U.S. Border Security

A 14-year-old boy has been arrested at a California border checkpoint of Mexico with three bundles of crystal methamphetamine strapped to his body, authorities said.

A U.S. judge ruled Monday that the Trump administration is operating within its authority when separating families stopped at the Mexico border, rejecting arguments that it was quietly returning to widespread practices that drew international condemnation.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said the state will reject the resettlement of new refugees, becoming the first state known to do so under a recent Trump administration order.

Officers in Palm Beach, Florida have arrested an Iranian national who was found to be in possession of several knives, a machete, and a pickaxe.

The U.S. Border Patrol has started collecting DNA samples of people in custody at the border.

The mayor of New York City has ordered the NYPD to take immediate steps to protect key locations across the city after a U.S. airstrike killed Iran's top general.

Christopher Sagajllo has been charged in Detroit federal court with unlawful re-entry to the United States.

A bill that will let immigrants who cannot prove they're in the country legally get a driver's license is signed by New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy.

"Bulder is the first K-9 to be killed in the line of duty. Bulder died a hero and he and his partner saved other agents on scene from injury and possibly death."

​​​​​​​New Jersey lawmakers have passed legislation to allow immigrants who cannot prove they're in the country legally get driver's licenses.

A previously deported MS-13 gang member from Mexico has been arrested after border agents spotted the man illegally crossing into Arizona, officials said.

Federal agents in California found 11 Chinese nationals hiding inside appliances and furniture that filled a moving truck crossing the border from Mexico over the weekend.

A flu-ridden 16-year-old boy from Guatemala was unresponsive for hours before he was found dead, according to video footage released Thursday.

Ten undocumented immigrants were hospitalized for hypothermia after a large group was rescued from storm waters inside a drain near the U.S.-Mexico border, officials said. 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers conducting a physical search of a vehicle entering the Calexico West port discovered a teenager hiding inside a dashboard compartment.

U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested a 16-year-old boy accused of using a remote-controlled car to smuggle over $100,000 worth of methamphetamine across the U.S.-Mexico border, according to a Customs and Border Patrol press release.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection agricultural specialists seized more than 150 pounds of bologna at the El Paso, Texas entry port this week, officials announced Friday.

U.S. Border Patrol agents in California arrested a 16-year-old who they say was using a remote-controlled car to transport methamphetamine across the border from Mexico.