Four months after being deported to Mexico after being stopped at a South Texas checkpoint, three members of a family are ...

Migrants face a new set of legal and dangerous hurdles if they choose to get to the U.S. illegally, especially in the Border ...

A stepped up military presence along the border hasn’t stopped smugglers from trying to get migrants into the United States.

When her husband died during a U.S. Border Patrol training program for new agents, Lisa Afolayan applied for the federal ...

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VAL VERDE, Texas - A San Antonio man, Christopher Ortiz, was arrested by Texas Department of Public Safety troopers, accused ...

The border military zones are one of Trump's most audacious attempts yet to use troops trained for overseas combat in roles ...

A Houston woman was arrested after Texas DPS troopers found 25 illegal immigrants hidden behind mattresses and inside a crawlspace of a box truck, leading to human smuggling charges.

A woman, who led authorities on a high-speed vehicle chase stopped and told migrants to run along an interstate highway where ...

Crossing the U.S.-Mexico border illegally has always carried consequences. But now, a newly expanded federal enforcement zone could bring even ...

Agencies are launching the “Deep South Campaign” to stop illegal crossings and cartel smuggling in National Defense Areas ...

U.S. troops have begun directly detaining immigrants accused of trespassing on a recently designated national defense zone ...