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African migrants wandering the streets of Sonoyta opposite Lukeville, Arizona, are part of a new surge some U.S. lawmakers and law enforcement officials say is overwhelming federal processing and detention resources and leading to street releases.

There is an item in Texas that is the most stolen item in the state.

As Congress debates ways to cut spending in order to pass a stop-gap spending measure by month's end to keep the federal government running, immigration costs and ways to deter migrants are being hotly debated among party lines. But during an Immigration Law and Policy Conference held Monday in Washington, D.C., a top leader for the Department of Homeland Security, and several panelists, said immigration reform is really want congressional leaders should be focusing on right now.

A city councilwoman from the Mexican border town of Reynosa intends to plead guilty to federal drug trafficking charges in South Texas, according to court documents filed Monday in federal court.

There is an item in Texas that is the most stolen item in the state.

A sister of U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, is planning to run for the Texas House to represent District 80, which includes Uvalde.

EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) — The processing of cargo will be temporarily suspended at the Bridge of the Americas in South El Paso to allow border officers to assist with the processing of migrants, particularly family units and unaccompanied children. CBP said in a news release that beginning Monday, CBP’s El Paso Office of […]

Environmentalists are praising a recent federal proposal to list as endangered a rare springsnail found only in one spot on the southern Arizona border because it could restrict future border wall construction.

Reducing wait times at international bridges on the Southwest border could infuse millions of dollars into the U.S. economy and create job and boost border communities, according to recent reports by the Atlantic Council, a D.C.-based think tank that sent members to the Rio Grande Valley this week to test out their theory.

The Mexican government is reporting the arrests in one month of four people on human trafficking charges related to the production and distribution of child pornography.