U.S. Border Patrol sees rise in migrants with criminal records arrested for crossing southern border
2 years, 10 months ago

U.S. Border Patrol sees rise in migrants with criminal records arrested for crossing southern border

Daily Mail  

Customs and Border Protection figures show a steady rise in the arrest of migrants with criminal records caught trying to illegally cross into the US. A migrant with an arrest warrant for drug possession in Colorado was taken into custody by El Paso Sector Border Patrol agents in Deming, New Mexico, on January 12. At least 244 migrants with criminal records have been arrested in the sector since the start of fiscal year 2022, which spans from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2022 U.S. Border Patrol agents in Santa Teresa, New Mexico, apprehended a migrant from Guatemala after he was stopped crossing the Mexico-United States border on January 20. U.S. Border Patrol’s five sectors in Texas – El Paso, Del Rio, Rio Grande Valley and Laredo – have reported 300,678 encounters with migrants in the current fiscal year. Texas governor Greg Abbott gathered with 11 state attorney generals last Thursday to discuss ways on how to improve security at the southwestern border U.S. Border Patrol sees uptick in migrants with criminal records being captured for illegally crossing the Mexico-United States border in the El Paso Sector through the first quarter of fiscal year 2022 His arrest record revealed he was linked to a criminal gang and had been deported twice from the United States.

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Migrant arrests at US borders with Mexico and Canada fell in November, senior official says
3 weeks, 1 day ago

Migrant arrests at US borders with Mexico and Canada fell in November, senior official says

Hindustan Times  

By Ted Hesson Migrant arrests at US borders with Mexico and Canada fell in November, senior official says WASHINGTON, - The number of migrants caught illegally crossing the U.S. borders with Mexico and Canada fell in November, a senior U.S. border official told Reuters, part of a months-long trend that undercuts President-elect Donald Trump's claim illegal immigration is out of …

Trump vows tariffs over immigration. What the numbers say about border crossings, drugs and crime
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Trump vows tariffs over immigration. What the numbers say about border crossings, drugs and crime

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — In a Monday evening announcement, President-elect Donald Trump railed against Mexico and Canada, accusing them of allowing thousands of people to enter the U.S. A look at what the numbers and studies say about border crossings, fentanyl smuggling and whether there’s a connection between immigration and crime: Border crossings Economics and business experts say Trump’s proposed 25% tax …

Mexican Cartel Controls Flow of Migrants on Their Way to the US Border
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Mexican Cartel Controls Flow of Migrants on Their Way to the US Border

Associated Press  

The article explores the intricate and complex control exercised by organized crime over the flow of migrants on their journey to the US border. It highlights the strict control of who moves here by cartel members, with migrants often forced to pay hefty ransoms for their release. The article also sheds light on the violence and extortion tactics employed by …

Border arrests fall in September in last monthly gauge before US elections
2 months ago

Border arrests fall in September in last monthly gauge before US elections

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. For the government's fiscal year …

Four migrants apprehended at Mexico border for every minute Kamala Harris has been vice-president
2 months, 1 week ago

Four migrants apprehended at Mexico border for every minute Kamala Harris has been vice-president

The Telegraph  

Roughly four migrants have been apprehended at the US border with Mexico every minute since Kamala Harris became vice-president, figures show. The Border Patrol has recorded 7.1 million migrant encounters at the southwestern border since February 2020, or 3.8 encounters every minute. This is almost quadruple the number under Donald Trump, the former president, who saw just 2.1 million migrants …

Illegal entry at US-Mexico border dropped by 29 percent in June
5 months, 1 week ago

Illegal entry at US-Mexico border dropped by 29 percent in June

China Daily  

FILE PHOTO: Unaccompanied minor migrants wait to be transported by the US Border Patrol after crossing the Rio Grande River into the United States from Mexico in La Joya, Texas, US, April 7, 2021. Arrests for illegally crossing the US-Mexico border dropped by 29 percent in June over the previous month, the lowest count of Joe Biden's presidency, according to …

Border arrests plunge 29% in June to the lowest of Biden’s presidency as asylum halt takes hold
5 months, 1 week ago

Border arrests plunge 29% in June to the lowest of Biden’s presidency as asylum halt takes hold

Associated Press  

SAN DIEGO — Arrests for illegally crossing the border from Mexico plunged 29% in June, the lowest month of Joe Biden’s presidency, according to figures released Monday that provide another window on the impact of a new rule to temporarily suspend asylum. Arrests totaled 83,536 in June, down from 117,901 in May to mark the lowest tally since January 2021, …

The latest hot spot for illegal border crossings is San Diego. But routes change quickly
7 months, 1 week ago

The latest hot spot for illegal border crossings is San Diego. But routes change quickly

Associated Press  

JACUMBA HOT SPRINGS, Calif. — On many nights, hundreds of migrants squeeze through poles in a border wall or climb over on metal ladders. San Diego was the busiest Border Patrol sector for decades until more enforcement pushed migrants to the desert area near Tucson, Arizona, which became the top spot by 1998. Troy Miller, CBP’s acting commissioner, said more …

US border arrests fall in April, bucking usual spring increase as Mexico steps up enforcement
7 months, 1 week ago

US border arrests fall in April, bucking usual spring increase as Mexico steps up enforcement

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Arrests for illegally crossing the U.S. border from Mexico fell more than 6% in April to the fourth lowest month of the Biden administration, authorities said Wednesday, bucking the usual spring increase. Mexico won’t allow more than 4,000 illegal crossings a day to the U.S., Alicia Barcena, Mexico’s foreign relations secretary, told reporters Tuesday, down from more than …

US border arrests fall in March, bucking seasonal trends amid increased enforcement in Mexico
8 months, 1 week ago

US border arrests fall in March, bucking seasonal trends amid increased enforcement in Mexico

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Arrests for crossing the U.S. border illegally fell slightly in March, authorities said Friday, bucking a usual spring increase amid increased immigration enforcement in Mexico. The Border Patrol made 137,480 arrests of people entering from Mexico, down 2.3% from 140,638 arrests in February, the first time since 2017 that arrests fell in March from the previous month. Tucson, …

Arrests for illegal border crossings nudge up in February but still among lowest of Biden presidency
9 months ago

Arrests for illegal border crossings nudge up in February but still among lowest of Biden presidency

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The number of arrests for illegally crossing the U.S. southern border with Mexico nudged upward February over the previous month. According to figures from Customs and Border Protection, Border Patrol agents made 140,644 arrests of people attempting to enter the country between the legal border crossing points during February. The Biden administration counters by saying Republicans failed to …

Court action on Texas' migrant arrest law leads to confusion at US-Mexico border
9 months ago

Court action on Texas' migrant arrest law leads to confusion at US-Mexico border

Associated Press  

McALLEN, Texas — A dizzying volley of courtroom maneuvers over a Texas law that would allow the state to arrest and deport people who enter the U.S. illegally sowed confusion at the nation’s border with Mexico on Wednesday as sheriffs, police chiefs and migrants waited for direction. Yolanis Campo, 42, who traveled from Colombia and crossed the Rio Grande to …

Anticipation and anger on Texas border as strict immigration law again on hold
9 months ago

Anticipation and anger on Texas border as strict immigration law again on hold

Associated Press  

McALLEN, Texas — A federal appeals court late Tuesday again prevented Texas from arresting and deporting migrants accused of entering the U.S. illegally, hours after the the law briefly took effect. Mexico’s Foreign Affairs Secretary said in a sharply worded statement that it would refuse to take anyone back who is ordered to leave the country under the state law …

Migrant arrests are up along the border in California and dropping in Texas. Why?
9 months, 4 weeks ago

Migrant arrests are up along the border in California and dropping in Texas. Why?

LA Times  

Asylum seekers from Colombia huddle against the cold and rain at a makeshift camp while waiting to be transported by U.S. Border Patrol agents in Jacumba Hot Springs, Calif., on Nov. 24. A new pattern emerged along the nation’s southern frontier last month: Migrant arrests plummeted at the Texas border in January compared with the same month a year ago. …

Dozens of truckers set off in 'Take Our Border Back' convoy to protest overwhelming surge of migrants crossing from Mexico in Texas, California and Arizona
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Dozens of truckers set off in 'Take Our Border Back' convoy to protest overwhelming surge of migrants crossing from Mexico in Texas, California and Arizona

Daily Mail  

A convoy of conservative activists, who call themselves 'God's Army', set off for this country's southern border on Monday to protest the numbers of migrants breaking into the United States Dozens of people joined the self-styled grassroots movement 'Take Our Border Back' in Norfolk, Virginia where organizers slammed the Biden administration for leaving the U.S. frontiers 'wide open.' A convoy …

Illegal border crossings from Mexico reach highest on record in December before January lull
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Illegal border crossings from Mexico reach highest on record in December before January lull

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Arrests for illegal border crossings from Mexico reached an all-time high in December since monthly numbers have been released, authorities said Friday, exposing a growing vulnerability for President Joe Biden in his campaign for a second term. The Border Patrol tallied 249,785 arrests on the Mexican border in December, up 31% from 191,112 in November and up 13% …

Over 1,000 migrant families separated at border near San Diego since September, advocates say
1 year ago

Over 1,000 migrant families separated at border near San Diego since September, advocates say

LA Times  

Nearly 1,100 migrant families have been separated while being processed at the U.S.-Mexico border near San Diego since September, immigrant advocacy groups said in a letter sent Thursday to the Department of Homeland Security that seeks an investigation into the matter. The separations stem from U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s ongoing practice of releasing high volumes of migrants to street …

Migrant encounters at the US southern border hit all-time high of 269,735 in September, as fiscal year finishes with record 2.48M interceptions
1 year, 2 months ago

Migrant encounters at the US southern border hit all-time high of 269,735 in September, as fiscal year finishes with record 2.48M interceptions

Daily Mail  

Enforcement encounters with migrants jumped to an all-time high at the US southern border last month, according to new data released Saturday by US Customs and Border Protection. CBP's total encounters along the border in September were 269,735, including 218,763 Border Patrol arrests at illegal crossing points, and another 50,972 expulsions at ports of entry. Pictured: Migrants cross over razor …

Illegal crossings on the US-Mexico border rose in July but were still down from last year
1 year, 4 months ago

Illegal crossings on the US-Mexico border rose in July but were still down from last year

Associated Press  

Arrests for illegally crossing the U.S. border from Mexico soared 33% from June to July, according to U.S. government figures released Friday, reversing course after a plunge that followed the introduction of new asylum restrictions in May. John Modlin, the Border Patrol’s Tucson sector chief, has said several large groups were found the first weekend of August, including one of …

Border crossings off from last week’s highs as US pins hopes for order on mobile app
1 year, 7 months ago

Border crossings off from last week’s highs as US pins hopes for order on mobile app

Associated Press  

TIJUANA, Mexico — Pandemic-era limits on asylum known as Title 42 have been rarely discussed among many of tens of thousands of migrants massed on Mexico’s border with the United States. Their eyes were — and are — fixed instead on a new U.S. government mobile app that grants 1,000 people daily an appointment to cross the border and seek …

Border crossings are off from last week's highs as US pins hopes for order on mobile app
1 year, 7 months ago

Border crossings are off from last week's highs as US pins hopes for order on mobile app

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Their eyes were — and are — fixed instead …

US-Mexico border sees orderly crossings as new migration rules take effect
1 year, 7 months ago

US-Mexico border sees orderly crossings as new migration rules take effect

Associated Press  

EL PASO, Texas — The U.S.-Mexico border was relatively calm as the U.S. ended its pandemic-era immigration restrictions and migrants adapted to new asylum rules and legal pathways meant to discourage illegal crossings. A full day after the rules known as Title 42 were lifted, migrants and government officials on Friday were still assessing the effects of new regulations adopted …

Border appears calm after lifting of pandemic asylum restrictions
1 year, 7 months ago

Border appears calm after lifting of pandemic asylum restrictions

Associated Press  

EL PASO, Texas — The border between the U.S. and Mexico was relatively calm Friday, offering few signs of the chaos that was feared following a rush by worried migrants to enter the U.S. before the end of pandemic-related immigration restrictions. Daniel Mora said most of the migrants took heed of flyers distributed this week by U.S. immigration authorities offering …

These migrants rushed to cross the border before Title 42 lifted. But in the US they’re facing a new set of worries
1 year, 7 months ago

These migrants rushed to cross the border before Title 42 lifted. But in the US they’re facing a new set of worries

CNN  

Brownsville, Texas CNN — Diocelina Querales cranes her neck as she tries to catch a glimpse of the faces behind the tinted windows of a bus that just rumbled in. An agency policy states that officials “will maintain family unity to the greatest extent operationally feasible, absent a legal requirement or an articulable safety or security concern that requires separation.” …

Agents stop crowd at Texas border crossing amid asylum woes
1 year, 9 months ago

Agents stop crowd at Texas border crossing amid asylum woes

Associated Press  

EL PASO, Texas — A large group of migrants in Mexico who were poised to barge into the U.S. over the weekend were blocked from crossing a bridge leading from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, to El Paso, Texas, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokesman said. The migrants were “posing a potential threat to make a mass entry,” and physical barriers …

Mexican military and US border officers repel more than 1,000 migrants
1 year, 9 months ago

Mexican military and US border officers repel more than 1,000 migrants

Daily Mail  

Heavily-armed Mexican military and US Customs and Border Protection officers were manning the El Paso border on Sunday evening after 'at least a 1,000' migrants unsuccessfully tried to rush a checkpoint. Hundreds of migrants stormed the Paso del Norte, Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, in the hopes of crossing into El Paso on March 12 The migrants accumulated on the bridge before …

Agents stop crowd at Texas border crossing amid asylum woes
1 year, 9 months ago

Agents stop crowd at Texas border crossing amid asylum woes

LA Times  

Cars line up at the Paso del Norte international bridge in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, below, on the border with El Paso, Texas, top, on Nov. 8, 2021. A large group of migrants in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, was blocked from crossing a bridge to El Paso over the weekend, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokesman said. The migrants were “posing …

Agents added to US Northern border amid crossing spike
1 year, 9 months ago

Agents added to US Northern border amid crossing spike

Associated Press  

Federal authorities have added 25 border patrol agents at a section of the northeastern U.S. border with Quebec in response to a spike in illegal crossings. Last month, the death of a Mexican man who had just entered Vermont from Canada illegally highlighted the spike in illegal crossings along the border between Quebec and parts of New England, officials say. …

Two Indian nationals among five persons arrested by U.S. border authorities
1 year, 9 months ago

Two Indian nationals among five persons arrested by U.S. border authorities

The Hindu  

Two Indian nationals were among five persons arrested by U.S. border authorities after they were apprehended for illegally crossing into the country from Canada by boat. U.S. Border Patrol agents from the Detroit Sector arrested the five foreign nationals during a smuggling attempt near Algonac in the U.S. state of Michigan, a statement by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection …

Illegal border crossings plunge among Cubans, Nicaraguans
1 year, 10 months ago

Illegal border crossings plunge among Cubans, Nicaraguans

Associated Press  

SAN DIEGO — U.S. authorities have seen a 97% decline in illegal border crossings by migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela since Mexico began accepting those expelled under a pandemic-era order, the Biden administration said Wednesday. “It is incomprehensible that some states who stand to benefit from these highly effective enforcement measures are seeking to block them and cause …

Explained | Why are migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border in record numbers?
1 year, 11 months ago

Explained | Why are migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border in record numbers?

The Hindu  

U.S. President Joe Biden is visiting the U.S.-Mexico border for the first time since he took office in January 2021 on Sunday, ahead of a visit to Mexico and after announcing new measures to reduce border crossings. Before Title 42, migrants had been allowed to approach a U.S. port of entry and tell border officials they feared returning to their …

In Mexican border prison where 30 escaped in deadly attack, inmates ruled cellblocks
1 year, 11 months ago

In Mexican border prison where 30 escaped in deadly attack, inmates ruled cellblocks

LA Times  

The Mexican National Guard patrols outside a state prison in Ciudad Juarez on Sunday after a deadly prison break. A violent prison break in which 30 inmates escaped and 17 people — mostly guards — were killed has revealed a shocking level of self-rule by inmates inside the prison in Ciudad Juarez, on the northern Mexico border. Despite the prison’s …

Migrants from three countries are driving the spike in encounters at the southern border, swamping a backlogged immigration system
2 years, 2 months ago

Migrants from three countries are driving the spike in encounters at the southern border, swamping a backlogged immigration system

CNN  

CNN — A 4-year-old girl wipes her mother’s tears inside a migrant respite center in El Paso, Texas. She says those are the risks women take to flee “dictatorship and much poverty” in her home country, where people have no “freedom of expression.” The Castros were among the more than 580,000 migrants who were apprehended at the US southern border …

17 Indian Citizens Among Group of 100 Migrants Apprehended While Illegally Crossing into US
2 years, 3 months ago

17 Indian Citizens Among Group of 100 Migrants Apprehended While Illegally Crossing into US

News 18  

Seventeen Indian citizens were among a group of 100 migrants apprehended while illegally climbing over a fence into the US at a border post in California, authorities said. The San Diego Sector Border Patrol agents from the Imperial Beach Station apprehended at around 2 am on Tuesday morning the group of 100 migrants, consisting of citizens from Africa, Asia, and …

Guatemala arrests migrant smugglers wanted by the US
2 years, 4 months ago

Guatemala arrests migrant smugglers wanted by the US

Associated Press  

HUEHUETENANGO, Guatemala — At dawn, police and federal agents with cover from helicopters flying overhead raided a large ranch nestled among the mountains of northern Guatemala, not far from the border with Mexico. Unlike the ranch’s impoverished neighbors, inside authorities found horse stables, a swimming pool, late model vehicles, guns and a still drunk Felipe Diego Alonso, the alleged leader …

Guatemalan security forces apprehend 18 migrant smugglers, including four wanted by the U.S.
2 years, 4 months ago

Guatemalan security forces apprehend 18 migrant smugglers, including four wanted by the U.S.

Daily Mail  

At least 18 alleged members of a migrant smuggling ring were arrested in Guatemala on Tuesday, including four wanted by the United States in connection with the death of a migrant woman in Texas in 2021. A detainee who identified himself as Felipe Diego Alonzo is escorted off his property during a police raid against alleged migrant smugglers near the …

FBI: Migrants are being held by smugglers in El Paso stash houses until ransoms are paid
2 years, 5 months ago

FBI: Migrants are being held by smugglers in El Paso stash houses until ransoms are paid

Daily Mail  

The FBI has seen a growing number of cases in which smugglers working with drug cartels are holding migrants at stash houses in southwestern Texas and releasing them as long as their families pay ransoms that in some instances are as high as $10,000. A group of migrants was found last week at an El Paso, Texas, stash house where …

Texas border crossing where migrants made camp to reopen
3 years, 2 months ago

Texas border crossing where migrants made camp to reopen

Associated Press  

DEL RIO, Texas — The Texas border crossing where thousands of Haitian migrants converged in recent weeks will be partially reopened late Saturday afternoon, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said. CBP temporarily closed the border crossing between Del Rio and Ciudad Acuña, Mexico, on Sept. 17 after the migrants suddenly crossed into Del Rio and made camp around the U.S. …

Driven by pandemic, Venezuelans uproot again to come to US
3 years, 5 months ago

Driven by pandemic, Venezuelans uproot again to come to US

Associated Press  

DEL RIO, Texas — Marianela Rojas huddles in prayer with her fellow migrants, a tearful respite after trudging across a slow-flowing stretch of the Rio Grande and nearly collapsing onto someone’s backyard lawn, where, seconds before, she stepped on American soil for the first time. I didn’t stop moving for one second.” Last month, 7,484 Venezuelans were encountered by Border …

More US citizens apprehended for moving drugs over border
3 years, 6 months ago

More US citizens apprehended for moving drugs over border

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — An increasing number of American citizens have been apprehended as they have tried to smuggle illegal drugs into the U.S. since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, an uptick that’s come amid travel restrictions at the border with Mexico. U.S. citizens were apprehended nearly seven times more often than Mexican citizens between October 2020 and March 31 for …

Rejected By 1 Mexican Port Of Entry, Migrants Are Flown By U.S. To Another
3 years, 8 months ago

Rejected By 1 Mexican Port Of Entry, Migrants Are Flown By U.S. To Another

NPR  

Rejected By 1 Mexican Port Of Entry, Migrants Are Flown By U.S. To Another Enlarge this image toggle caption PAUL RATJE/AFP via Getty Images PAUL RATJE/AFP via Getty Images JUAREZ, MEXICO — The Biden administration is grappling with a huge logistical and humanitarian challenge on the Southwest border, where about 5,000 unauthorized migrants are crossing on average every day. That's …

With migrant arrests on the US-Mexico border rising, Joe Biden's administration has been left scrambling for solutions
3 years, 8 months ago

With migrant arrests on the US-Mexico border rising, Joe Biden's administration has been left scrambling for solutions

ABC  

Orbelina de Leon Lopez has never recovered from losing her daughter to a Guatemalan gang. A crisis on America's border They arrived in early March, at Mexico's northern border, but Ms de Leon Lopez and her daughters still needed help to cross into the United States. According to the Pew Research Centre, last month's arrests at the border were "far …

How Current US-Mexico Border Crisis Compares With Peak of Trump Era in 2019
3 years, 9 months ago

How Current US-Mexico Border Crisis Compares With Peak of Trump Era in 2019

News 18  

Joe Biden is not the first US president to face a growing number of migrants at the US-Mexico border — and he won’t be the last. And the number of unaccompanied children crossing the US-Mexico border in March is on pace to surpass May 2019, the highest month that year in arrests of minors, according to preliminary data reviewed by …

Border crossings on pace for two-decade high as smugglers exploit high hopes for Biden
3 years, 9 months ago

Border crossings on pace for two-decade high as smugglers exploit high hopes for Biden

LA Times  

As dusk closed in on the Texas border with Mexico, Melania Rivera and her 3-year-old twin boys climbed up the banks of the Rio Grande, at last setting foot in the United States. “A lot of them think that now that Trump is gone, if they arrive with children it will be easy to cross into the United States,” said …

Photos: US faces biggest migrant surge in two decades
3 years, 9 months ago

Photos: US faces biggest migrant surge in two decades

Hindustan Times  

Photos: US faces biggest migrant surge in two decades A surge of migrants on the Southwest border between the US and Mexico has the Biden administration on the defensive. A surge of migrants on the US southwest border has the Biden administration on the defensive, with the head of Homeland Security acknowledging the depth of the problem but insisting it's …

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