US-Mexico border

US military creates new military zone along border with Mexico

US Customs and Border Protection maintains jurisdiction over illegal border crossings in the area and troops would hand over migrants they detained to US Border Patrol.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials detain a group of migrants, part of a caravan of thousands from Central America trying to reach the United States, after they crossed illegally from Mexico to the U.S, as seen from Tijuana, Mexico, December 15, 2018.
 US PRESIDENT Donald Trump holds a signed executive order on tariffs on aluminum imports, in the Oval Office of the White House.

Trump says Mexico, Canada tariffs to take effect March 4

Stephen Miller

Trump to tap immigration hardliner Stephen Miller as deputy chief of staff for policy, CNN reports

 A CROWD in Tehran watches an address, on the screen by Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, in November. Hezbollah is virtually a state within a state, sucking the lifeblood out of Lebanon at the instigation of Iran, says the writer.

Lebanese man caught at US border says he's part of Hezbollah - report


Israel aid debate reveals differences among Jewish groups over immigration

Israel and immigration — or border security — became linked when Republicans said they’d only support aid to Israel and Ukraine if it was paired with significant new US immigration restrictions.

 MIGRANTS BOUND for the US border rest in Los Corazones, Mexico.

US Senate unveils $118 billion bipartisan bill to aid Ukraine and Israel, tighten border security

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has said an initial vote on the bill would take place no later than Wednesday, but faces opposition from both sides of the aisle.

 Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) looks at his notes during a press conference following weekly Senate caucus luncheons at the US Capitol in Washington, US, January 17, 2024.

Americans broadly support military strikes in Mexico, poll finds

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has said he would send troops to Mexico on "day one" of his administration.

US Army soldiers, assigned to the East Africa Response Force (EARF), 101st Airborne Division on a mission to bolster the security of Manda Bay Airfield, Kenya after an attack by Somalia's al Shabaab militants that killed three Americans, board a transport plane in Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti January 5,

146 pounds of cocaine discovered in ice cream machine

The street value of the cocaine is estimated to be approximately $1.2 million.

A line of cocaine is seen being snorted through a rolled up dollar.

Man arrested after killing 7 pedestrians with car in Brownsville, Texas

A number of people were injured in the crash as well but there were no immediate further details.

 An officer with the Allen Police Department man the mobile command post the day after a gunman shot multiple people at the Dallas-area Allen Premium Outlets mall in Allen, Texas, US May 7, 2023.

Mexican president criticizes Trump felony charges

Lopez Obrador, who took office in 2018, developed a friendly working relationship with then-counterpart Trump.

Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador gestures during a news conference at the National Palace in Mexico City, Mexico, June 20, 2022.

Four Americans kidnapped after crossing into Mexico, US Embassy says

The four unidentified Americans were in a white minivan with North Carolina license plates when they entered Matamoros, Tamaulipas on Friday.

 Employees of the National Institute of Migration (INM) of Mexico stand at the border between Mexico and the United States, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico January 7, 2023.

Roots on routes: Connecting ancestral migration stories to modern movement

Last fall, during Sukkot, Uri L’Tzedek and Jewtina y Co. joined forces to host the very first Darchei Tzedek/Caminos a la Justicia Immigration Retreat.

 PARTICIPANTS IN the Darchei Tzedek/Caminos a la Justicia Immigration Retreat arrive at the border town of Nogales, Arizona.

Close to 1,000 migrant children separated by Trump yet to be reunited with parents

The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said on Thursday of the 998 children still separated, 148 were in the process of reunification.

A WORKER STANDS next to a newly built section of the US border fence at Sunland Park, New Mexico, opposite the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez, on Wednesday. Picture taken from the Mexico side of the border.

Americans can sponsor refugees directly under new program

Under the US State Department program, groups of at least five people will be expected to raise a minimum of $2,275 per sponsored refugee.

Guatemalan men are searched by US Border Patrol agents after trying to cross the border from Mexico into Sunland Park, NM, US, September 17, 2021.

Abducted mayor, officials in northern Mexico freed, governor says

The mayor of a small town in northern Mexico near the US border and a group of officials have reportedly been freed.

Yellow police tape lies on the road as federal agents work at a crime scene in the town in Mexico