Border Patrol agents arrest two teenagers in Arizona human smuggling incident involving five migrants

John R. Modlin, chief patrol agent of the U.S. Border Patrol's Tucson sector, tweeted that a 14-year-old and 15-year-old were stopped by officials on Dec. 13 in a sedan near Benson, Arizona.

Migrants near US-Mexico border wait in the cold for key asylum ruling

Under Title 42, authorities have expelled asylum-seekers inside the U.S. and turned away most people at the border. A key court ruling could lift those restrictions.

How will asylum work after Title 42 ends? No one knows yet

The Biden administration has been conspicuously silent about how migrants should enter the United States when Trump-era asylum limits end.

Biden administration asks Supreme Court to delay end of Title 42

The Biden administration is asking the Supreme Court to end asylum restrictions, but requested a delay until at least after Christmas.

Supreme Court puts expiration of Title 42 on hold
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The Supreme Court has placed a temporary hold on the expiration of a controversial Trump-era immigration known as Title 42. Title 42 allows border agents to immediately send most migrants who cross the U.S. back to Mexico, while they wait for processing. Reporter Rebekah Castor has more on the preparation works border towns are undertaking ahead of an expected surge in migrants crossing the border.

Suspense grows at border over future of US asylum rules

Migrants have been denied rights to seek asylum under U.S. and international law since March 2020 related to preventing the spread of COVID-19 under a public-health rule called Title 42.

Supreme Court temporarily blocks order to end Title 42

The Supreme Court is temporarily blocking an order that would lift pandemic-era restrictions on asylum seekers.

Cuban refugees rescued in the middle of the ocean by cruise ship with Arizona family on board

An Arizona couple got quite an adventure while on a Caribbean cruise after their ship ran across a rickety old boat with a broken engine filled with Cuban refugees. "They were out on the seas floating around for six days, and they finally got help from us."

Yuma County declares emergency as migrants continue to gather at border

Border agents apprehended over 300,000 immigrants over the past year in Yuma alone - that's more than the population of the country.

‘Remain in Mexico’: Federal judge blocks Biden bid to end Trump-era policy

Under former President Donald Trump, about 70,000 asylum-seekers were forced to wait in Mexico for U.S. hearings under the policy introduced in January 2019, which President Joe Biden suspended on his first day in office.

U.S. sues Arizona over shipping containers on Mexico border

Ducey told U.S. officials that Arizona stands ready to help remove the containers, which he says were placed as a temporary barrier. But he wants the U.S. government to say when it will fill any remaining gaps in the permanent border wall as it announced it would a year ago.

Title 42 appears to be coming to an end as border crossings grow
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A Trump-era border policy could end soon. This comes as nearly 3,000 undocumented migrants are crossing the El Paso, Texas border each day. FOX?s Ashley Soriano has more as border officials say the number of people crossing is higher than they?ve seen before.

Arizona Gov. Ducey stacks containers on border at term’s end

Until protesters slowed, then largely halted the work in recent days, Ducey pressed forward over the objections of the U.S. government, environmentalists and an incoming governor who has called it a poor use of resources.

Arizona sheriff plans to stop shipping containers at border wall

Sheriff David Hathaway says he plans to arrest construction crews and security personnel if they reach Santa Cruz County, calling the makeshift barrier "illegal dumping."

Ex-Border agent indicted in sex assault of Arizona teen

Court documents show Aaron Mitchell was arrested in April after he allegedly kidnapped a 15-year-old girl in Douglas and took her to Sierra Vista before the alleged sexual assaulted.