First bus of unaccompanied minors arrive at North Houston facility

The first 500 unaccompanied minors as part of the Biden Administration’s work to create solutions to move unaccompanied children out of CBP facilities will arrive in Houston on Thursday, FOX 26 has learned. 

Cornyn advocates placement of unaccompanied immigrant kids with family or sponsors

As thousands of undocumented, unaccompanied, young people continue pouring across America's southern border, the challenge is no longer how to stop them, but rather how to safely process and place them.

Texas lawmakers tour facilities housing migrant children

Senator John Cornyn is set to tour a shelter for unaccompanied minors in Houston on Tuesday and will hold a roundtable discussion afterward.

Biden administration releases images of Texas border facilities housing migrant children

U.S. Customs and Border Protection shared two videos and 44 photos of the processing centers, located in Donna and El Paso, that are housing unaccompanied migrant children.

US officials to hold talks in Mexico on migration amid surge at border

A surge of migrants has hit the U.S. southern border with Mexico. Several top U.S. advisers on border and immigration issues will meet with Mexican officials on Tuesday.

ICE secures temporary housing for migrant families amid surge at the US-Mexico border

U.S. immigration officials confirmed to FOX Television Stations that they are providing temporary shelter for some migrant families amid a growing surge at the U.S.-Mexico border.

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas says border under control despite surge in migrants

A surge of migrants on the Southwest border has the Biden administration on the defensive, with the head of Homeland Security acknowledging the depth of the problem Tuesday but insisting it’s under control and saying he won’t revive a Trump-era practice of immediately expelling teens and children.

Surge at the border
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Illegal entry to U.S. surging at Texas border especially among unaccompanied children. ThweWYP panel discusses the effect of the Biden administration's change on border crossings.

Some groups, schools in Houston prepare as immigration numbers increase

According to data provided by Customs and Border Protection, they had more than 100,400 migrant encounters in February, involving roughly 20,000 families and 9,500 unaccompanied minors.

Gov. Greg Abbott holds press conference to discuss border crisis

Texas Governor Greg Abbott held a press conference at the Texas-Mexico border to talk about the state’s border security efforts amid the ongoing humanitarian crisis.

Trump slams Biden on border, White House says it doesn’t take immigration ‘advice’ from him

Former President Donald Trump criticized President Joe Biden's immigration policies amid a flood of migrants at the border since his victory. In response, the White House called Trump's policies while in office "not only inhumane but ineffective."

SUV in crash where 13 died came through hole in border fence

The Border Patrol says 13 people killed in a Southern California crash were among more than 40 migrants who entered the U.S. through a hole cut into the border fence with Mexico.

Biden meets with Mexican president Monday to discuss migration, other issues

President Joe Biden met virtually Monday with Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador — a chance for the pair to talk more fully about migration, confronting the coronavirus and cooperating on economic and national security issues.

ICE nearly released sex abuse convicts after confusion over Biden's 'release them all' memo

Immigration authorities prepared to release three men in Texas convicted of sex offenses against children in an apparent misapplication of President Joe Biden’s enforcement directives.

Thousands of asylum-seekers waiting in Mexico to be allowed into US

The Biden administration on Friday announced plans for tens of thousands of asylum-seekers waiting in Mexico for their next immigration court hearings to be allowed into the United States while their cases proceed.