Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA)

U.S.-Mexico Border Update: border barrier controversies, migrant children, military and drones, misuses of force

Updates about border barrier controversies, the campaign against migrant children, the military and drones at the border, ...
NPR

As Trump takes office, border crossings are down. But that's only part of the story

TIJUANA, Mexico — It's noon and the sun is brutal. At the foot of a steep hill, in the shade, a woman with an exhausted stare is rocking her child to sleep. Cindy Alamie says she can't remember the ...
Newsweek

After Blocking Border Bill, Trump Seeks 10,000 More Border Patrol Agents

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. At a rally in Prescott Valley, Arizona, former President Donald Trump ...
Yahoo

Border Cops Can Search Your Phone Whenever They Want, If You're Within 100 Miles of the Border

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo: U.S. Customs and Border Protection Coming back from a far-flung vacation? Traveling abroad on a business trip? Just happen ...
PolitiFact

‘Border czar’? Kamala Harris assigned to tackle immigration’s causes, not border security

In March 2021, President Joe Biden tasked Vice President Kamala Harris with working alongside officials in Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras to address the issues driving people to leave those ...
Newsweek

Border Patrol Union Head Confronted Over Support for Border Bill

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Brandon Judd, the president of the National Border Patrol Council, was ...
The Washington Examiner

How Border Patrol’s mission is shifting in the Trump age: ‘There are consequences now’

U.S. Border Patrol agents have pivoted back to their national security mission following the White House’s immediate success in getting illegal immigration levels down to historic lows. At the height ...
New York Post

Illegal border crossings hit record lows after Trump’s swift crackdown — and could be on track for levels not seen in 60 years

You can almost hear a pin drop at the border. Border crossings have plummeted to levels not seen in decades this month following President’s Trump’s swift crackdown on illegal immigration across the ...
The Conversation

Beefing up Border Patrol is a bipartisan goal, but the agency has a troubled history of violence and impunity

With U.S. voters across the political spectrum strongly concerned about border security, presidential candidates Kamala Harris and Donald Trump have been trying to one-up each other on who can reduce ...
The Washington Examiner

Border Patrol using technology to ‘wall’ off Canadian border

President Donald Trump declared a state of emergency this year for the northern border for human smuggling and drug trafficking. While the nearly 4,000-mile border with Canada gets less attention than ...
CBS News

What's behind the record number of illegal crossings at the U.S.-Canada border?

BEECHER FALLS, Vt. - In the last year, U.S. Border Patrol agents said they have arrested record numbers of migrants trying to cross the northern border of the United States, many of them through the ...