10,000 migrants a day head to US border, Mexico's president says
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador says the surge of migrants reaching Mexico’s northern border with the United States is partly due to about 6,000 migrants per day crossing into Mexico from Guatemala over the past week.
Nightly Roundup: Arrest made in Tupac's murder, man shot and killed by Mesa Police
From a long-awaited breakthrough in the murder case of rap legend Tupac Shakur, to a deadly officer-involved shooting in a Mesa neighborhood, here's some of the top stories on FOX10Phoenix.com for Friday, September 29, 2023.
Cochise County deputy hurt while trying to stop smuggling suspect, sheriff says
The deputy reportedly fell at least 15 feet while trying to deploy spikes in an effort to stop the suspect, according to Sheriff Mark Dannels.
President Biden criticized by some for not visiting the border during Arizona trip
As President Joe Biden makes another visit to Arizona, he's drawing criticism from various officials for appearing to not make time to visit the southernmost part of the state to see the cities impacted by the growing border crisis.
Immigration attorney urges migrants to use CBP One app amid surge in border crossings
As a surge of migrant crossing along the U.S.-Mexico border continues, an app that was developed to help ease the demand on certain resources related to immigration is not being used by some of the migrants because of a number of issues.
Biden administration offers nearly 500K Venezuelan migrants legal status
Under intense political pressure from fellow Democrats, the Biden administration has announced it is granting protection to hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans who are already in the country.
Border communities feeling the impact from a surge of migrants
Amid a surge in the number of migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, communities along the border are trying to deal with the surge, but they do not have the resources needed.
Influx of asylum seekers: Arizona sheriff seeks state, federal help
Sheriff Mark Dannels of Cochise County said that the rural area doesn’t have shelters or other infrastructure to attend to the needs of migrants, many of them from faraway countries in western Africa and southeast Asia.
Smugglers are steering migrants into the remote Arizona desert, posing new Border Patrol challenges
During a recent visit, Associated Press journalists saw close to 100 migrants arrive in just four hours at the border wall near Lukeville, Arizona, inside Organ Pipe, as temperatures hit 110 degrees Fahrenheit. The next morning, several hundred more migrants lined up along the wall to turn themselves in.
Feds to drop Arizona lawsuit over shipping containers at border
The federal government is ready to drop a lawsuit against Arizona over storage containers that were put up last year at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Illegal crossings on the US-Mexico border rose in July but were still down from 2022
Arrests for illegally crossing the U.S. border from Mexico soared 33% from June to July, according to U.S. government figures, reversing course after a plunge that followed the introduction of new asylum restrictions.
Barrels of drinking water for migrants walking through Texas have disappeared
Barrels of life-saving water that a human rights group strategically placed for wayward migrants traveling on foot have vanished.
Texas border agents find spider monkeys in backpack
The animals were found inside the luggage with air holes punched through it.
Images show men armed with rifles, body armor coming across southern border
The incident took place in Texas, but the men were not located.
Arizona-Mexico border town hosts House Republicans' meeting to tackle immigration issues
As President Biden visited northern Arizona Tuesday, House Republicans held a joint field hearing focused on the border crisis in southern Arizona.
CBP officers in Texas seize ‘meth veggies’ worth more than $4 million
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in Texas last week seized more than $4 million worth of methamphetamine concealed inside vegetables.
Pentagon pulling 1,100 troops from U.S.-Mexico border mission
The Pentagon is pulling 1,100 active duty troops from the U.S.-Mexico border it deployed earlier this year as the government prepared for the end of asylum restrictions linked to the pandemic.
Honduran migrant throws 1-year-old girl in the Rio Grande, authorities say
A Honduran migrant tossed his young daughter into the Rio Grande while trying to illegally cross the southern border from Mexico into Texas, authorities said.
Caravan of nearly 1,000 migrants in Southern Mexico walk toward US
Nearly 1,000 migrants from South America formed a group to head north together in hopes of reaching the U.S.