Ecuador restricted most of its border crossings with Colombia and Peru for "national security reasons," leaving only two international crossings open.

LA Mayor Karen Bass responded to the historic surge in Latino Border Patrol recruitment as applications jump 70%. Over half of southern agents are Hispanic.

The change, set to take effect in September 2026, will replace the permit-based system with a telephone reporting procedure.

In the desert of New Mexico, under wide open skies, hundreds of trainees gather to hear from Border Patrol chiefs as they join an agency with an expanded role and new policies under the Trump administration.

Dozens of miles of new border wall, as well as waterborne barrier and advanced technology will soon go up on the border in Texas and Arizona, including in Laredo for the first time, the Department

Just as Southwest wildlife defenders were grieving wall construction in critical jaguar corridors, the government planned double the barrier.

Los Angeles Democratic Mayor Karen Bass expressed disappointment and concern Friday with Hispanics joining Border Patrol – arguing they’re only doing it for the paycheck. “Well, in a way, I think it’s sad,” Bass said of a CNN report on Border Patrol’s new recruits, many of which are Hispanic.

The commander of the Trump administration’s Border Patrol immigration crackdown said in a social media post Saturday (Dec. 27) that a government vehicle was struck in Slidell by a Honduran woman driving in the United States illegally.