Border security - Page 814

July 26, 2022

Border Patrol in Yuma nab over 100 convicted felons, migrants from 46 countries in a week

Border Patrol agents in Yuma, Arizona, encountered 104 convicted felons in a single week, as well as migrants from 46 different countries, as the border crisis rages.

July 26, 2022

Arizona CBP officers seize heroin, meth and fentanyl stashed in vehicle near US-Mexico border

A vehicle trying to come into the US from Mexico was found with a huge load of of illegal drugs inside various parts of the car in Arizona, CBP officials said.

July 26, 2022

ICE developing program to give ID cards to illegal immigrants, as border crisis rages

ICE is creating an ID card for migrants as part of a program to modernize documentation given to migrants encountered at the southern border and released into the US.

July 26, 2022

California border agents rescue 11 illegal immigrants lost in mountains

U.S. Border Patrol agents from the El Centro Sector rescued 11 illegal immigrants who said they were lost in the mountains of California near the U.S-Mexico border.

July 26, 2022

China, Mexico take center stage in Senate hearing on spike in fentanyl deaths

China and Mexico take center stage a Senators convene to discuss the fentanyl crisis as deaths spiked in 2021, prompting partisan fighting over border security.

July 26, 2022

Texas border mayor demands help from Feds: 'The numbers are incredible'

McAllen, Texas Mayor Javier Villalobos comments on the border crisis as illegal crossings, drug smuggling increase and calls for the federal government to 'take action.'

July 26, 2022

Ted Cruz releases graphic video detailing 'narco slave trade' at southern border: 'This is barbaric'

Sen. Ted Cruz blamed President Biden for "the worst plague of slavery in America since the Civil War" on Tuesday, highlighting the dangers of cartel-run human trafficking.

July 26, 2022

Texas border official says Mayorkas is wrong, 'border is not secure' as fentanyl, criminals pour across

Texas border troopers are inundated with a heavy flow of migrants, criminals and drugs across the southern border into the U.S. with no signs of slowing.

July 25, 2022

Texas man gets 11 years for conviction of smuggling meth across border inside truck tires

A Texas man was convicted of trying to smuggle drugs into the United States inside the tires of a pickup truck at the Texas-Mexico border.

July 25, 2022

Adams admits NYC schools, health care 'inundated' by migrant influx, but blames 'callousness' of border states

New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Sunday ripped the “callousness” of southern border states as schools, healthcare and neighborhood are “inundated” by migrants arriving by bus.