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Migrants who had crossed the Rio Grande river into the U.S., remove their shoelaces and others personal items while under custody of National Guard members as they await the arrival of U.S. Border Patrol agents in Eagle Pass, Texas, Friday, May 20, 2022. As U.S. officials anxiously waited, many of the migrants crossing the border from Mexico on Friday were oblivious to a pending momentous court ruling on whether to maintain pandemic-related powers that deny a chance to seek asylum on grounds of preventing the spread of COVID-19. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills) EPDL113 EPDL113

May 20, 2022 at 11:09 am

Judge: COVID asylum restrictions must continue on border VIEW

A federal judge in Louisiana is refusing to end pandemic-related restrictions on migrants seeking asylum on the southern border. Updated 6:20 am

May 16, 2022 at 1:48 pm

Big cross-border tunnel found linking Tijuana, San Diego

Authorities have announced the discovery of a major drug smuggling tunnel — running about the length of a six football fields — from Mexico to...

FILE – In this Sept. 17, 2019 photo, a U.S. border patrol officer directs a Nicaraguan migrant family, who is applying for asylum in the U.S., over International Bridge 1 from Nuevo Laredo, Mexico into Laredo, Texas, for an interview with immigration officials. The Biden administration has begun expelling Cubans and Nicaraguans to Mexico under pandemic-related powers to deny migrants a chance to seek asylum, expanding use of the rule even as it publicly says it has been trying to unwind it, officials said Wednesday. May 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano, File) CER303 CER303

May 4, 2022 at 4:55 pm

US quietly expands asylum limits while preparing to end them

Officials say the Biden administration has begun expelling Cubans and Nicaraguans to Mexico under pandemic-related powers that deny migrants a chance to seek asylum.

May 3, 2022 at 4:20 pm

Leonard Ignelzi, renowned AP photographer, dies at 74 VIEW

Leonard Ignelzi, who produced breathtaking images of Hall of Fame careers, wildfires and major news events over 37 years as an Associated Press photographer in...

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April 24, 2022 at 10:47 am

Supreme Court weighs policy for migrants to wait in Mexico VIEW

A Trump-era policy that forces asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico for hearings in U.S. immigration court will be argued Tuesday before the U.S. Supreme Court.

FILE – A long line of trucks is seeing stalled at the Zaragoza International Bridge, one of two ports of entry in Ciudad Juarez going into the U.S.on April 12, 2022. The truckers blocked both north and south bound commercial lanes in protest after they have seen prolonged processing times implemented by Gov. Greg Abbott. His decision to impose additional inspections of trucks entering Texas from Mexico is Abbott’s latest move in an unprecedented foray into border security, which has long been the federal government’s domain. (Omar Ornelas/The El Paso Times via AP, File) TXELP103 TXELP103

April 15, 2022 at 11:16 am

Explainer: Why is Texas policing its border with Mexico?

Gov. Abbott's decision to impose additional inspections of trucks from Mexico is his latest move in an unprecedented foray into border security, long the federal...