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News Articles: Border

Lewelyn Dixon, a green-card holder who lives near Seattle, was detained when she returned from a trip to the Philippines in February.

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  • National

Green card holders, travelers caught in Trump's immigration crackdown

A lawful permanent resident who has lived in the U.S. for 50 years was detained because of a decades-old conviction amid tougher immigration enforcement at airports and border crossings.

April 01, 2025
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By:
  • Joel Rose
Mexican National Guard members patrol along the Mexico-US border in Ciudad Juarez on Wednesday.

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  • World

Mexico deploys the first National Guard troops to U.S. border after tariff threat

Trump said he would delay imposing tariffs on Mexico for at least a month. In exchange, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum promised to send the country's National Guard to reinforce the border.

February 06, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
In this aerial view, the U.S.-Mexico border wall ends with a gap on Sunday near Sasabe, Ariz. Although immigrant crossings are down sharply, the incoming Trump administration has vowed to complete the wall and "seal" the border completely.

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  • Politics

Trump plans 10 sweeping actions on border security on Day 1. Here's what we know

Trump campaigned on border security promises, and he and his allies argue that his electoral win is an endorsement of his upcoming actions on the issue.

January 20, 2025
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By:
  • Ximena Bustillo
Monica Villalobos joined elected officials, business leaders and educators to speak in opposition to Proposition 314 in Phoenix on Oct. 10, 2024. The ballot measure would require police to perform immigration duties in addition to their regular enforcement duties.

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  • Politics

Arizona voters will soon decide if illegal border crossings should be a state crime

A ballot measure would give local law enforcement the right to question, arrest, detain and prosecute anyone suspected of having crossed the U.S.-Mexico border between legal ports of entry.

October 20, 2024
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By:
  • Ximena Bustillo
President Biden delivers remarks on June 4 on executive actions to limit asylum.

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  • Politics

ACLU sues Biden administration over new executive action on the southern border

President Biden is using new executive actions to block migrants from seeking asylum at the southern border. The ACLU says this goes against U.S. asylum laws.

June 13, 2024
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By:
  • Franco Ordoñez
Hundreds of migrants set up camp on the Rio Grande, waiting for Texas National Guard agents to let them enter the border wall in El Paso, Texas on March 20, 2024. In the improvised camp there are infants and women, who sleep a few meters from gate 36 with the hope of being able to pass the knife fence. (Photo by Christian Torres)

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  • National

Biden’s new executive order denies asylum claims to most migrants crossing the border unlawfully

New White House measure will go into effect if more than 2,500 migrants cross illegally per day.

June 04, 2024
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  • Sergio Martínez-Beltrán
Texas Rep. Mónica De La Cruz and Alabama GOP Sen. Kate Britt delivered rebuttals to Biden's speech.

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  • Politics

GOP rebuttals to Biden's State of the Union focus on the border and immigration

Alabama GOP Sen. Katie Britt and Texas Rep. Mónica De La Cruz delivered rebuttals to Biden's speech focusing on immigration, crime, inflation and national security.

March 08, 2024
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By:
  • Ximena Bustillo and
  • Deepa Shivaram
President Joe Biden holds up a Laken Riley Botton as he delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol, Thursday March 7, 2024, in Washington.

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  • News

Biden says her name — Laken Riley — at urging of GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene

Republicans had demanded it but never expected President Joe Biden to say it during his State of the Union address. Biden said the name of Laken Riley.

March 08, 2024
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  • Associated Press
Diego Ibarra's preliminary hearing on felony charges stemming from what law enforcement officers say was a fake green card will take place at the Bootle Federal Courthouse in Macon Thursday.

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  • Law

Brother of accused Athens killer has his own first day in court

Diego Ibarra was stopped by the police because he looked like the suspect in the slaying of a young nursing student. He's not charged with that crime but instead is accused of having a fake green card, also a felony.

March 04, 2024
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  • Grant Blankenship

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  • News

Analysis: President's powers at the border need to be 'carefully controlled'

Republicans in Georgia are demanding that President Biden take action after a man who entered the country illegally was arrested for the killing of a woman on the University of Georgia Athens campus last week. But what does the president have the power to do at the border? 

February 27, 2024
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  • Peter Biello
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, seated center, listens as Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, center, speaks during a news conference along the Rio Grande to discuss Operation Lone Star and border concerns, Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024, in Eagle Pass, Texas.

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  • News

Georgia Republican Gov. Brian Kemp sets the stage to aid Texas governor's border standoff with Biden

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is poised to offer aid to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's effort to control illegal crossings on the U.S.-Mexico border. The move would come as fellow Republican Abbott pursues a showdown with the Biden administration over immigration enforcement.

February 13, 2024
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  • Associated Press
Texas National Guard soldiers install additional razor wire lie along the Rio Grande on Jan. 10 in Eagle Pass, Texas.

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  • Law

Supreme Court sides with Biden administration in Texas border razor-wire case

The move paves the way for federal officials to remove the wire from the state's border with Mexico.

January 22, 2024
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  • Washington Desk
People enter the Rafah border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip before crossing into Egypt on Wednesday.

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  • Middle East

Hundreds of foreign nationals and critically injured people leave Gaza

It's the first time people have been allowed to exit the besieged territory since the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks on Israel. Ambulances took dozens of seriously wounded people to hospitals in Egypt.

November 01, 2023
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By:
  • Becky Sullivan and
  • Anas Baba

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Title 42 ends; Fani Willis fights Trump's effort; Fort Benning renamed

Tuesday on Political Rewind: Title 42, a pandemic-era restriction on migration, came to an end last week. Politicians on both sides have been waiting to see how immigration would change. We break down the results with an expert. Meanwhile, hundreds of thousands of Georgians could lose Medicaid benefits. #gapol

May 16, 2023
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  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Natalie Mendenhall ,
  • and 1 more
Migrants wait at the Gateway International port of entry under U.S. Customs and Border Protection custody in Brownsville, Texas, on May 5, before being sent back to Mexico under then-active Title 42 restrictions.

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  • Politics

As immigration debate plays out, border towns want to paint a different picture

For the residents of Brownsville, Texas, the national spotlight often accompanies an increase in border crossings. But life goes on here, with or without the media attention.

May 16, 2023
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  • Ashley Lopez
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