Illegal crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border have fallen to their lowest levels in decades, leaving once-packed migrant shelters nearly empty and prompting more people stranded in Mexico to return home.
The Department of Homeland Security says its immigrant detention centers are full, housing about 47,600 individuals.
A CBP surveillance blimp broke free from its tether and crashed into power lines in Texas on Monday after strong winds carried it more than 600 miles.
The Trump administration announced plans Tuesday to require undocumented immigrants 14 and older to register with the U.S. government and provide fingerprints — or risk criminal prosecution.
A man who bit and attacked several Border Patrol agents at a processing center in El Paso was sentenced to nearly four years in prison.
The Trump administration is preparing to oust hundreds of senior Department of Homeland Security officials this week, part of an effort to reshape the agency by removing those seen as obstacles to its agenda, according to three sources familiar with the plan.
The alleged leader of a cult-like group with ties to the killing of a U.S. Border Patrol agent has been arrested in Maryland, state police said Monday.
U.S. Border Patrol agents have been ordered to stop using body cameras during field operations, citing security risks linked to social media posts.
