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The death in May of an 8-year-old Panamanian migrant girl in U.S. Customs and Border Protection custody in South Texas was "clearly preventable," had protocols been in place to identify vulnerable youth, according to a court report submitted this week by an independent auditor.

"Nothing has really happened, the only paved road in the neighborhood is the one used by Amazon trucks to go in and out of the facility," said Armenta.

EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) — An immigrant advocacy group continues to see what it calls a systemic pattern of abuse and lack of accountability under which law enforcement agencies interact with migrants and border residents. During its binational abuse documentation campaign, the El Paso-based Border Network for Human Rights identified 177 alleged cases of […]

Texas lawmakers said they plan to ask the Department of Justice to look into reports that Texas troopers and National Guard members have been ordered to push migrant children back into the Rio Grande and deny asylum-seekers water even in extreme heat.

Cartels that operate in Tijuana have shifted their focus recently, aiming to take control of new enterprises.

Alfredo Ochoa-Munoz, 37, of Cuidad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico, was sentenced to 120 months years in prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to take a hostage and three counts of hostage taking on Jan. 10, 2023.

Despite being in the U.S. legally, asylum seekers appear to lack awareness of their rights and are complying with orders.

A group of Texas Democrats is urging the White House to look into Gov. Greg Abbott's use of floating aquatic barriers on the Rio Grande, calling it "yet another dangerous stunt."

"It's urgent that the dollar recover and regain its value versus the peso, so businesses can regain some of their earnings because they are definitely making less right now

Migrants from four Central and South American countries who already have applied for U.S. visas might be able to jumpstart their parole process into the United States through a new family reunification program launched by the Department of Homeland Security. But policy analysts tell Border Report they are unsure how many people this new program will actually help.