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October 15, 2021

Border Patrol finds two sisters, 4 and 6, alone near border in Yuma sector

Border Patrol agents said Tuesday they found two little sisters, ages 4 and 6, wandering alone just south of the Morelos Dam at the U.S.-Mexico border.

October 15, 2021

DHS says it anticipates restarting Trump-era 'Remain in Mexico' policy in November, is rebuilding tent courts

The Department of Homeland Security says it is ready to reinstate the Trump-era "Remain in Mexico" policy by mid-November in response to a court order upheld by the Supreme Court – even as it works to abolish the program by a different method.

October 15, 2021

Arizona sheriff sounds alarm on massive fentanyl seizures: 'The war on drugs is back'

Sheriff Mark Dannels explained the extent of the crisis at the border, citing hundreds of thousands of pounds of drugs that have been seized at the border this fiscal year. He warned that the problem will continue to get worse until the border is secure.

October 14, 2021

Arizona AG calls for DOJ to probe Facebook after it says users can share info on how to enter US illegally

FIRST ON FOX: Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich is urging the Department of Justice to investigate Facebook’s "facilitation" of illegal migration into the United States after the tech giant said that it allows users to share information related to human smuggling and entering a country illegally.

October 14, 2021

As legal travelers across US-Mexico border face vaccine mandate, illegal immigrants still do not

The Biden administration this week announced that the travel restrictions at the Canadian and Mexican land borders will be rolled back for non-essential travel for vaccinated foreign nationals, and that in January even those engaged in essential travel will need to be vaccinated – a mandate that those entering the U.S. illegally do not face.

October 14, 2021

House Republican warns Bagram prisoners released by Taliban could try US entry via 'porous' southern border

A top House Republican is warning of an “urgent" terrorist threat to the United States after the Taliban's release of thousands of prisoners from Bagram Air Base.

October 14, 2021

US offers $2M reward for info on Pakistani man who allegedly smuggled migrants from Middle East

The State Department is offering up to $2 million in rewards for information about a Pakistani national and his alleged human smuggling network, which the government says is used to smuggle illegal immigrants into the United States from the Middle East and Southwest Asia.

October 13, 2021

Arizona Border Patrol agents seize over 50 pounds of fentanyl hidden under truck bed

U.S. Border Patrol agents discovered more than 50 pounds of suspected fentanyl in a hidden compartment beneath the bed of a pickup Wednesday

October 13, 2021

Border crisis: Video shows smuggler abandon 7-year-old migrant girl

A 7-year-old migrant girl was abandoned by a smuggler on Tuesday at the border between the U.S. and Mexico in the latest instance of children being dropped off and abandoned at the border.

October 13, 2021

Middle-class migrants fly to Mexico and then cross US border illegally

More migrants illegally entering the U.S. to apply for asylum are members of South America’s middle class who fly to the border by plane, according to authorities and aid workers.