mexico border during Arizona trip

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is in southern Arizona on Wednesday where she will visit the U.S.-Mexico border.

Border Patrol agents involved in southern Arizona shooting: PCSD

PCSD says a man from the Pima County community of Sahuarita is in serious condition following a shooting that involved Border Patrol agents.

US Border Patrol agent shoots, kills Mexican citizen near Rio Grande City

A confrontation near the U.S.-Mexico border turned deadly last week when a Border Patrol agent shot and killed a man during a struggle in the brush, federal authorities said Wednesday.

South Texas migrant shelter stripped of federal funding for 6 years

Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley, run by the "Pope's Favorite Nun," is accused by the Trump Administration of numerous grant discrepancies in their work to help migrants released by the CBP, reports say.

Claims of abuse at Fort Bliss ICE facility; DHS calls them ‘categorically false’

The letter, penned by the American Civil Liberty Union and other organizations, claims detainees at Camp East Montana, located at Fort Bliss, were “handcuffed and rounded up" before being loaded into vans and taken to the U.S.-Mexico border and told to go across the border into Mexico by masked officers even if the detainee did not have a removal order to the country.

Guilty plea leads to 5-year sentence for human smuggling and illegal firearm

A Mexican national was sentenced to five years in federal prison for his role in an armed human smuggling attempt, which included illegal reentry and possessing an AR-15 style rifle near the U.S. border.

30 handguns seized from truck spare tire at Texas border crossing

Texas Department of Public Safety special agents seized 30 handguns and dozens of accessories destined for Mexico that were concealed in a spare tire during an inspection at the Anzalduas Port of Entry, leading to the arrest of two individuals.

Border Patrol data shows 74% drop in illegal Big Bend border crossings since 2023

The U.S. Border Patrol's Big Bend Sector reported a 74% drop in illegal border crossings over the last two fiscal years, which officials attribute to stricter enforcement policies and expanded surveillance technology.

43 undocumented migrants found hidden in Texas stash house

Authorities arrested 43 migrants from seven different countries who were found hiding inside a small, unsanitary trailer home.

Cache of weapons, ammo headed to Mexico seized at Texas-Mexico border

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Laredo Port of Entry seized a cache of weapons hidden in a vehicle and trailer bound for Mexico.

South Texas: 51 undocumented migrants found smuggled in refrigerated produce truck

A man who authorities say was in the U.S. illegally is facing federal charges after being accused of smuggling more than four dozen people, including two juveniles, in a cramped, hidden compartment of a refrigerated produce truck in South Texas.

$10M in meth found hidden in salad greens at Texas-Mexico border

The nearly 1,153 pounds of alleged narcotics were discovered hidden inside a commercial vehicle carrying a shipment of lettuce from Mexico.

Texas lawmakers ask Trump for priority when reimbursing border security efforts

After President Donald Trump's “One Big Beautiful Bill” passed in July, states who spent their own money on U.S. border security are still waiting on the $13.5 billion allocated for reimbursement.

Texas resident pleads guilty to drugging Mexican children to smuggle them into the US

An El Paso resident pleaded guilty to federal charges related to a human smuggling operation that brought unaccompanied children as young as five across the U.S.-Mexico border, sometimes using candy laced with THC to sedate them during the process.