Arizona bill would make building private border wall easier

The Arizona Legislature could let property owners along the U.S.-Mexico border build a wall without seeking a city or county construction permit.

Judge hints he may rule for migrants in Border Patrol suit

A judge indicated he may side with migrants in a lawsuit that alleges extreme overcrowding and inhumane conditions at some of the Border Patrol's facilities in Arizona.

ICE announces human trafficking awareness campaigns in Tampa, Atlanta

January is Human Trafficking Awareness Month, so the ICE Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) branches in Tampa and Atlanta launched awareness outreach campaigns in their communities.

Murder convictions upheld for 2 men in connection with border agent’s death

An appeals court has upheld murder convictions for two men in the 2010 fatal shooting of a U.S. Border Patrol agent whose death revealed the botched “Fast and Furious” gun-smuggling investigation.

Illegal crossings plummet as US extends policy across border

Adolfo Cardenas smiles faintly at the memory of traveling with his 14-year-old son from Honduras to the U.S.-Mexico border in only nine days, riding buses and paying a smuggler $6,000 to ensure passage through highway checkpoints.

Department of Homeland Security seeks Pentagon funds for 270 miles of border wall

Defense officials say the Department of Homeland Security has asked the Pentagon to fund the construction of 270 miles of border wall this year as part of a counter-drug effort.

Border Patrol agents in California arrest boy, 14, with drugs strapped to body

A 14-year-old boy has been arrested at a California border checkpoint of Mexico with three bundles of crystal methamphetamine strapped to his body, authorities said.

Arizona authorities say woman posed as immigration attorney

A Tucson woman faces 18 months in prison on wire fraud convictions in a case involving false claims made in connection with legal representation of people in immigration cases.

Phoenix man sentenced in fatal smuggling attempt

A Phoenix man who rolled his truck during a high-speed chase trying to escape law enforcement with 11 immigrants on board was sentenced to 6 1/2 years in federal prison in the death of one migrant, the U.S. Attorney's Office in Arizona said Wednesday.

Judge refuses to second-guess family separations at border

A U.S. judge ruled Monday that the Trump administration is operating within its authority when separating families stopped at the Mexico border, rejecting arguments that it was quietly returning to widespread practices that drew international condemnation.

Arrests at Mexican border steadily declined over the past year

Officials say they made nearly 41,000 arrests or detentions of people on the Mexico border last month. That's down 5% from the nearly 43,000 arrests in November and down 72% from a 13-year high of 145,000 in May.

Gunman gets life term in 'Fast and Furious' border killing

A man convicted of shooting a U.S. Border Patrol agent nine years ago in a case that exposed a botched federal gun operation known as “Fast and Furious” was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison.

U.S. Border Patrol begins collection of DNA samples

The U.S. Border Patrol has started collecting DNA samples of people in custody at the border.

Groups demand answers after dozens of Iranians and Iranian Americans claim they were detained

Civil rights groups and lawmakers were demanding information from federal officials following reports that dozens of Iranian-Americans were held up and questioned at the border as they returned to the United States from Canada over the weekend.

Agents arrest convicted felon near Arizona border
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An undocumented immigrant, once convicted of manslaughter was caught trying to cross the border near Nogales. He previously spent five years in prison and since then, Border Patrol agents say he has attempted to cross the border multiple times.

US starts sending asylum seekers across Arizona border

Authorities are expanding a program known as Remain in Mexico that requires tens of thousands of asylum seekers to wait out their immigration court hearings in Mexico. Until this week, the government was driving some asylum seekers from Nogales, Arizona, to El Paso, Texas, so they could be returned to Juarez.

Yuma ends state of emergency as migrant crisis diminishes

The mayor of the border city of Yuma, Arizona has withdrawn his city’s state of emergency that was declared in response to this year’s migrant crisis at the southern border -- saying that the crisis has diminished in recent months.