National Migrant Families Arrive In Busloads As Border Crossings Hit 10-Year High The immigration system is "overwhelmed," says Manuel Padilla, director of Joint Task Force-West in San Antonio. Since October, there has been a 90 percent jump in the number of people apprehended. Joel Rose John Burnett
National 'No More Deaths' Volunteers Face Possible Jail Time For Aiding Migrants As security has tightened along the U.S.-Mexico border, migrants are forced into more hostile desert areas. Volunteers who put out water and food say they're trying to prevent deaths. Joel Rose
Politics A Waiting Game For Immigrants And Border Agents On 2 Sides Of The Border Wall While Border Patrol builds up its fences in San Diego to guard against a national security threat, Central American migrants waiting in Tijuana consider whether the journey was worth the effort. John Burnett
National Pediatricians Voice Concerns About Care Following Two 'Needless' Migrant Deaths The deaths of two migrant children raise new questions about the quality of medical care at Border Patrol facilities. But pediatricians at the border have been raising these concerns for years. Joel Rose
National Department Of Homeland Security Promises Changes To Protect Migrant Children Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen promises new "extraordinary protective measures" in the wake of the death of a second migrant child this month. They will require assistance from multiple federal agencies. Vanessa Romo
National 7-Year-Old Migrant Girl Dies Of Dehydration And Shock In U.S. Border Patrol Custody The girl's death underscores the crisis precipitated by large groups of families seeking asylum where there are inadequate facilities to detain them. Richard Gonzales Bill Chappell
National Customs And Border Protection Paid A Firm $13.6 Million To Hire Recruits. It Hired 2 A report by the Office of the Inspector General revealed Accenture, contracted to help hire 7,500 new agents, is "nowhere near" completing its goals and "risks wasting millions of taxpayer dollars." Vanessa Romo
Politics Trump Is Expected To Extend U.S. Troops' Deployment To Mexico Border Into January The move would extend the rare deployment of active-duty troops at the U.S.-Mexico border, rather than only National Guard soldiers and personnel. Bill Chappell Tom Bowman
National FACT CHECK: What's Happening On The U.S.-Mexico Border? On Sunday, U.S. agents fired tear gas on migrants trying to cross into the U.S. from Tijuana, Mexico. The migrants were protesting the slow pace with which the U.S. has been processing asylum claims. Camila Domonoske Richard Gonzales
Politics Federal Agents Board Buses 100 Miles From Border To Ask, Are You A U.S. Citizen? U.S. Border Patrol agents are boarding buses and stopping cars from private lines like Greyhound and Concord Coach within 100 miles of a U.S. border, asking passengers if they're American citizens. Samantha Raphelson
