Immigration Archives

A Telemundo 3 crew ran into this rope ladder, removed from firefighters just minutes after we arrived. Rope ladders like this one have been used by human smugglers to get dozens of people across the new border wall.

In Mexicali, coyotes defy the new border wall by smuggling dozens at a time into the U.S.

January 31, 2020 12:16 PM KYMA News Team, Ernesto Romero, Nassieli Pizano

The new border wall being built along the U.S. Mexico border is not stopping coyotes or other criminals from smuggling illegal immigrants into the…

Changes to petitioning for relatives abroad

January 31, 2020 3:26 PM Ericka Conant

USCIS updates process for accepting petitions for relatives abroad WASHINGTON D.C. (KYMA, KECY) – Today U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services…

New stretch of the border wall going up

January 29, 2020 11:31 AM Carmen Valencia

The Yuma Sector Border Patrol confirms a new stretch of the promised border wall is going up in another part of Yuma County.…

Sex offender arrested by Border Patrol in Calexico

January 28, 2020 10:39 AM Sumiko Keil, Brandon Mejia

El Centro Border Patrol agents arrested a previously deported sex offender…

New immigration policy removes migrants seeking asylum back to Guatemala

January 27, 2020 1:31 PM Carmen Valencia

The newest immigration policy the Trump administration implemented in the last 60 days has taken effect in Yuma County.…

Border agents arrest 19-year-old with fentanyl strapped to his thighs

January 27, 2020 7:25 AM Sumiko Keil

A 19-year-old is arrested after Border Patrol agents found fentanyl taped to his…

Slight increase in Mexican nationals crossing in Yuma

January 24, 2020 1:15 PM Carmen Valencia

Border Patrol confirms an increase in Mexican Nationals crossing illegally through the Yuma Sector during the fiscal year…

Rodney Scott, new chief of U.S. Border Patrol

January 24, 2020 12:01 PM Sumiko Keil

The Trump administration announces a new head of the U.S. Border Patrol…

U.S. agents seize drugs through border drainage tunnel

January 24, 2020 11:22 AM The Associated Press

Smugglers tried to float over 165 pounds (75 kilograms) of suspected methamphetamine across the border by roping together dozens of packages and…

Deported families reunited with separated children at LAX

January 23, 2020 4:04 PM Lisa Sturgis

Los Angeles International Airport witnessed some very emotional moments Wednesday night as nine deported parents were reunited with the children from…

Migrant caravan crosses into Mexico, walks along highway

January 23, 2020 8:56 AM The Associated Press

Hundreds of Central American migrants crossed the river into Mexico from Guatemala Thursday after a dayslong standoff with security…

$345K worth of meth seized at Interstate 8

January 23, 2020 7:46 AM Sumiko Keil

Yuma agents seize $345,000 in methamphetamine at the Interstate 8 immigration checkpoint over the…

Two convicted sex offenders arrested after illegally re-entering U.S.

January 23, 2020 6:19 AM Sumiko Keil

Two previously deported sex offenders were arrested in Calexico last Saturday after illegally entering the…

Border Patrol agents find meth stashed in spare tire

January 22, 2020 9:14 AM Sumiko Keil, Christian Galeno

El Centro Border Patrol agents find meth stashed inside a spare tire at the Highway 86 checkpoint…

Previously deported gang member arrested in Calexico

January 22, 2020 11:47 AM Sumiko Keil, Brandon Mejia

A gang member is arrested after illegally entering the U.S. west of Calexico Port of…

Suspected smuggler accused of attacking Border Patrol agents

January 22, 2020 4:15 PM Lisa Sturgis

A suspected smuggler is behind bars accused of assaulting two Border Patrol agents while trying to get his human cargo across the U.S.…

MS-13 gang member arrested by Yuma agents

January 22, 2020 1:22 PM Sumiko Keil

Border Patrol agents arrest another MS-13 gang member, but this time in Yuma…

CBP Officers save one life, deliver another at San Luis Port of Entry

January 22, 2020 10:20 AM Sumiko Keil

San Luis CBP Officers help deliver a baby and save a man from an apparent overdose over the weekend.…

Migrants sent back to Honduras

January 21, 2020 8:30 PM Arianna Shell

Migrants sent back to…

Chaotic scene at Mexico-Guatemala border

January 20, 2020 5:52 PM Jenny Day

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