Soldiers are arriving at the border — but hardly any migrants are crossing
Trump’s order to send troops to the border comes as the number of migrant crossings is plummeting. Residents in some border ...
Since Trump’s ‘Emergency,’ What Is Actually Happening on the Border?
Bored troops are standing watch, shelters have emptied from McAllen, Texas, to Tucson, Ariz., and border patrols speed ...
Rubio greenlights $7M+ in waivers to keep border security efforts in Mexico alive amid funding freeze
Secretary of State Marco Rubio is using waivers to keep millions in funding going to Mexico for vital programs that target the flow of fentanyl into the U.S. and target cartels.
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‘What I need the most are AK-47s’: How the United States floods Mexico with weapons
Under pressure from Trump, the Sheinbaum administration is demanding that the United States combat the firepower of the ...
I represent a border district that was swamped by illegal immigration. What I'm seeing now might surprise you
During the first year of President Joe Biden’s tenure, I shook his hand, offering him an olive branch and the opportunity to ...
With doors closed to the US, asylum-seekers turn to their Plan B: A new life in Mexico
The Associated Press spoke to around a half-dozen people who had asylum appointments in the U.S. through the Biden-era app, ...
Idle buses, empty Border Patrol boats: Arrests for illegal crossings fall in the Rio Grande Valley
MISSION, Texas (AP) — An idled Border Patrol bus sat empty this week, on standby for any migrants surrendering near the ...
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Weekly U.S.-Mexico Border Update: low migration, Guantánamo buildup, Congress spending bill, Venezuela deportation
With this series of weekly updates, WOLA seeks to cover the most important developments at the U.S.-Mexico border. See ...
Mexico's president takes aim at U.S. gunmakers if cartels are designated as terrorist groups
Claudia Sheinbaum said the U.S. Justice Department itself has recognized that "74% of the weapons" used by criminal groups in Mexico come from north of the border.
US spy planes hunt for intel on Mexican drug cartels as surveillance flights surge near border
The US military has significantly increased its surveillance of Mexican drug cartels over the past two weeks, with ...
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Tariffs, Fentanyl, and Migration: Updates on U.S.-Mexico Relations after Trump’s First Month in Office
To better understand the implications of Trump’s early actions, we spoke with WOLA experts John Walsh and Stephanie Brewer.
Migrants stranded in Mexico try to restart life after Trump eliminates legal pathway to US
Margelis Rodriguez and her two children took selfies on their flight to Tijuana, showing off the T-shirts she had custom-made ...