Canada, Mexico non-essential travel restrictions extended to April 21
The Department of Homeland Security tweeted on Thursday morning to further spread the virus, it would continue to extend its restrictions with Canada…
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New facilities to open in Arizona to process migrant children and families
Soft-sided facilities will open in Tucson and Yuma to shelter unaccompanied children and…
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Homeland Security head spars with Congress over border surge
The surge in migrant children has overwhelmed facilities and coincided with the arrival of immigrant families fleeing poverty and violence in Central…
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Asylum seekers being tested for COVID-19 in Yuma
Regional Center for Border Health (RCBH) said it has now worked with more than 700 asylum seekers to make sure they’re not positive for…
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Homeland Security begins criminal investigation into deadly Holtville crash
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Wednesday asked for the public’s help in its search for the human smugglers behind a deadly crash in…
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CBP: Convicted rapist apprehended in Yuma
The 54-year-old was apprehended as part of a group of 18 undocumented immigrants near…
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Fact-checking GOP claims that people on terror watch list are ‘rushing’ the border
Amid a significant increase in the number of migrants showing up at the US southern border, a group of Republican lawmakers spoke on Monday in El…
Continue ReadingThree-level bunks and mats on floors as migrant kids wait in Border Patrol facilities amid surge
Children are alternating schedules to make space for one another in confined facilities, some kids haven’t seen sunlight in days, and others…
Continue ReadingBiden says he has no immediate plans to visit US-Mexico border amid surge of migrant children
President Joe Biden said on Tuesday that he currently has no plans to visit the southern border, even as his administration scrambles to respond to a…
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Border Patrol agent struck by car while helping others in Salton City
Agent Flores leaves behind his wife and three children. The California Highway Patrol is investigating the…
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Federal officials visit Yuma to discuss plans for asylum seekers
Yuma Mayor Doug Nicholls told News 11, several federal officials visited Yuma Tuesday to discuss resources for the influx of undocumented immigrants…
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Mayor Nicholls says federal officials to visit Yuma as migrant surge continues
Mayor Douglas Nicholls says, “Without more resources, we can’t protect our own communities, as well as migrants coming…
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K-9 at checkpoint sniffs out cache of drugs
Two people are in federal custody after a drug bust at the Highway 86 immigration…
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More than five undocumented migrants rescued in less than 24-hours
El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents rescued more than five undocumented migrants in just the past 24-hours.…
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Border Patrol rescues man missing for eight days in the wilderness
El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents teamed up with Mexican officials to save a man with medical issues who’s been lost in the wilderness for eight…
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CBP: Somerton woman arrested for human and drug smuggling
A Somerton woman was arrested after allegedly carrying $30,000 in fentanyl pills and transporting an undocumented…
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Border Patrol arrests sex offender 22 miles west of Calexico Port of Entry
El Centro Sector U.S. Border Patrol (USBP) arrested a 40-year-old man convicted of multiple offenses Thursday evening at approximately 8:35.…
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CBP: 118 percent increase in border apprehensions
Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents said they have been apprehending between 200-450 people trying to cross a day in the last…
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Border Patrol performs two rescue operations within 24 hours
U.S. Border Patrol (USBP) rescued two lost men in East County San Diego Thursday into Friday. The first was extricated near Jacumba, CA while the…
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NorCal NASA Site Eyed As Child Migrant Shelter
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (KYMA/KECY) – The number of unaccompanied migrant children detained at the U.S. Mexico border has nearly tripled– to close to…
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