Southwest Border

The federal magistrate judge on the case had granted the Department of Homeland Security to pause the challenge by the Center for Biological Security, citing the government shutdown.

The Trump administration cut most of the federal funding for a program providing free legal counsel to unaccompanied immigrant children who are seeking asylum in the U.S. The money was restored under court order, but attorneys say the lapse sent organizations into a tailspin that’s still playing out today.

Trump administration foreign aid cuts are pinching Mexico’s already overburdened asylum process. That means long wait times for refugees who, barred from entering the United States, are turning to Mexico for safety.

Between the beginning of June and mid-October, the U.S. Transportation Department says 345 commercial drivers in Arizona failed the English proficiency test and had been pulled off the road. That was the fourth most in the country, behind Texas, Wyoming and Tennessee.

An Oct. 16 release from DHS announces non-US citizens who are crossing the border at ports of entry will now be subject to a $1,000 fee for entering the U.S. using parole.

The United States wants to keep out a flesh-eating parasite. But its strategy is costly for Mexico’s ranchers.

The U.S. Embassy in Mexico is warning of the new fine and other ‘serious consequences’ for people who attempt to cross into the United States illegally.

A series of laws passed in the 1990s allow DHS to bypass federal laws like the National Environmental Policy Act and other assessment processings usually needed for construction on public land.

Environmental groups filed suit against the Trump administration shortly after the administration announced plans to build new border wall along a roughly 27 mile stretch of San Rafael Valley — a bidiversity hotspot that serves as a critical habitat for cross-border species like the jaguar, ocetot and jaguar.

Rafael Larraenza’s cellphone rings 60 to 80 times a day. The calls come from desperate relatives of migrants who’ve gotten lost in the desert.