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A Mexican migrant assaulted a Tucson Sector Border Patrol agent after illegally crossing the border from Mexico on December 19. The agent had to be taken to a hospital for injuries sustained after being struck in the head with a rock.

David Clarke advised Donald Trump’s supporters to pressure their elected officials to fund construction of a border wall.

The border city of Ciudad Juárez, abutting El Paso, Texas, announced the gradual re-deployment of joint police and military patrols to quell cartel violence and enhance local security.

CIUDAD VICTORIA, Tamaulipas – Miembros de un cártel dejaron una cabeza humana dentro de una hielera como amenaza a los medios locales de esta ciudad. La hielera fue dejada afuera de uno de los principales periódicos de Tamaulipas.

A Florida teacher, who is serving nearly 40 years in prison for having sex with a 12-year-old student she tutored, wants a new trial, claiming her lawyer gave her bad advice in court five years ago.

San Diego Sector Border Patrol agents rescued a migrant woman who sustained serious injuries after falling into a canyon near the Mexican border.

“Thank you to our GREAT Republican Members of Congress for your VOTE to fund Border Security and the Wall,” Trump wrote about the vote, in which House Republicans passed the bill with a 217-185 vote.

During a press conference on Thursday, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) declared that President Trump’s “temper tantrum” could lead to a government shutdown, but “it will not get him his wall.” Schumer said, “Now, today’s events have made one

During a press conference on Thursday, House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) stated that President Trump “is doing everything that he can to shut the government down. You have to ask the question, why?” Pelosi said, “The president is doing everything

Thursday at a House Judiciary Committee hearing, Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) told Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen that Jesus Christ would have “perished” if President Donald Trump’s border policies had been in place when the Holy Family had

MORELIA, Michoacán – Los cuerpos de diez personas fueron dejados en un día como resultado de una feroz guerra territorial entre dos facciones de un cartel. A pesar de la escalada de violencia, los funcionarios del gobierno estatal han permanecido en silencio.

MORELIA, Michoacán – Ten people died in one day as a result of a fierce turf war between two factions of a local cartel. Despite the raging violence, state officials remain silent.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will return illegal border crossers arriving from Mexico on the southern border to Mexico while they await their U.S. immigration hearings in an effort to end “Catch and Release.”

HOUSTON, Texas — A federal court handed down a 30-year prison sentence to a man convicted on charges of child sex trafficking and related crimes. The convictions follows his arrest in 2012 following his return from London.

Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol agents stopped four previously deported sex offenders in as many days from successfully re-entering the U.S. interior. In addition, the agents also stopped an MS-13 member.

MONTERREY, Nuevo León. Un narco líder quien es buscado en los Estados Unidos por haber ordenado una ejecución en Dallas ha enviado una maleta con un cuerpo dentro a el mando policiaco de uno de los municipios más ricos de la región. La maleta fue enviada como una amenaza ya que el capo sospecha que el mando policial está ligado a otro cartel.

MONTERREY, Nuevo Leon – A cartel boss wanted in the U.S. for allegedly ordering an assassination in Dallas sent a suitcase containing a body to the top cop in the region. The case was sent as a threat since José Rodolfo “El Gato” Villarreal Hernandez believes the officer is tied to another criminal organization.

A man from Honduras who trekked north as part of a migrant caravan was killed in his home country following deportation from Mexico.

Wednesday on CNN’s “The Lead,” the panel discussed the temporary deal that finances the government through New Year’s Day without funding for President Donald Trump‘s wall on the U.S.-Mexico border. CNN contributor Amanda Carpenter was critical of Trump’s negotiating tack. She said, “The

Wednesday on his nationally syndicated radio show, conservative talker Rush Limbaugh commented on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) announcement of the deal that finances the government through New Year’s Day without funding for President Donald Trump‘s wall on the U.S.-Mexico border.

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Texas filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday, challenging a state law which requires government contractors to verify they do not and will not boycott Israel.

A Mexican migrant allegedly assaulted a Del Rio Sector Border Patrol agent after being rescued from drowning during an illegal crossing into South Texas.

CIUDAD VICTORIA, Tamaulipas – Autoridades en este estado fronterizo están investigando el reciente asesinato de un juez estatal y una fiscal. El asesinato tuvo lugar cuando los dos salieron de la corte y fueron seguidos y atacados.

CIUDAD VICTORIA, Tamaulipas – Investigators in this border state are looking into the recent assassination of a state judge and a prosecutor. The occurred as the two drove away from a courthouse.

Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents saved a Guatemalan migrant from drowning after he jumped into a cattle pond during an attempt to avoid arrest.

A former Texas high school student was sentenced to 12 years in prison for slitting his classmate’s throat during a lunch period in 2017. The victim was left with permanent damage to one of his vocal cords.

Border Patrol agents in the El Centro Sector tracked two ultralight aircraft used by Mexican cartels to smuggle more than $1.4 million in meth and two Chinese illegal immigrants into the U.S. The agents spotted the aircraft on two consecutive days.

On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Your World,” incoming Senate Majority Whip John Thune (R-SD) stated that he isn’t “a big fan” of reallocating funds from other departments to pay for a border wall. Anchor Neil Cavuto asked,

Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents teamed up with law enforcement officials in Mexico to uncover an incomplete tunnel near the Port of Nogales DeConcini Crossing. Authorities said smugglers designed the tunnel to move drugs under the border and into Arizona.

MORELIA, Michoacán — Funcionarios gubernamentales y agencias de noticias en México han guardado silencio sobre una serie de fuertes enfrentamientos que han durado días en este estado costero. La violencia está vinculada a una aparente ruptura dentro de uno de los carteles dominantes en Michoacán, donde las autoridades estatales se han permanecido a un lado mientras los grupos armados se enfrentan por toda la región.

MORELIA, Michoacán – Officials and news outlets in Mexico remain silent about a series of gun battles spanning days in this coastal state. The violence is tied to an apparent rift within the dominant cartel in Michoacán, where authorities largely stand to the side while rival factions clash.

During a press conference on Tuesday, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) stated that the White House would need Congressional approval to get wall funding from another part of the government, and they will not get that approval.

During Tuesday’s White House Press Briefing, White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders stated that President Trump has asked his Cabinet secretaries to look for funding that can be used to fund a border wall and that the White House

National Border Patrol Council President Brandon Judd said responsibility for the death of a seven-year-old migrant girl lies with her father.

NBPC President Brandon Judd said a border wall is a “humanitarian way” to address a migration “crisis” across the U.S.-Mexico border.

Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents seized more than $1 in cocaine at an immigration checkpoint between the border and San Antonio, Texas. Customs and Border Protection officers also seized $1.3M in methamphetamine in a border crossing smuggling attempt.