During a House floor debate on June 9, 2026, Representative Nick Langworthy (R-NY) praised President Trump for stopping the ...

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IN 1971 THE barrier that separated San Diego from Tijuana was a bit of chicken wire. Even that was too much for Pat Nixon, who was First Lady at the time. When she visited the beach at the very ...

The Pentagon will send some civilian employees to support the Homeland Security Department with the southern border mission and “internal immigration enforcement,” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ...

The Pentagon has sent thousands of troops, spy planes and even two warships to surveil the land and coasts. The Pentagon has sent thousands of troops, spy planes and even two warships to surveil the ...

U.S. beef plants face unprecedented pressure as a Mexican cattle import halt — imposed to prevent screwworm spread — leaves processors undersupplied and forced to shutter facilities. The border ...

In the desert of New Mexico, under wide open skies, the US Border Patrol is bulking up. A record number of recruits, many Latino, Spanish-speaking, and from border towns they know well, are heading to ...

In a dramatic escalation of military involvement in immigration enforcement, the U.S. Air Force and Navy are taking over vast new swathes of federal land along the southern border, under a directive ...

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Customs and Border Protection agents searched nearly 15,000 devices from April through June of this year, a nearly 17 percent spike over the previous three-month high in 2022. United States Custom and ...