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In one week, 190 charges were brought against illegal border crossers in New Mexico, including 78 with illegal reentry after previously being deported.

The New Mexico Department of Transportation is reporting a number of road closures in the Silver City, Pinos Altos, Lake Roberts and Mimbres areas because of the ...

U.S. Border Patrol's Horse Patrol Unit was the first one that ever existed in the agency's history; they were called mounted ...

The Pentagon has mobilized hundreds of military personnel to support Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations, ...

Most detainees — nationwide as well as in El Paso — involve Mexican citizens. A total of 309 Guatemalan migrants were ...

President Donald Trump recently addressed Mexico’s failure to pay the water it owes the U.S. under a decades-old treaty.

The current version of the Senate bill would scale back the tax break outlined in the House’s version of the bill, which ...

I’m scared to death to leave my house.” By Dianne Solis, Cindy Carcamo and Alfredo Corchado Photos by Cindy Carcamo and Aaron Montes Editor’s note: This story was co-published with Puente News ...

Donald Trump's administration has focused on four policies that economists believe will bring migration to record lows.

Another 700 military personnel have been sent to aid immigration enforcement in Florida, Louisiana and Texas after nearly ...

The deployment aims to bolster ICE's capacity by allowing law enforcement to focus on frontline duties, the Pentagon said.