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Migrant encounters on the Southwest border in September and Fiscal Year 2023 were the most ever recorded by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and there were significant changes in where migrants cross from Mexico this past year, the agency reports

President Joe Biden's request to Congress for $106 billion in a massive supplemental spending package, includes $13.6 billion for border security and border communities in the Southwest. Here's what he wants the money to be used on the border for.

For the month of September, there were 26,609 agent encounters with migrants, up almost 8,000 from the previous month.

"It was the most beautiful thing ever," he said. "And I still remember them opening that door for me, and I looked up, and the sun was shining, but it was shining from the U.S. side on my face and I’ll never forget that. ... It’s still like a dream to be home.”

A woman who allegedly supervised a home where 16 foreign nationals were kept with minimal food and water for more than a week has pleaded guilty to a charge of conspiring to transport unauthorized migrants from Southern New Mexico to the interior of the United States.

Migrant encounters on the Southwest border in September and Fiscal Year 2023 were the most ever recorded by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and there were significant changes in where migrants cross from Mexico this past year, the agency reports

Murillo is one of hundreds of U.S. veterans deported to their countries of origin for committing crimes during or after their time in the U.S. military.

According to the preliminary investigation, he was found dead in the driver's seat and had been shot multiple times through the window on the front-right passenger door.

A delegation from the Chicago mayor's office visited this South Texas border city on Friday to get tips on how to deal with the migrant surge that is plaguing the Windy City.

The Texas Department of Public Safety has stopped mandatory inspections of all commercial trucks crossing international bridges into the Lone Star State, DPS officials told Border Report.