Border security

EXCLUSIVE: Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich on Tuesday urged Gov. Doug Ducey to declare a state of emergency in the state in response to the growing crisis at the southern border — as the state looks to deploy the National Guard to deal with the surge in migrants. “Reversing the devastating trends at the border will […]

“It’s easy to get lost out here,” says National Border Patrol Council Vice President Chris Cabrera, as he drives through a border wall gate near McAllen, Texas. It’s past 11 p.m. as our Fox crew begins the ride-along. Even at this hour, the air is hot and humid. The dirt roads are uneven, framed by dense brush and […]

Fox News got a first look at the new video Republican senators released Thursday of their trip to the southern border that highlights drug trafficking from Mexico and the consequences of not finishing the border wall. The 7-minute video shows behind-the-scenes footage of senators visiting the Pharr-Reynosa International Bridge in the Rio Grande and talking with border […]

Texas Sen. John Cornyn on Wednesday demanded a federal investigation into allegations of child abuse at a migrant facility in San Antonio. “Unaccompanied children that arrive at our border have already endured dangerous conditions at home and a treacherous journey to get here,” Cornyn, a Republican, said in a statement after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott […]

Around 200 migrants have been apprehended by Border Patrol near a small town in Texas this week, a report found, with images showing agents handing out blankets to those still cold after crossing the Rio Grande River in the early morning darkness.  The developments come as Vice President Kamala Harris continues to avoid holding a news conference about her duties to address migration to the southern border – […]

Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday visited a bakery in Chicago, coming away with a piece of German chocolate cake — even as she faces scrutiny for not having visited the overwhelmed southern border. Harris was in the Windy City, where she toured a vaccination site that opened to union workers. She also visited Brown Sugar Bakery […]

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is defending a rule that limits entry for immigrants and their likely use of public benefits.  “It cost the country billions of dollars,” Paxton stated on “Sunday Morning Futures,” on Fox News, “If we’re going to invite people in, we’ve got to make sure they can take care of themselves and that they’re not […]

Senate Appropriations Committee member John Hoeven, R-N.D., told Fox News on Tuesday that illegal immigrants who are given notice-to-appear tickets by federal immigration authorities are receiving court dates that are several years into the future, as the border crisis overwhelms government resources. Hoeven told “Your World” that the flow of illegal immigrants has increased so […]

A Border Patrol canine on Monday sniffed out packages of fentanyl pills that had been hidden inside burritos at an immigration checkpoint in Arizona. The canine alerted his handler to a 2007 Blue Chevrolet Tahoe at the Yuma Sector Patrol station in Yuma around 3:30 p.m., Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said in a press […]

A Democratic congressman has shared new photos of the overcrowded conditions at border facilities, where officials have been overwhelmed by a surge of migrants in recent months. In a photo taken on March 27, 2021 two unaccompanied seven year-old child immigrants who arrived illegally across the Rio Grande river from Mexico stand at a makeshift […]