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.

NJ enacts law allowing immigrants without documents to get license

A bill that will let immigrants who cannot prove they're in the country legally get a driver's license is signed by New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy.

100-year-old Georgia grandmother becomes U.S. citizen

She's about to turn 101 and this Georgia grandmother is celebrating with a big milestone - she's now officially a U.S. citizen.

Immigrants in New York line up for driver's licenses under new law

Applicants for a basic driver's license in New York do not need to provide a Social Security number. Instead, they can submit multiple forms of alternate IDs.

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.

Hope, worry, lawsuits as NY enacts immigrant license law

A new law allowing New Yorkers to get driver’s licenses without having to prove they are in the country legally is set to take effect Monday, though immigrants might still face hurdles in some parts of the state.

$400M border wall contract under investigation

The Defense Department's internal watchdog is investigating a $400 million border wall contract awarded to a firm that used multiple appearances on Fox News to push for the job.

11 Chinese migrants found hidden inside furniture

Six men and five women were taken into custody by US Customs and Border Protection officers after they were found hiding inside furniture in a moving truck at the border crossing in San Diego.

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.

Around half of 2020 class of Rhodes Scholars from US are first-generation Americans

Around half of the class of Rhodes Scholars from the U.S. who will study at Oxford University in England next year are first-generation Americans and a majority are minority candidates. 

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. 

Officers find teen in car's dashboard attempting to sneak into U.S.
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers found a teenager inside of the dashboard of a car trying to sneak into the country from Mexico.

Federal judge bars Trump’s health insurance rule for immigrants

A U.S. judge has granted a preliminary injunction blocking a Trump administration rule that would require immigrants to show proof of health insurance to get a visa.

Mexican teen found stuffed in car's dashboard compartment trying to cross border

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers conducting a physical search of a vehicle entering the Calexico West port discovered a teenager hiding inside a dashboard compartment.

U.N. expert corrects claim on kids in U.S. migration detention

An outside expert working with the U.N. human rights office has corrected a figure he cited claiming that over 100,000 children are being held in migrant detention in the United States.