June 24, 2021 Mexican cartels ramping up efforts to use civilians to smuggle illegal contraband into US With ports of entry along the U.S.-Mexico border largely closed to non-essential travel during the COVID-19 pandemic, Mexican drug cartels have turned to more creative ways to smuggled illegal contraband into the United States.
June 24, 2021 Sheriffs ask VP Harris to meet border residents 'terrorized' by human traffickers, cartels The National Sheriffs’ Association called Thursday for Vice President Kamala Harris to spend time with local residents and law enforcement officers contending with unsafe conditions at the southern border during her upcoming visit to El Paso, Texas.
June 24, 2021 Border Patrol chief stepping down after Biden administration moves to replace him Border Patrol Chief Rodney Scott announced on Wednesday that he is stepping down, after the Biden administration gave him notice that he is being reassigned -- amid a continuing crisis at the southern border.
June 24, 2021 Texas asks judge to halt 'catch-and-release' border policy The state of Texas is asking a federal court to order the Biden administration to follow the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's rules limiting the admission of people looking to enter the U.S. illegally or without proper documentation due to the coronavirus pandemic, and to stop releasing the vast majority of migrants without having them quarantined or tested for COVID-19.
June 24, 2021 Man arrested for taking $1.2M yacht on joyride in upstate NY A man was arrested after he stole a $1.2 million yacht and took it for a joy ride from upstate New York to Vermont over one of the Great Lakes.
June 24, 2021 Rep. Gonzales on Kamala Harris' border trip: Trump put Biden admin in 'political vise' Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-Texas, said Thursday that pressure from former President Donald Trump pushed Vice President Kamala Harris to announce that she would be visiting the border this week.
June 24, 2021 Here's what VP Kamala Harris has done in the 92 days she hasn't been to the border Vice President Kamala Harris will visit the southern border Friday, more than three months after President Biden tapped her to lead the administration’s diplomatic response to stemming migration.
June 23, 2021 Texas Border Patrol agent encounters armed smugglers while with his family An off-duty Border Patrol agent came face-to-face with a group of armed smugglers near a lake along the Texas-Mexico border.
June 23, 2021 Trump's upcoming border visit forced VP Harris' trip, Republicans say The White House announced on Wednesday that it is now the “appropriate time" for Harris to travel down South to see the border after the veep dismissed the idea of a visit as a “grand gesture” earlier this month.
June 23, 2021 NBC's Lester Holt suggests his Kamala Harris interview sparked her decision to finally visit the border NBC’s Lester Holt now suggested that it was his interview with Kamala Harris that influenced her decision to visit the border.
