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.

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.

Top White House official visits the border
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As the amount of drug seizures at the U.S. - Mexico Border reaches record highs, a top White House official who is visiting the border said real change is coming. Officials said the purpose of the visit is to highlight the Biden-Harris Administration's latest efforts to crack down on drug trafficking. FOX 10's Stephanie Bennett reports.

New body camera footage shows Border Patrol agents shooting Arizona tribal member

The footage also shows several agents asking repeatedly whether anyone had found a firearm as they moved in to handcuff Mattia. There was no sign a handgun was found.

Brussels sprouts shipment turns into $4.3M drug bust, border patrol says

A tractor-trailer meant to be shipping Brussels sprouts was found to have millions of dollars worth of meth hiding inside of it, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said.

CBP seizes $2.7M worth of endangered fish bladders in Arizona

U.S. Customs and Border Protection made an unusual seizure of 242 pounds of swim bladders from an endangered fish.

A month since Title 42's end in Arizona: What's changed, what hasn't, what's to come?

It’s been a month since the public health order known as Title 42 was lifted, and since then, the Department of Homeland Security says illegal crossings at the southern border have taken a dip. Yuma Mayor Douglas Nicholls talks what's to come.

14 migrants found locked in trailer during Arizona drug bust

On May 25, a. Arizona trooper pulled over a tractor-trailer on I-19 northbound in Sahuarita and found “multiple indicators of criminal activity."