USBP: Smugglers use rope to lower people into the U.S.
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Video of smugglers lowering five people, including two small children down a 30-foot border wall into the United States from Mexico. Immigration authorities took them into custody.

Gov. Doug Ducey tours portion of Arizona-Mexico border

After declaring an emergency in response to a surge in migrants and illegal border crossings, Arizona Governor Doug Ducey visited a portion of the Arizona-Mexico Border in Yuma County.

Arizona Governor deploys National Guard to US-Mexico border

By the order of an emergency declaration, up to 250 Arizona National Guard members will be deployed to the US-Mexico border in an effort to assist with several operations relating to illegal immigration into the US.

More migrants dying since push into remote, hostile Arizona regions

Authorities recovered remains of 209 suspected migrants in the Arizona border region in 2020, the second-highest annual number on record.

Group protests outside of Ahwatukee hotel used for housing immigrants

Protesters stood outside of an Ahwatukee hotel on Wednesday that's housing immigrants who were taken into custody at the US-Mexico border.

Pima County to get $2M to cover costs of asylum seekers

The funding is expected to cover costs related to food, shelter, transportation and medical care for migrants.

Tucson to house asylum seekers, migrants at city hotels

"The City of Tucson will continue to be a strong partner — as we have been during previous surges under past presidential administrations — to provide humane, dignified care for asylum seekers during their brief stop in Tucson," Mayor Regina Romero said.

Residents express concerns after seeing uptick in illegal border crossings

While much of the attention has been focused on Arizona, California, and Texas, locals in New Mexico are now expressing their concerns after seeing an uptick in illegal crossings from the southern border.

Arizona Attorney General sues feds for stopping border wall construction

Arizona's Attorney General is in the national spotlight again as he's suing the federal government for stopping border wall construction citing environmental factors.

Biden taps Tucson, Arizona, police chief Chris Magnus as CBP nominee

President Biden will tap Tucson, Arizona, police chief Chris Magnus as nominee to head U.S. Customs and Border Protection, when he is slated to announce nominations for several top immigration and Department of Homeland Security roles, a White House official confirmed to Fox News.

CBP: Over 172,000 migrants attempting entry at SW border were encountered in March

In the border battle, a surge of migrants continues to flood the U.S. - Mexico border and newly released numbers show just how many have come. The Border Patrol says it's the most they've seen in 20 years.

Number of kids traveling alone at US-Mexico border hits all-time high in March

The U.S. government picked up nearly 19,000 children traveling alone across the Mexican border in March, authorities said Thursday, the largest monthly number ever recorded.

Abbott calls on feds to investigate allegations of abuse at immigration center

Abbott called on feds to investigate allegations of abuse at the Freeman Coliseum, where a number of unaccompanied migrant children are being housed.

Yemeni men arrested at border were on FBI terrorist watch list

U.S. Border Patrol agents in California arrested two men in two months who turned up on the terrorist watch list.

Poll: 40% of American disapprove of Biden's handling of the Mexico border crisis

More Americans disapprove than approve of how President Joe Biden is handling the sharply increasing number of unaccompanied migrant children arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border, and approval of his efforts on larger immigration policy falls short of other top issues.

More than 18,000 unaccompanied children were in CBP custody or HHS care on March 31, data shows

A historic monthly high of more than 18,000 unaccompanied children were held in U.S. custody or care along the southern border with Mexico on March 31, according to data from U.S. Customs and Border Protection shared with FOX Television stations.