U.S. Border Security

Immigration official says US-Mexico border crisis not over

October 29, 2019 2:09pm MST

Even though crossings have been down over the past few months and news of custody deaths and teeming facilities full of children and families has faded from front pages and talking points of politicians, the number of migrants coming over border is still high. And resources are still stretched.

Mexican woman dead after being found in southern Arizona

October 29, 2019 9:00am MST

The cause of death is believed to be complications from dehydration. The woman is believed to have crossed the border illegally and was found by the Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office on Oct. 13. The sheriff's office says the woman told a deputy she had been lost and hadn't eaten or drank anything in several days. She was covered in ants and could barely move on her own.

30 immigrants found alive in locked semitrailer in Arizona

October 28, 2019 3:27pm MST

Border Patrol officials say 30 immigrants have been found alive in a locked semitrailer in southern Arizona.

CBP: Woman arrested, accused of smuggling heroin by hiding it in her private area

October 25, 2019 3:22pm MST

Officials with U.S. Customs and Border Protection say a woman is accused of smuggling heroin into the country by hiding it in her private area.

Autopsy: US border agent in Arizona died of natural causes

October 24, 2019 7:30pm MST

The Pima County Medical Examiner has ruled that a U.S. Border Patrol agent who died earlier this month while on patrol near the Arizona border died of natural causes.

Trump includes Colorado in states getting border wall

October 24, 2019 8:16am MST

President Donald Trump's boast of building part of the border wall in Colorado is garnering attention in the state, including from the state's governor, Democrat Jared Polis.

Border apprehensions drop as immigration crackdown continues

October 8, 2019 8:41am MST

The Trump administration says it continues to see a drop in the number of people apprehended at the southern U.S. border.

Border agent dies on patrol near Arizona-Mexico border; authorities say no evidence of foul play

October 7, 2019 8:13pm MST

A U.S. Border Patrol agent has died after being found unresponsive while on patrol near the Arizona border, but authorities say there's no evidence of foul play.

Arizona driver arrested after 31 immigrants found in big rig

September 17, 2019 4:36pm MST

Authorities say an Arizona man has been arrested on suspicion of human smuggling after 31 Mexican immigrants were found in the tractor-trailer he was driving.

Border Patrol releases drone footage showing miles of ‘new wall system’ being built

August 26, 2019 9:59am MST

Drone footage released by the Border Patrol over the weekend shows miles of a “new border wall system” going up at a location in Arizona near where illegal immigrants were seen streaming into America years ago.

Six-month-old girl in critical condition after father brings her across border illegally, officials say

August 24, 2019 2:27pm MST

A six-month-old girl is in critical condition at a Texas hospital after U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents apprehended her, her father and 21 other people who illegally crossed the Rio Grande into the United States, officials said Saturday.

CBP: Man found with 2lbs of meth hidden in the groin area

August 22, 2019 4:24pm MST

Officials with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection say a 35-year-old Tucson man is arrested, after he was found smuggling meth into the country by taping them to his lower body.

Mexico is busing asylum-seeking migrants to southern border

August 19, 2019 7:21am MST

The Mexican government said Friday it is busing migrants who have applied for asylum in the United States to the southern Mexico state of Chiapas.

Border agent facing trial for hitting migrant gets plea deal

August 13, 2019 12:20pm MST

A Border Patrol agent accused of using his vehicle to knock over a fleeing Guatemalan migrant nearly two years ago in Arizona has reached a plea agreement.

CBP finds $1.7M in methamphetamine inside SUV at U.S.- Mexico border

July 15, 2019 7:28am MST

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers announced Friday they'd made a stunning find inside an SUV at the U.S.-Mexico border: methamphetamines valued at over $1.7 million.

Border Patrol rescues 17 migrants lost on military bombing range in Arizona

June 22, 2019 8:36pm MST

More than a dozen migrants were rescued in southwestern Arizona after they crossed into a military bombing range and became lost, according to Border Patrol.

Border Patrol, Mexican police find incomplete border tunnel in Nogales

May 31, 2019 10:32am MST

Border Patrol officials and Mexican police have discovered an incomplete cross-border tunnel underneath a Nogales parking lot. According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the tunnel was found by Border Patrol International Liaison units and Mexico's federal police while they were conducting a tunnel sweep on May 29.