More than 18,000 unaccompanied children were in CBP custody or HHS care on March 31, data shows
A historic monthly high of more than 18,000 unaccompanied children were held in U.S. custody or care along the southern border with Mexico on March 31, according to data from U.S. Customs and Border Protection shared with FOX Television stations.
Border Patrol video shows smugglers abandoning 5-year-old, 3-year-old at the border
SHOCKING VIDEO: Border Patrol on Wednesday released a hard to watch video of smugglers abandoning a 5-year-old girl and 3-year-old girl at the border in the New Mexico desert in the middle of the night -- after dropping them over a 14-foot border barrier.
Shelter for undocumented minors opens in San Antonio as reporters are allowed inside crowded border facility
Reporters got a first look inside a crowded South Texas shelter for illegal immigrants and asylum-seeking children just as new temporary homes for them opened in the state.
Sen. Ted Cruz tours migrant facility at Dallas convention center
Texas Senator Ted Cruz was in Dallas Monday to tour the facility run by the federal government to house unaccompanied illegal immigrant teenaged boys.
Sen. Ted Cruz to visit migrant holding facility in Downtown Dallas
One of the Biden Administration's most outspoken critics in Texas -- Sen. Ted Cruz -- will be in Dallas Monday to tour the facility where thousands of undocumented minors are being held.
4 migrant teens found after leaving Dallas convention center
Four unaccompanied migrant teens who were being housed at the Dallas convention center have been found after leaving the convention center without permission.
Republican, Democratic congressional delegations visit Texas-Mexico border amid migrant influx
A Republican delegation, including U.S. Senators Ted Cruz and John Cornyn, took a boat tour in Mission, Texas and toured a facility in Donna, Texas. At the same time, Democratic congressman Joaquin Castro led a congressional delegation to a border holding facility in Carrizo Springs, Texas.
2,300 migrant boys still being housed in emergency shelter in Dallas
An army of volunteers is helping to deal with the hundreds of migrant teenagers still being housed at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Downtown Dallas.
Biden selects Harris to lead response to migrant surge at US-Mexico border
President Joe Biden has tapped Vice President Kamala Harris to lead the White House's response to the migration challenge at the U.S. southern border.
Fort Worth ISD teacher’s firing over anti-illegal immigrant tweet upheld in Austin
A North Texas teacher who was fired after her controversial tweets to then-President Donald Trump will not be getting her job back.
Teen migrant intake site at Dallas convention center nears capacity
Two North Texas U.S. House representatives toured the facility, where more than 2,000 teenage boys are being processed after crossing the border from Mexico.
Biden administration releases images of Texas border facilities housing migrant children
U.S. Customs and Border Protection shared two videos and 44 photos of the processing centers, located in Donna and El Paso, that are housing unaccompanied migrant children.
Bilingual volunteers needed to help as more unaccompanied teens arrive at Dallas convention center
With more and more unaccompanied migrant teens arriving at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas over the weekend for processing, the need for bilingual volunteers is great.
US officials to hold talks in Mexico on migration amid surge at border
A surge of migrants has hit the U.S. southern border with Mexico. Several top U.S. advisers on border and immigration issues will meet with Mexican officials on Tuesday.
1,500 undocumented immigrant teens now being housed at Dallas convention center
There are now 1,500 unaccompanied minors staying at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas after being apprehended at the southern border.
‘The border is closed’: Mayorkas says Biden not responsible for migrant surge, stresses effort for control
The White House dispatched Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to four Sunday news shows in an effort to stress that it was working to get things under control at the US-Mexico border.
Man killed by Arlington police was illegal immigrant wanted for rape
Authorities say the armed fugitive shot and killed by an Arlington police officer Thursday was an illegal immigrant wanted for rape. The alleged victims of sexual assault were two sisters under the age of 10.
Community shows support for migrant teens at Dallas convention center
People are dropping off clothes, food and other items. And bilingual volunteers are also giving of their time to try to help.
House OKs bills offering pathway to legal status to Dreamers, farm workers, other immigrants
The House voted Thursday to unlatch a gateway to citizenship for young Dreamers and immigrants who have fled war or natural disasters abroad, giving Democrats a win in the year’s first vote on an issue that once again faces a steep uphill climb in Congress.
First buses of undocumented immigrants arrive at Dallas convention center
Four buses filled with 15- to 17-year-old undocumented teen boys rolled into downtown Dallas around 10 p.m. Wednesday.