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Border Patrol Agent Gutierrez walks past four men detained after crossing the border illegally in a gap in two walls separating Mexico from the United States before turning themselves in, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Donald Trump’s border emergency declaration comes amid relative calm after years of major turmoil

January 25, 2025 at 3:59 p.m.

Saying that “America’s sovereignty is under attack,” President Donald Trump’s declaration of a border emergency comes at a time of relative calm after years of deep turmoil.

A mother reads a pamphlet to help her family prepare in the event she is apprehended by immigration authorities, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)

President Donald Trump signs orders to remake border security

January 20, 2025 at 8:29 p.m.

President Donald Trump signed executive orders Monday to beef up security at the southern border that began taking effect hours after he was inaugurated, making good on his defining political promise to crack...

Martha Rosales walks back to her home where she houses Cuban migrants as they wait for an appointment to apply for asylum in the United States through the CBP One app Wednesday, May 22, 2024, in Tijuana, Mexico. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

President Donald Trump ends CBP One, a Biden-era border app that gave legal entry to nearly 1 million migrants

January 20, 2025 at 12:19 p.m.

The Trump administration Monday ended use of a border app called CBP One that has allowed nearly 1 million people to legally enter the United States with eligibility to work.

Martha Rosales, right, talks with migrants mainly from Cuba while they wait for an appointment to apply for asylum in the United States through the CBP One app Wednesday, May 22, 2024, in Tijuana, Mexico. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

CBP One border app that became ‘a salvation’ for migrants to legally enter the US may end

January 17, 2025 at 10:17 a.m.

CBP One has brought nearly 1 million people to the U.S. on two-year permits with eligibility to work but could go away once President-elect Donald Trump takes office.

FILE – A boy looks through a border wall separating Mexico from the United States, Nov. 26, 2024, in Tijuana, Mexico. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

Immigration agency deports highest number of people since 2014, aided by more flights

December 19, 2024 at 5:53 p.m.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement deported more than 270,000 people to 192 countries over a recent 12-month period, the highest annual tally in a decade.

A boy walks near where a border wall separating the United States from Mexico reaches the Pacific Ocean, Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2024, in Tijuana, Mexico. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

US border arrests drop 17% in November, dousing predictions of post-election surge

December 5, 2024 at 10:20 a.m.

U.S. authorities made about 46,700 arrests for illegally crossing the border from Mexico in November, down about 17% from October to a new low for Joe Biden’s presidency, an official...

FILE – Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump listens to Paul Perez, president of the National Border Patrol Council, as he tours the southern border with Mexico, on Aug. 22, 2024, in Sierra Vista, Ariz. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump’s return to White House sets stage for far-reaching immigration crackdown

November 6, 2024 at 5:45 p.m.

Donald Trump’s victory sets the stage for a swift immigration crackdown after an AP VoteCast survey showed the president-elect’s supporters were largely focused on immigration and inflation — issues the...

FILE – Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks along the southern border with Mexico, on Aug. 22, 2024, in Sierra Vista, Ariz. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Trump’s goal of mass deportations fell short. But he has new plans for a second term

September 22, 2024 at 2:29 p.m.

Donald Trump has long pledged to deport millions of people, but he’s bringing more specifics to his current bid for the White House: invoking wartime powers, relying on like-minded governors...

Republican vice presidential candidate, Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) speaks at NMC-Wollard Inc. / Wollard International on Aug. 7, 2024, in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. (Adam Bettcher/Getty Images/TNS)

JD Vance touts deportation plan in Wisconsin city where tensions flared over refugee resettlement

September 18, 2024 at 6:23 a.m.

The flaring tension over the resettlement of refugees in Eau Claire has been repeated in many other midsize communities across the U.S.

In this image taken from video, Rose-Thamar Joseph, from the Haitian Community Help and Support Center, speaks to The Associated Press, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024, in Springfield, Ohio. (AP Photo/Patrick Aftoora Orsagos)

An Ohio city reshaped by Haitian immigrants lands in an unwelcome spotlight

September 11, 2024 at 3:34 p.m.

Springfield, Ohio was maliciously distorted by false rumors that Haitian immigrants are eating their neighbors’ pets.

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