US-Mexico border

Death of 51 migrants in Texas truck: 2 Mexicans charged

At least 51 migrants have died after being trapped inside a sweltering tractor-trailer truck found abandoned in Texas, authorities said on Tuesday, as two Mexican nationals tied to the unprecedented smuggling tragedy were charged in U.S. federal court.

US Supreme Court lets Trump use disputed funds for border wall

The US Supreme Court hands President Donald Trump a victory by letting his administration redirect $2.5 billion in money approved by Congress for the Pentagon to help build his promised wall along the US-Mexico border even though lawmakers refused to provide funding.

US quarantines 5,200 migrants over mumps and chicken pox exposure

US authorities have said they had placed 5,200 detained migrants into quarantine, mainly over exposure to mumps, linking a surge in cases to a recent outbreak of the contagious disease in Central America.

In Oval Office speech, Trump demands a wall but does not declare emergency

US President Trump urges Congress to give him $5.7 billion this year to help build a wall on the border with Mexico, but stops short of declaring a national emergency that could have led to unilaterally funding the project.

Shutdown to last until wall funded

US President Donald Trump vowed Tuesday he would not reopen the government until he gets $5 billion to fund his border wall, as the partial government shutdown dragged into a fourth day.

US lays barbed wire at border as migrant caravan draws closer

Hundreds of Central American migrants planning to seek asylum in the United States move toward the country's border with Mexico as US military reinforced security measures, laying barbed wire and erecting barricades.

White House press secretary says asked to leave restaurant for working for Trump

White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders says on Saturday that she had been asked to leave a Virginia restaurant the night before because she worked for US President Donald Trump.

14 killed in shooting attacks in Mexican border city

At least 14 people are killed Saturday in three shooting incidents in the northern Mexican city of Juarez, notorious for its drug gang related violence.

Parted at US border by Trump policy, migrants seek their children

Lilian Merida-Galicia and her 7-year-old daughter are apprehended after crossing the US-Mexico border in Arizona and separated by US officials in mid-May.

June 29, 2022
June 29, 2022

Death of 51 migrants in Texas truck: 2 Mexicans charged

At least 51 migrants have died after being trapped inside a sweltering tractor-trailer truck found abandoned in Texas, authorities said on Tuesday, as two Mexican nationals tied to the unprecedented smuggling tragedy were charged in U.S. federal court.

July 27, 2019
July 27, 2019

US Supreme Court lets Trump use disputed funds for border wall

The US Supreme Court hands President Donald Trump a victory by letting his administration redirect $2.5 billion in money approved by Congress for the Pentagon to help build his promised wall along the US-Mexico border even though lawmakers refused to provide funding.

June 15, 2019
June 15, 2019

US quarantines 5,200 migrants over mumps and chicken pox exposure

US authorities have said they had placed 5,200 detained migrants into quarantine, mainly over exposure to mumps, linking a surge in cases to a recent outbreak of the contagious disease in Central America.

January 9, 2019
January 9, 2019

In Oval Office speech, Trump demands a wall but does not declare emergency

US President Trump urges Congress to give him $5.7 billion this year to help build a wall on the border with Mexico, but stops short of declaring a national emergency that could have led to unilaterally funding the project.

December 27, 2018
December 27, 2018

Shutdown to last until wall funded

US President Donald Trump vowed Tuesday he would not reopen the government until he gets $5 billion to fund his border wall, as the partial government shutdown dragged into a fourth day.

November 14, 2018
November 14, 2018

US lays barbed wire at border as migrant caravan draws closer

Hundreds of Central American migrants planning to seek asylum in the United States move toward the country's border with Mexico as US military reinforced security measures, laying barbed wire and erecting barricades.

June 24, 2018
June 24, 2018

White House press secretary says asked to leave restaurant for working for Trump

White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders says on Saturday that she had been asked to leave a Virginia restaurant the night before because she worked for US President Donald Trump.

June 24, 2018
June 24, 2018

14 killed in shooting attacks in Mexican border city

At least 14 people are killed Saturday in three shooting incidents in the northern Mexican city of Juarez, notorious for its drug gang related violence.

June 23, 2018
June 23, 2018

Parted at US border by Trump policy, migrants seek their children

Lilian Merida-Galicia and her 7-year-old daughter are apprehended after crossing the US-Mexico border in Arizona and separated by US officials in mid-May.

June 22, 2018
June 22, 2018

'I really don't care': Melania Trump jacket stuns on migrant visit

Melania Trump surprises the world by visiting child migrants on the US-Mexico border -- but it was her choice of clothing for the trip that stuns the internet: a jacket emblazoned with the words "I really don't care, do you?"