Tag: Mexico

The number of southern border apprehensions hit a 17-year low in March. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

White House: Credit Trump for ‘dramatic’ downturn in illegal immigration

Anna Giaritelli · April 5, 2017 8:46 pm

Kelly agreed that a "wall" can be seen as a combination of physical barriers but also technology aimed at enforcing the border. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Border apprehensions hit 17-year low in March

Anna Giaritelli · April 4, 2017 9:48 pm

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers arrested 153 illegal immigrants in Texas last month as part of standard targeted enforcement operations, according to a press release Monday. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, file)

ICE officers arrest 153 criminal immigrants in Texas bust

Anna Giaritelli · April 3, 2017 10:19 pm

The Great Pretender

The Scrapbook · March 31, 2017 12:14 pm

The Great Pretender

The Scrapbook · March 31, 2017 7:00 am

Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman's lawyers are claiming the Mexican drug lord's constitutional rights are being violated because of the harsh treatment the prisoner has received in U.S. prison. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte, File)

‘El Chapo’ claims his constitutional rights are being violated in U.S. prison

Anna Giaritelli · March 30, 2017 10:58 pm

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke said that President Trump's long-promised southwest border wall shouldn't be built on the American side of the line. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke: Border wall might have to be in Mexico

Joel Gehrke · March 29, 2017 3:03 pm

California Gov. Jerry Brown compared the proposed Mexican wall to the Berlin Wall. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Calif. Gov. Brown says Trump’s wall may be used to keep people in

Joseph Lawler · March 26, 2017 3:48 pm

Canada saw a significant spike in the number of asylum-seekers in January and February, putting the country on track to surpass total annual levels for the past five years, according to immigration statistics released Monday. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

Canada on track to see 40 percent hike in asylum-seekers by year’s end

Anna Giaritelli · March 21, 2017 2:25 am

An RCMP officer warns a man to cross at the legal border crossing or he will be arrested at the border from New York into Canada on Wednesday, March 8, 2017 in Hemmingford, Quebec. America's neighbor to the north has been increasingly seen as a haven for some immigrants who are willing to chance a walk across the border in sometimes dangerous cold to get there. (Ryan Remiorz/The Canadian Press via AP)

Canada sees major uptick in Mexican immigration

Anna Giaritelli · March 18, 2017 1:43 am

Border agents apprehended four Chinese nationals allegedly attempting to cross illegally from Tijuana, Mexico into the U.S. by way of San Ysidro Port of Entry near San Diego, Calif., on Tuesday evening. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)

Four Chinese nationals caught crossing from Mexico to US in trunk

Anna Giaritelli · March 17, 2017 12:03 am

Director of the White House Office of Management and Budget Mick Mulvaney said he's not surprised Democrats are threatening to shut down the government in April over President Trump's request for $1.5 billion to build a wall along the southern border. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Mulvaney ‘not surprised’ by Democratic threats to shut down government over wall funding

Kyle Feldscher · March 16, 2017 12:34 pm