McALLEN, Texas (AP) — In 2006, top U.S. Border Patrol officials were asked how long it would take to hire 6,000 agents, a roughly 50% increase at the time. Michael Fisher, then deputy chief in ...

Last month, Border Patrol agents along the U.S.-Mexico border recorded just over 6,000 apprehensions of migrants who entered the country without authorization, the lowest monthly tally ever ...

Border Patrol agents didn't release a single migrant into the US last month — a staggering drop after the Biden administration allowed 62,000 illegal crossers in the country in May 2024, The ...

Border apprehensions in June dropped to 6,070 — fewer than a single day’s tally under Biden — with zero releases into the U.S. as Trump ramps up enforcement and resumes wall construction.

Military expands at border with Air Force controlling 250 miles in Texas, authorizing troops to detain migrants while civil liberties groups warn of Posse Comitatus violations.

SUNLAND PARK, NM ‒ Border Patrol agent Claudio Herrera steered his green-and-white Suburban up a rocky hillside to an outcropping where migrant smugglers once lurked. It was 6:15 a.m. on a ...

Border Patrol agents made just over 6,000 arrests in June, according to government figures, a sign that President Trump’s hard-line immigration policies are working to keep people out.

Border Patrol Agent Rood, right, talks with Border Patrol Agent Gutierrez as they drive along the two border walls separating Mexico and the United States, Tuesday, June 10, 2025, in San Diego.

US News Border crossings plunge to lowest level on record, Homan says, touting ‘the Trump effect’ By Jennie Taer Published July 2, 2025, 4:14 p.m. ET ...

Ron Johnson, R-Wisconsin, said during the committee hearing that at an estimated $14 million a mile, DHS could build more than 3,000 miles of border fence. The U.S.-Mexico border only runs 1,950 ...

The U.S. border with Mexico is nearly 2,000 miles, along which the military has set up two narrow strips that have effectively been turned into parts of U.S. bases.