Border Patrol

White House coordinator for the southern border Ambassador Roberta Jacobson takes a question during a White House press briefing in Washington, March 2021. (Tom Brenner/Reuters) Roberta Jacobson, the Biden administration’s coordinator…

A U.S. Border Patrol Agent escorts two asylum-seeking unaccompanied minors from Central America as others take refuge near a baseball field after crossing the Rio Grande river into the United States from Mexico on rafts in La Joya,…

In July 2019, during the last surge of unaccompanied minors at the U.S.-Mexico border, House Democrats held a hearing to explore the crisis and to voice their disapproval. The hearing, “Kids in Cages: Inhumane Treatment at the Border,” was…

The White House doubled down on its refusal to label the record-setting number of migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border a “crisis,” instead referring to the massive influx as a “vital human challenge.” “There are over 3,700…

A Customs and Border Protection vehicle patrols along a new section of the U.S.-Mexico border wall in El Paso, Texas, August 27, 2020. (Jose Luis Gonzalez/Reuter) Border crossings from Mexico into the U.S. have begun to climb in recent…