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Seventy-one years after the Eisenhower administration launched a high-visibility operation to arrest undocumented immigrants, ...

The City of McAllen is one step closer to building its desalination plant. The Bureau of Reclamation, part of the United ...

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Migrants seeking asylum were crushed after Trump's inauguration. For his border supporters, it was a time to celebrate.

Thousands of people protesting mass deportations planned by President Donald Trump marched in Southern California on Sunday.

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MCALLEN, Texas — Julio Cesar Requena's first steps into the United States at the McAllen-Hidalgo International Bridge were an answered prayer. "I waited four months for my appointment," said ...

Two Venezuelan planes flew to the United States on Monday and returned home with deported Venezuelans, signaling a possible improvement in relations between longtime diplomatic a ...

Migrants seeking asylum were crushed following Trump's inauguration. For his border supporters, it was a time to celebrate.

Several raids took place over the weekend as part of former President Trump’s promise to start the largest deportation campaign in U.S. history.