U.S.-Mexico border

A new draft report by the Justice Department inspector general reveals that top officials in the Trump administration were a driving force behind the separation of thousands of migrant families at the U.S. border with Mexico. The CEO of Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service, Krish O’Mara Vignarajah, breaks down what this new report tells us about the motives behind this...

Fátima Garza is a college student and activist fighting against construction of President Donald Trump’s border wall. If construction goes as planned, it will cut through homes in Los Ebanos, a small border town in Texas where most of Garza’s family lives. For Garza and other residents, the wall is more than a distant talking point; it’s in their backyard....

Three people died and two more were taken into custody Monday after San Diego Border Patrol agents were called to rescue a group who had gotten lost near Mount Laguna after crossing the border illegally.