Smugglers recruiting American children to move drugs into U.S.

U.S. Customers and Border Protection warns that Mexican smugglers are recruiting kids in Arizona to become drug mules.

New York to sue Trump over Global Entry ban

the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is closing new enrollments into its Trusted Traveler Programs to residents of New York. Now the state is suing.

Trump curbs immigrants from 6 countries in election-year push

The Trump administration announced Friday that it was restricting immigrants from six additional countries that officials said failed to meet minimum security standards.

Authorities find longest Southwest border smuggling tunnel

U.S. authorities on Wednesday announced the discovery of the longest smuggling tunnel ever found on the Southwest border, stretching more than three-quarters of a mile from an industrial site in Tijuana, Mexico, to the San Diego area.

Border patrols finds nearly $1M in fake cash from China

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers seized $900,000 in counterfeit U.S. currency that was discovered in a commercial rail shipment originating from China.

Grandmother caught with 200 pounds of meth

A 65-year-old grandmother is accused of trying to sneak more than 200 pounds of methamphetamine into the U.S. at a border crossing.

Illegal crossings plunge as US extends policy across border

Illegal crossings plummeted across the border after the Trump administration made more asylum-seekers wait in Mexico for hearings in U.S. court.

Border Patrol agents in California arrest boy, 14, with drugs strapped to body

A 14-year-old boy has been arrested at a California border checkpoint of Mexico with three bundles of crystal methamphetamine strapped to his body, authorities said.

Agents follow trail of blood, find wounded gunman who crossed border

A man was wounded in a shootout with police in Mexico and then managed to cross the border into the United States. He left a trail of blood.

DHS to review reports of Iranian-Americans delayed at border

Rep. Pramila Jayapal said she had received assurances that the Department of Homeland Security will look at reports of dozens of Iranian-Americans being detained for up to 11 hours at the border crossing in Blaine, Washington.

U.S. Border Patrol begins collection of DNA samples

The U.S. Border Patrol has started collecting DNA samples of people in custody at the border.

Judge greenlights suit challenging ICE arrests at NY courts

A New York judge denied the U.S. government's request Thursday to toss out a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrests in New York courthouses.

What crackdown? Migrant smuggling business adapts, thrives

The heavy-set man swept through a curtain into the reserved area of a nightclub as his bodyguard stood nearby. In the darkness, he agreed to talk about his business: handling the income from smuggling migrants across a 375-mile stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border.

Three babies born at U.S. border in New Mexico

In an unusual turn of events, three women gave birth within a matter of hours at the Columbus New Mexico Port of Entry near the U.S. border early Thursday morning.

Border agents find another underground cross-border tunnel

U.S. and Mexican authorities closely examining the ground along the border fence in Arizona found yet another cross-border tunnel.

Report: Guatemalan teen who died in US custody was unresponsive for hours

A flu-ridden 16-year-old boy from Guatemala was unresponsive for hours before he was found dead, according to video footage released Thursday.

Border patrol finds 1/2 pound of meth in woman's vagina

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers found more than a half-pound of methamphetamine in a woman's vaginal cavity.

Border Patrol finds underground cross-border tunnel

The U.S. Border Patrol and Mexican police uncovered an incomplete cross-border tunnel running underneath the streets of Nogales, Arizona.

Group of undocumented immigrants rescued from sewage tunnel near U.S.-Mexico border

Ten undocumented immigrants were hospitalized for hypothermia after a large group was rescued from storm waters inside a drain near the U.S.-Mexico border, officials said.