Texas governor announces $250M down payment on border wall

Declaring that the lives and property of Texans are at grave risk, Governor Greg Abbott authorized a quarter billion dollar down payment to complete the border wall the Trump administration started.

Harris defends comments on migration spike during visit to Mexico

Vice President Kamala Harris has brushed off questions about her decision not to visit the U.S.-Mexico border as part of her work to address the spike in migration to the U.S.

US threatens legal action against Texas on shelter closures

The Biden administration threatened Monday to pursue legal action if Texas Gov. Greg Abbott doesn’t rescind his order shutting down federally funded shelters that house migrant children who cross the U.S.-Mexico border without their parents.

3,900 kids separated from parents at border under Trump, task force finds

Biden’s Family Reunification Task Force identified 3,913 kids separated from parents at the U.S.-Mexico border under Trump's “zero-tolerance” policy.

Kamala Harris to Guatemalan migrants weighing trek to US: 'Do not come'

Vice President Kamala Harris has offered an optimistic outlook for improved cooperation with Guatemala on addressing the spike in migration to the U.S.

DHS ends contracts with 2 immigration jails accused of mistreating inmates

The Biden administration will stop using immigration detention facilities in Massachusetts and Georgia that are the subject of abuse allegations.

Number of migrant children in US custody more than doubled in past two months, data shows

Attorneys, advocates and mental health experts say that while some shelters housing the migrant children are safe and provide adequate care, others are endangering children’s health and safety.

US begins reuniting families at Mexican border in ‘beginning’ of broader effort

The Department of Homeland Security on Monday announced that four families who were separated at the U.S.-Mexico border during the Trump administration will be reunited this week in the U.S.

President Biden to nominate Harris County Sheriff Gonzalez to lead ICE

Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez has been named President Joe Biden's pick to lead the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency. The nomination was announced Tuesday by the White House. 

President Biden to nominate Harris Co. Sheriff Ed Gonzalez for ICE director

President Joe Biden intends to nominate Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez to serve as Director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the White House confirms.

Number of kids traveling alone at US-Mexico border hits all-time high in March

The U.S. government picked up nearly 19,000 children traveling alone across the Mexican border in March, authorities said Thursday, the largest monthly number ever recorded.

Poll: 40% of American disapprove of Biden's handling of the Mexico border crisis

More Americans disapprove than approve of how President Joe Biden is handling the sharply increasing number of unaccompanied migrant children arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border, and approval of his efforts on larger immigration policy falls short of other top issues.

YMCA International Services helps unaccompanied teens in federal custody in Houston

Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee says, so far, 300 unaccompanied migrant children have arrived at an emergency housing facility in North Houston operated by the National Association of Christian Churches.

Hundreds of unaccompanied minor children being sent from the border to be safely cared-for in Houston

An emergency housing facility, near Bush Intercontinental Airport, has been set-up to take them in and divert a growing number of migrant children being held in temporary shelters along the border.