737 in December, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said. While still historically high, the sharp decline in arrests since late December is welcome news for President Joe Biden on a key issue that has nagged him in election-year polls....
A man extradited from Canada was arraigned on human smuggling charges Thursday in the case of a 33-year-old pregnant woman found dead in a frigid northern New York river after she illegally crossed the border, according tofederal authorities.The body of Ana Vasquez-Flores of Mexico was found ...
On his first day back in office, the US president promised 25% tariffs on all products coming into the US from its nearest neighbours Mexico and Canada - ostensibly to force the countries to tackle illegal migration and fentanyl crossing the border....
Biden, a Democrat running for reelection in 2024, has grappled with record numbers of migrants caught illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border since he took office in 2021. Republicans have criticized Biden for rolling back the hardline policies of Republican former President Donald Trump, the...
OTTAWA, April 10 (Xinhua) -- Canadian-resident return trips from the United States and U.S.-resident trips to Canada by automobile continued to decline, Statistics Canada said Thursday. According to the latest travel numbers issued by the national statistical agency, the number of Canadian-reside...
While ICE arrests have risen, initial Trump deportations have lagged Biden averages last year, Reuters reported in February. However, Biden-era deportations figures were boosted by high numbers of migrants caught illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border who were then rapidly...
At this point, there seems to be no way to predict the final outcome. Trump claims that his goal is to prevent fentanyl from crossing the border. That’s likely just to satisfy the legalities of tariffs being declared. If stopping fentanyl from reaching the US is the goal, how in the ...
Although increasing numbers of people have been crossing at multiple locations along the US border with Mexico, the Rio Grande Valley in south Texas sees some of the highest crossing rates in the country. Once in the US, migrants pass through urban areas such as McAllen, Harlingen, and Browns...
Cross-border truck visits in September alone surged 30% year-over-year, marking another historic high. In the Texas border town of Laredo, the data shows truck crossing numbers were the highest they've ever been in August. "The demand for Mexican imports will continue to grow, with cro...
Those numbers have gone down, he said, due to enhancing law enforcement and diplomatic work with allies in the region. “Brownsville demonstrates the impact of that partnership when everyone’s working together to address a shared challenge,” he said. 2:58 a.m. 1:31:46, March 1, 2024...