Border

President Trump signed a proclamation on December 16 expanding restrictions on who may enter the United States.

President Trump awarded 13 soldiers and Marines the Mexican Border Defense Medal, created in August, to recognize soldiers involved in securing the southern border.

The Trump administration will transfer hundreds of acres of land in California to the Department of the Navy as part of a border security effort.

Guatemala has deployed its elite Kaibiles special forces to its northern border with Mexico following a violent incursion by Mexican cartel gunmen into several rural communities.

The Trump administration’s immigration enforcement efforts escalated this week with the expansion of U.S. Border Patrol operations into New Orleans.

Federal immigration officials say a serious national‑security lapse enabled a man wanted in his native country for terrorism charges to enter the U.S.

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced that it has received a historic number of applications since its September 30 campaign launch.

The Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced that 10 new construction grants have been approved, totaling an estimated $4.5 billion.

The Department of Homeland Security and Customs and Border Protection announced that Fiscal Year 2025 saw the lowest number of annual border apprehensions since 1970.

A city commissioner from McAllen, Texas, has been arrested on federal charges of money laundering and smuggling, accused of running an illegal used clothing operation that extended into Mexico. Authorities also arrested his wife, who allegedly helped arrange the cross-border transactions.