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US Border Patrol is using an encrypted messaging app that automatically deletes messages and the National Archives is concerned: report
The National Archives sent a letter to DHS in October that expressed concern that the use of the ap…
Sarah Al-Arshani
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Psaki says 'horrific' footage of Border Patrol agents whipping at Haitian migrants is 'not who we are'
DHS is investigating the migrants' treatment. Psaki said on Tuesday that the Biden administration w…
Oma Seddiq
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Biden administration cancels border wall contracts covering a 31-mile section in Texas
Shortly after taking office in January, President Biden paused border wall construction projects th…
John L. Dorman
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With a backlog of over 1.3 million cases, the 500 immigration judges in the US feel overburdened and pressured to deport
In May, Customs and Border Protection reported more than 180,000 migrants at the Southern border, t…
Sarah Al-Arshani
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The Biden administration is ending the use of terms like 'illegal alien' to refer to immigrants, leaked memos say
The move was announced Monday in memos circulated to ICE and CBP department heads.
Bill Bostock
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Photo shows unaccompanied migrant children crammed in a single playpen at an overcrowded border facility
A Department of Homeland Security facility that can hold 250 is housing more than 4,000 migrants, i…
Sinéad Baker
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Biden wants to send migrants to the northern US border amid effort to wrangle those arriving at the southern border
Recent CBP data suggests the influx is similar to the migration surge in 2019 when hundreds of thou…
Sarah Al-Arshani
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Leaked documents say hundreds of unaccompanied minors are being held at the US border for an average 107 hours, far longer than the legal limit
A HHS document said that as of March 8, almost 1,400 unaccompanied minors had been held in CBP faci…
Sinéad Baker
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Mexican truck drivers blocked north-bound traffic at one of the busiest entry points into Texas for the 2nd day in a row in protest of Gov. Greg Abbott's border policies
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has ordered state officials to step up searches of commercial trucks coming …
Charles R. Davis
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Trump administration tries to block release of a documentary that shows ICE agents illegally breaking into home, eager to arrest immigrants without criminal records
The Trump administration has been trying to stop the release of a new, behind-the-scenes documentar…
Charles Davis
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Trump always wanted his own police force. Portland is just his excuse to use it.
President Donald Trump loves "power" and "strength." Post-9/11 expansions of executive power have g…
Anthony L. Fisher
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A man was found in an American Airlines landing gear compartment after the flight landed in Miami
"Persons are taking extreme risks when they try to conceal themselves in confined spaces such as an…
Sarah Al-Arshani
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Comedian Mohanad Elshieky was detained by CBP on a Greyhound bus and accused of having 'fake' papers. He spoke with us after reaching a $35,000 settlement with the government.
"I'm hoping my case will empower other people to step forward and be like, 'I've gone through the s…
Azmi Haroun
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Pro-DeSantis super PAC ad used Trump-era footage of migrants climbing a border fence to target Biden
The US-Mexico border footage was taken from a 2018 video during Donald Trump's presidency, a Democr…
Nicole Gaudiano
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Border agents in Memphis have seized thousands of counterfeit COVID-19 vaccine cards this year
Agents knew the cards were fake because they were laden with typos, unfinished words, and misspelle…
Michelle Mark
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Photos show a newborn baby had to sleep on a bench in a Border Patrol station after detained mother gave birth into her pants
The photos were included in a watchdog report that found CBP often doesn't move quickly enough to r…
Michelle Mark
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An off-duty Customs and Border Protection officer admitted to threatening 3 tribal employees with a rifle, telling them he 'shoots first, asks questions later'
Prosecutors said the tribal members tried to leave, but the off-duty CBP officer kept his rifle poi…
Michelle Mark
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The Biden administration built a 'digital wall' by requiring asylum-seekers to use a glitchy app in the aftermath of Title 42, immigration experts say
The Biden administration had months to prepare for the end of Title 42. But the app it's asking asy…
Azmi Haroun,Erin Snodgrass
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The app designed to help asylum-seekers has inadvertently separated families as Title 42 expires, advocates say
At the core of the Biden administration's new approach is an asylum processing app that immigration…
Azmi Haroun,Erin Snodgrass
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New York Mayor Eric Adams to bus asylum seekers upstate, much like Texas Gov. Greg Abbott bused asylum seekers to New York City
Just as Eric Adams has decried Abbott for busing immigrants to New York City, local officials upsta…