Concerns over chaos at ports of entry if Title 42 expires
With the policy still set to expire on May 23rd, the asylum-seeking process for migrants could look very different, very…
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Sinema to question Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas on Title 42 termination during Senate hearing
Arizona senior Senator Kyrsten Sinema will question U.S. Homeland Security Secretary, Alejandro Mayorkas on the Administration’s plan to terminate…
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Mexico relocates migrant camp; Haitians appear at border
Mexican authorities have relocated a migrant camp that sprung up in a park in the border city of…
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BP: Yuma Sector respond to heat-related emergencies
U.S. Border Patrol agents designated to the Wellton Station responded to a call of two migrants suffering heat-related…
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Bill to increase border security by hiring at least 600 officers
Senator Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) is cosponsoring a bill that will increase the amount of border…
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Asylum seekers continue flooding Yuma border
YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA, KECY) – Yuma Mayor Doug Nicholls just returned from Washington D.C. after discussing border issues with the Department of Homeland…
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Representative knocks Biden administration plans to mitigate expected migrant surge
A US-Mexico border state Democrat joined a chorus of Republican lawmakers in knocking the Biden administration’s plan to mitigate a potential surge…
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New signs installed along Salinity Canal to warn of drowning hazard
A post to social media by U.S. Border Patrol showed the installation of new signs along the Salinity Canal to warn against dangerous…
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Yuma Sector K-9 uncovered group of migrants in desert
The U.S. Border Patrol Yuma Sector tracked a group of migrants in the desert south of…
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Body of a Texas National Guard member found, identified 3 days after he tried to pull migrants from the Rio Grande River
The body of Spc. Bishop Evans, the Texas Army National Guard member who went missing three days ago, was found and identified Monday, according…
Continue Reading Biden says Ukrainians shouldn’t enter the US through southern border
President Joe Biden said Ukrainians fleeing violence don’t need to try and enter the United States through the southern border because they now…
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Man arrested for attempting to smuggle meth, heroin on Highway 86
U.S. Customs and Border Protections says a man was arrested at the Highway 86 checkpoint for attempting to smuggle illegal…
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Judge issues temporary restraining order in Title 42 case
The fight over Title 42 is on after a Federal Court judge issued a temporary restraining order following a lawsuit by over 20 states, including…
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11 migrants captured after agents place spikes under smuggler’s car
CALEXICO, Calif. (KYMA, KECY) – U.S. Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino posted a video to social media showing agents foil a smuggling attempt by…
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High court could free Biden to end Trump asylum policy
The Supreme Court is questioning lower-court orders that have blocked the Biden administration from ending a controversial Trump-era immigration…
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Migrant with previous conviction arrested by Border Patrol agents
YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA, KECY) – A social media post from U.S. Border Patrol Yuma Sector stated that a migrant with a previous conviction was arrested.…
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Agents arrest migrants attempting to hide in desert east of Yuma
A post to social media showed how migrants tried to hide from capture YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA, KECY) – U.S. Customs and Border Protection made a post on…
Continue Reading Justices hear fight over asylum-seekers waiting in Mexico
The Biden administration is seeking the Supreme Court’s go-ahead to end a controversial Trump-era immigration program that forces some people…
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Agents arrest four US citizens in possession of illegal drugs
U.S. Customs and Border Protection say agents have arrested a group people who tried to smuggle illegal drugs through the Highway 86…
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Texas National Guard solider remains missing after helping rescue two migrants suspected of drug trafficking
A Texas Army National Guard solider who went missing Friday during a rescue mission along the border with Mexico has not yet been found, according to…
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