The Latest Breaking News on Border Patrol

Cuban migrant boat sinks off Florida due to Hurricane Ian; 20 missing

U.S. Border Patrol said on Wednesday that 20 people were missing off the coast of Florida after a Cuban migrant…

Reuters

A year after border crisis, Haitian asylum seekers face discriminatory treatment, report says

Haitians crossing the southern border of the United States without proper documentation are being subjected to arbitrary detention and discriminatory…

Miami Herald

Tragic photo shows child migrants from Guatemala at US border alone with phone numbers written on shirt

Recent controversial migrant transport schemes from Florida and Texas governors have uprooted young border-crossers

The Independent UK

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Fact check: Ron DeSantis distorting immigration facts as he defends flights

Governors of Texas and Florida exaggerate Biden’s role in border situation — and ignore ways he’s like Trump

The Independent UK

El Paso scrambles to move migrants off the streets and gives them free bus rides as shelters reach capacity

One Venezuelan couple slept on a sidewalk after a perilous trip through seven countries with their baby. After two days…

The Texas Tribune

Texas sheriff probes migrant flights from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard by Florida

The Bexar County Sheriff launched a criminal investigation Monday into the transfer of migrants by plane from San Antonio to…

Tribune News Service

US officials: Border crossings soar among Venezuelans

U.S. authorities say the number of Venezuelans taken into custody at the U.S. border with Mexico soared in August

The Independent UK

Border arrests on track to break record as divide grows over states’ handling of migrants

DALLAS — Complications for the Biden administration over immigration intensified as migrants were transported by Republican governors to cities governed…

Tribune News Service

Pastor-led group seeks missing migrants in border desert

This summer has been especially lethal for migrants crossing the US-Mexican border illegally

The Independent UK

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After Del Rio, some Haitian migrants found safety in the U.S. But many have not

It's been nearly a year since tens of thousands of Haitian migrants converged on Del Rio, Texas. Some of those…

WEKU

White House press secretary rebuffs Sen. Ted Cruz's invitation to see for herself migrants walking across border

WASHINGTON — White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre rebuffed Sen. Ted Cruz’s invitation to visit the U.S.-Mexico border with him…

Tribune News Service

Drones, choppers, chases: How Texas authorities pursue migrants under Abbott's border effort

EAGLE PASS, Texas — On a sweltering August night, 16 vehicles idled beside a forlorn stretch of Texas Highway 131…

Tribune News Service

'Tale of two borders': Mexicans not seen at busy crossings

The Border Patrol is seeing a dramatic shift in the type of migrants who come across the busiest places on…

The Independent UK

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Authorities report nine drowning victims after deadly Rio Grande crossing

On Saturday, U.S. Customs and Border Protection confirmed that nine migrants had died while trying to cross the Rio Grande…

The Texas Tribune

Border Patrol says 8 migrants were found dead in the Rio Grande

U.S. and Mexican officials made the discovery Thursday while responding to a large group of people crossing the river following…

WEKU

Border Patrol: 9 migrants found dead in Rio Grande at Texas

Officials say at least nine migrants died when dozens attempted a hazardous crossing of the Rio Grande river near Eagle…

The Independent UK

Pecan farmers get caught in power vacuum on Texas border

A large pecan farm in Eagle Pass, Texas, is the site of the latest dispute between Gov. Greg Abbott and…

The Independent UK

Florida Keys migrant landings continue. Up to 150 Cubans arrived since Wednesday

MIAMI — Border Patrol agents assigned to the Florida Keys have taken into custody up to 150 people from Cuba…

Miami Herald

Two babies aged four and 18 months old are found abandoned in Arizona desert by border patrol agents

Border agent says pair were ‘left to die’ by smugglers

The Independent UK

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Border Patrol rescues baby, toddler left in Arizona desert

The Border Patrol says one of its agents rescued an infant and a toddler who were left alone in southwestern…

The Independent UK

Breaking Down an American Catastrophe

The biggest findings from Caitlin Dickerson’s investigation into the Trump administration’s family-separation policy

The Atlantic

The other Death Valley: hundreds of migrants are dying in remote Texas deserts

Immigration policies have forced desperate people to traverse inhospitable landscapes along the US-Mexico border

The Guardian - US

Caitlin Dickerson on the Moral Catastrophe of Family Separations

Caitlin Dickerson discusses the Trump administration’s devastating family-separation policy and bureaucratic failures—and how it could happen again.

The Atlantic

ACLU calls on feds to investigate Abbott’s policy transporting migrants back to border

In July, Abbott authorized state law enforcement to transport migrants to ports of entry. It’s unclear how and why migrants…

The Texas Tribune

Biden administration still can’t find parents in 185 migrant families separated at border under Trump

Over 1,000 families remain separated

The Independent UK