By JULIE WATSON, Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) 07/26 — On the surface, it seemed like a simple task: Drive to a spot a few miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border,
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By AMY TAXIN and ASHRAF KHALIL, Associated Press 07/25 – A federal judge on Wednesday ordered the Trump administration to stop denying asylum to anyone who transits through another country to reach the U.S.
By COLLEEN LONG and SOPHIA TAREEN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) 07/23 — An immigration enforcement operation that President Donald Trump said was part of an effort to deport “millions”
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) 07/18 — A Guatemalan man who apparently entered the U.S. illegally after being deported twice has been charged with killing an Iowa woman and her two children.
WASHINGTON (AP) 07/18 — The Latest on asylum seekers at the U.S.-Mexico border (all times local): 7:45 p.m. The acting head of U.S. Customs and Border Protection says the Trump administration’s new policy banning most asylum seekers at the U.S.-Mexico border is being rolled out as a pilot program.
By SOPHIA TAREEN, Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) 07/14 — As a nationwide immigration crackdown loomed, religious leaders across the country used their pulpits Sunday to quell concerns in immigrant communities and spring into action to help those potentially threatened by the operation.
WASHINGTON (AP) 07/15 — The Latest on the Trump administration’s new rule for Central American migrants seeking U.S. asylum (all times local): 9:50 a.m.Read more »
By COLLEEN LONG, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) 07/15 — The Trump administration on Monday moved to end asylum protections for most Central American migrants in a major escalation of the president’s battle to tamp down the number of people crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.
By MARK STEVENSON, Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) 07/08 — Mexican police, soldiers and National Guard are raiding hotels, buses and trains to round up migrants,
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) 06/29 — A federal judge on Friday prohibited President Donald Trump from tapping $2.5 billion in military funding to build high-priority segments of his prized border wall in California,Read more »
By ANNALISA CAMILLI and FRANCES D’EMILIO, Associated Press LAMPEDUSA, Sicily (AP) 06/29 — The German captain of a humanitarian rescue ship with 40 asylum-seekers aboard rammed an Italian border police motorboat as she docked at a tiny Mediterranean island Saturday in defiance of Italy’s anti-migrant interior minister and was immediately arrested as jeering onlookers shouted “handcuffs,
By MARCO UGARTE, Associated Press METAPA, Mexico (AP) 05/05 — Some 200 military police, immigration agents and federal police blocked the advance of about 1,000 Central American migrants who were walking north along a southern Mexico highway on Wednesday,
EL PASO, Texas (AP) 05/31 — The Latest on the large numbers of immigrants at the southern border(all times local):
6:40 p.m.
Border officials in Texas say a group of 116 Africans was arrested Thursday after wading through the Rio Grande to enter the United States.
By DAISY NGUYEN and ELLIOT SPAGAT, Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) 05/25 — A federal judge has blocked President Donald Trump from building key sections of his border wall with money secured under his declaration of a national emergency,
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) 05/10 — The Latest on refugees in New Mexico (all times local): 4:15 p.m.
Another 500 illegal immigrants have been taken into custody in less than 24 hours along the border in southern New Mexico.
By MATTHEW BARAKAT, Associated Press ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) 04/04 — A federal judge says he will rule in the near future on the constitutionality of a government watchlist that includes more than 1 million people the FBI considers to be “known or suspected terrorists.”
BALTIMORE (AP) 03/08 — A man accused of killing his wife and blaming her death on a Baltimore panhandler had asked his brother to help “get rid”Read more »
By ANITA SNOW, Associated Press TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) 02/14 — Aaron Francisco Chavez swallowed at least one of the sky blue pills at a Halloween party before falling asleep forever.
By ANITA SNOW, Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) 01/31 — U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials announced Thursday their biggest fentanyl bust ever, saying they captured nearly 254 pounds of the synthetic drug that is fueling a national epidemic of fatal opioid overdoses from a secret compartment inside a load of Mexican produce heading into Arizona.
By ANDREW TAYLOR and ALAN FRAM, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) 01/31 — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi took a hard line Thursday against funding President Donald Trump’s long-stalled border wall,