Calexico mayor welcomes border opening ‘with open arms’
The border opening at the ports of entry in Calexico has businesses and the mayor excited for a revitalized…
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U.S. opens to international, vaccinated travelers
After nearly two years, the United States is back open to vaccinated international travelers on…
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Yuma Sector catches drone smuggling heroin into U.S.
Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents made an interesting bust where drugs flew into the U.S. by…
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USCBP: Girls 4 and 8 among 10 undocumented migrants crammed into truck bed
Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents say they recently found 10 undocumented, immigrants, including two little girls, crammed into the bed of a pickup…
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DHS releases guidance ahead of port reopenings
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is issuing guidance ahead of the reopening of all ports of entry.…
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SLPD warns residents about large group of undocumented migrants
The San Luis Police Department (SLPD) says it’s currently working with Border Patrol agents to round up a large group of undocumented…
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Growing migrant caravan heads for the U.S. border
Another large migrant caravan is heading for the U.S.…
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El Centro Border Patrol bust yields major haul of meth
El Centro Sector Border Patrol says agents discovered nearly 75-pounds of methamphetamine Thursday morning during a best at the Highway 86…
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All-time high number of undocumented immigrants apprehended in 2021
Apprehensions along the southern border are still soaring through the roof, especially within the Yuma and El Centro sectors. From October first of…
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Border Patrol seizes cloned delivery truck
El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents say they recently busted a fake FedEx truck being used to transport undocumented…
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Congressional delegates applaud easing of border restrictions
The congressmen and senators who represent the Desert Southwest in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday praised the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS)…
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US will re-open Canadian and Mexican borders to fully vaccinated visitors
The United States plans to ease restrictions on travel for fully vaccinated visitors from Canada and Mexico starting in early November, relaxing bans…
Continue ReadingBorder residents rejoice as US says it will lift travel ban
By ZEKE MILLER and ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — Beleaguered business owners and families separated by COVID-19 are celebrating…
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Smuggler abandons seven-year-old at border
El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents recently recovered a young girl from the hands of a human smuggler along the U.S./Mexico…
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Mexican forces stop immigrant-laden cargo trucks from heading to U.S.
Mexican security forces say on Thursday night they found 652 Central American immigrants hidden in cargo trucks bound for the U.S.…
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Drug trafficker sentenced to five years by Arizona judge
The U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Arizona announces Friday that District Judge Rosemary Marquez sentenced 41-year-old Anastacio Alvarez-Lion…
Continue ReadingUS and Mexico set to negotiate updated bilateral security arrangement to address concerns on both sides
By Nicole Gaouette, Kylie Atwood and Mike Conte, CNN Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Attorney General Merrick Garland and Homeland Security…
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Border Patrol K-9 catches a whiff of fentanyl pills
The U.S. Border Patrol (USBP) caught a pair of 33-year-old American men accused of smuggling fentanyl through an immigration checkpoint Monday…
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Yuma Sector Border Patrol continues to encounter large travel parties
Agents from the Yuma Sector of the U.S. Border Patrol say they continue to encounter unusually large travel parties on their nightly…
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Ducey goes to Texas in border push with other GOP governors
Arizona Governor Doug Ducey is headed to Texas with other Republican Governors to announce a new state border security…
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