Trump slams Biden on border, White House says it doesn’t take immigration ‘advice’ from him
Former President Donald Trump criticized President Joe Biden's immigration policies amid a flood of migrants at the border since his victory. In response, the White House called Trump's policies while in office "not only inhumane but ineffective."
Yuma mayor says releasing detained migrants in Arizona will inundate city
Detention facilities are filling up in the southern Arizona town, but strict social distancing guidelines are not forcing immigration officials to release some migrants in the U.S. with a date to appear in court later.
US border officials start releasing migrants into Yuma
Yuma does not have the resources to house, feed and provide other resources to a large influx of newly released migrants, according to the city mayor.
Biden's decree ends 'emergency' that Trump used to build border wall
President Joe Biden has officially ended the "national emergency" that former President Donald Trump declared in order to take money from the Pentagon to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Biden signs immigration orders aimed at undoing Trump-era policies, reuniting families
President Joe Biden signed executive orders Tuesday to address family separation at the U.S.-Mexico border, border security and legal immigration, part of efforts to undo Trump’s policies.
Biden halts border wall construction; contractors told to stop building
President Joe Biden has ordered a "pause" on all border wall construction. During his campaign, Biden pledged not to build "another foot" of Trump's wall at the US-Mexico border.
Biden signs executive orders on COVID-19, immigration, rejoining Paris climate accord and WHO
In his first hours as president, President Joe Biden signed a series of executive actions that reversed his predecessor’s orders on immigration, climate change and handling of the coronavirus pandemic.
Trump takes no responsibility for Capitol riot, says 25th Amendment is ‘zero risk’ to him
“The 25th Amendment is of zero risk to me, but will come back to haunt Joe Biden and the Biden administration,” President Donald Trump said Tuesday. “As the expression goes, be careful of what you wish for.”
Trump to visit U.S.-Mexico border in Texas to laud border wall
President Donald Trump is expected to travel to the U.S.-Mexico border on Tuesday to highlight his administration's work on the border wall.
Arizona border deaths hit 10-year high after record heat
A project that maps the bodies of migrants recovered from Arizona deserts documented 227 deaths in 2020, the highest in a decade after the hottest, driest summer in state history.
Arizona migrant border deaths on track for record amid extreme heat
After the hottest, driest summer in state history, authorities have recovered close to a 10-year record in the number of bodies of people who crossed from Mexico into Arizona’s deserts, valleys and mountains.
Damage from border wall: blown-up mountains, toppled cactus
Work crews ignite dynamite blasts in the remote and rugged southeast corner of Arizona, forever reshaping the landscape as they pulverize mountaintops in a rush to build more of President Trump’s border wall before his term ends.
Court OKs Trump using $3.6B in military money for wall construction
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a December 2019 ruling
Parents of 545 children separated at border can’t be found
The children were separated between July 1, 2017, and June 26, 2018, when a federal judge in San Diego ordered that children in government custody be reunited with their parents.
Supreme Court to review 2 cases involving Trump administration policies at US-Mexico border
The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear two cases involving Trump administration policies at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Supreme Court to hear case over border wall funding
The Supreme Court agreed to hear the Trump administration's appeal of a lower court ruling that it improperly diverted money to build portions of the border wall with Mexico.
Arizona House rep seeks probe into police response to Native protest
The demonstrators protested Oct. 12 on Indigenous Peoples Day against the construction of the Trump administration’s border wall on sacred Native American land in southern Arizona.
40 miles of new border wall to be built in Texas
U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced that it has awarded two contracts to build roughly 40 miles of new border walls in Webb County, Texas.
Steve Bannon's trial on border wall scam charges set for May 2021
Bannon appeared via audio before U.S. District Judge Analisa Torres.
'Angel Mom' Mary Ann Mendoza pulled from RNC after retweeting anti-Semitic QAnon conspiracy
Mary Ann Mendoza, a mother who lost her police officer son in a crash involving an undocumented immigrant, is set to speak at the Republican National Convention.