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Border Report LiveMembers of San Antonio church on edge over ICE arrestsIglesia Cristiana Roca de Refugio has a simple stated mission: “We are a community of immigrants committed to loving and serving God.”
But the south San Antonio-based Mennonite church has been reeling in recent weeks as members are being targeted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Pastor Dianne Garcia was a guest on Border Report Live on Thursday. She said at least a dozen members of her church have been arrested by ICE, and seven have been deported this year, adding that the arrests took place during scheduled meetings with immigration officials.
Garcia also responds to a stat...
2025-12-1825 min
Border Report LiveImmigration lawyers handling more casesImmigration lawyer William Menard is seeing an increase in cases as the U.S. government ramps up arrests and detentions.
Menard was a guest on Border Report Live. He confirmed that more and more people are being arrested during routine check-ins, as well as in public. He said he’s even heard of people being arrested by immigration agents during biometrics appointments, where they submit fingerprints and photos.
“We’re getting a lot more people who are in court or are in jail,” Menard said Wednesday.
Menard also discusses efforts to deport individuals to third countries that hav...
2025-12-1725 min
Border Report LiveMexico resumes water payments to US but remains in arrearsMexico has dodged, at least for now, a new tariff for failing to pay a massive water debt to the United States in October.
South Texas farmers suffered from the stunted deliveries of water to the Rio Grande over the past five years, so President Trump threatened to impose a 5 percent tariff on Mexico by year’s end if it didn’t catch up.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum maintains her country went through several years of extreme drought and doesn’t have enough to comply with a 1944 binational treaty.
In this episode of Border Report Live, El Pas...
2025-12-1625 min
Border Report LiveTracking mixed-status families, and record US detentionsNew data shows mixed-status families are fearful of being deported and they’re discussing self-deporting to other countries as families to avoid separation.
On the latest episode of Border Report Live, professor Austin Kocher of Syracuse University talks about results of a survey he took part in with American Families to expose what mixed-status families currently are contemplating as U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents ramp up raids in the United States.
Kocher tells South Texas Correspondent Sandra Sanchez that some families, including U.S. citizens, have actually left the United States in order to avoid fa...
2025-12-1525 min
Border Report LiveImmigration lawyers decry new asylum policiesA group that represents immigration lawyers on Monday criticized the Trump administration's travel ban and new asylum ban on migrants from 19 countries and accused the policies of being outside the realm of judicial review.
Ben Johnson, director of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, says the new polices will add to the backlog of immigration cases and will cause migrants who already have undergone years of vetting, to undergo additional evaluations.
Johnson questions how much this will cost the Department of Homeland Security and says it is unfair to ban migrants from applying for asylum simply...
2025-12-0925 min
Border Report LiveDoctor’s Without Borders director describes conditions in Tapachula, MexicoMigrants crossing the border from Guatemala into Mexico's southern city of Tapachula, en route to the United States, are facing a "dead end" city with no where to go, and they're often hurt and suffering, the director of Doctor's Without Borders says.
In the latest edition of Border Report Live, Nicholas Gildersleeve, base director in Tapachula for the nonprofit organization Doctor's Without Borders, tells South Texas Correspondent Sandra Sanchez about the harrowing conditions migrants stuck there face, and how his organization tries to help them.
2025-12-0525 min
Border Report LiveGroup demands terrorist label for La Línea gangAmerican Families Against Cartel Terrorism thinks it’s time that the La Línea gang be added to the list of designated Foreign Terrorist Organizations.
La Línea , often described as the enforcement unit of the old Juarez cartel, is accused of shooting and killing nine Americans and torching the vehicles they were riding in on Nov. 4, 2019.
The shooting happened on a dirt road near the Chihuahua-Sonora state line. The victims included three women and six children.
Adriana Jones is the sister of one of the women. She now heads American Families Against Cartel Terrorism, or AmFA...
2025-12-0425 min
Border Report LiveMexico adopting 40-hour workweekThe idea of working 40 hours a week is foreign to folks in Mexico, but that could soon change.
Lawmakers south of the border are considering lowering the standard workweek from 48 hours to 40, which is common in places like the U.S., England, Canada and Japan.
Mexican workers who spoke with Border Report said they welcome a shorter workweek, adding that they’ve spent so much time away from their families in order to provide for them.
But not everyone is on board, and in this episode of Border Report Live, El Paso correspondent Julian Resendiz explains wh...
2025-12-0325 min
Border Report LiveAsylum pause, travel bans after shooting raise concernsNew travel restrictions placed on 19 countries are scarce on details and it’s uncertain how it will affect asylum-seekers wanting to come to the United States.
In the latest episode of Border Report Live, Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, a senior fellow at the American Immigration Council, spoke with South Texas correspondent Sandra Sanchez on whether he believes the Trump administration is justified in issuing new restrictions.
The restrictions were announced on Thanksgiving after the shooting of two National Guard soldiers in Washington, D.C., which left one dead and one seriously injured.
2025-12-0225 min
Border Report LiveDrones create new front in fight against cartelsMilitary forces in Latin America are responding to a surge in drone attacks with drones of their own.
In October, the Colombian army activated its first unmanned aircraft battalion at the military base in Tolemaida. The so-called drone battalion is designed to attack and defend against illegal armed groups such as guerrillas, who have also adopted the use of drones to target not only military personnel but also civilians.
According to the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Colombia reported its first drone attack in the summer of 2024 but has already recorded 50 so far this year. Mexico...
2025-12-0125 min
Border Report LiveImmigration lawyer sees clients taken away during hearingsWilliam Menard says the scale and types of arrests currently taking place under the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown are unprecedented.
An immigration lawyer of 12 years, Menard said he was surprised to see Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arresting people who are attending immigration hearings and “just trying to do things the right way.”
In San Diego this past week, a Norwegian woman who is married to a U.S. citizen was taken into custody for a visa overstay. About a week later, she was granted bond.
Menard was a guest on Border Report Live on Tuesda...
2025-11-2513 min
Border Report LiveHusband speaks out after wife is detained at immigration hearingJoshua Daguman is growing increasingly concerned about the health of his wife, Hanne, who finds herself in immigration detention in San Diego.
Hanne Daguman, who is from Norway, was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents as she left an immigration hearing on Monday morning.
Joshua says his wife is diabetic and hasn’t been able to eat the food they’re serving because it mostly consists of pasta, bread, rice and potatoes, and other high-carb foods that are essentially poisonous to her.
Despite being married for a little over a year, Joshua says...
2025-11-2125 min
Border Report LiveProtest over ICE arrests inside federal building; plus threats against the monarch butterflyAbout 80 people spent their Thursday morning protesting the immigration arrests and apprehensions that are taking place inside San Diego’s Federal Courthouse and other U.S. government facilities in the area.
Our California correspondent Salvador Rivera joins us live to show us how residents are concerned with people being “blindsided” as they show up for appointments to renew visas, secure resident status and other matters.
Also on this episode, the magical flight of majestic monarch butterflies captivate many butterfly-lovers who fuel the eco-tourism craze in the Rio Grande Valley, where these lovable orange insects fly to and from M...
2025-11-2025 minBorder Report LiveFunds available for water projects along borderThe North American Development Bank is accepting applications for millions of dollars in grants and low-interest loans for water resiliency projects on the southern border.
The Water Resiliency Fund was approved earlier this year, but in a summit held this month in McAllen, bank leaders announced a call for proposed projects.
In the latest episode of Border Report Live, NADBank Managing Director John Beckham tells South Texas correspondent Sandra Sanchez how much funds are available and what projects they’re looking for to stretch limited water resources on the U.S.-Mexican border.
Also, California correspondent Sa...
2025-11-1825 min
Border Report LiveSupreme Court will review an old policy used to turn away asylum-seekers at US borderThe Supreme Court agreed Monday to review a policy used under past administrations to deny migrants a chance to apply for asylum on the Mexican border until space opened up to process claims.
The justices will hear the Trump administration’s appeal of lower court rulings that struck down the practice known as metering, in which U.S. border agents capped the number of people seeking asylum at border crossings by prohibiting migrants from setting foot in the U.S.
In this episode of Border Report Live, correspondents Salvador Rivera and Julian Resendiz discuss how the administration pr...
2025-11-1725 min
Border Report LiveSunland Park to resubmit application for new border crossingThe planned closure of an El Paso commercial port of entry is giving a New Mexico community new arguments in favor of having its own border crossing.
The federal government is finalizing plans for multimillion-dollar renovations at the Bridge of the Americas cargo lanes. The work is expected to take at least three years and likely lead to a permanent ban on trucks there.
In this episode of Border Report Live, we learn from Sunland Park mayor Javier Perea, that means thousands of trucks coming over from Juarez, Mexico, will have to find an alternate route to...
2025-11-1425 min
Border Report Live‘Dysfunctional’ immigration courts need money, judgesU.S. immigration courts are “dysfunctional” and need more money, judges and new technology, according to a new report.
The nonpartisan think tank Migration Policy Institute published “Breaking the Cycle of Dysfunction at the U.S. Immigration Courts” on Thursday.
It found that U.S. immigration courts have been in a crisis for decades now.
“They have been struggling to keep up with the number of cases that have been filed. And there’s simply not enough judges to handle all of them. But it’s really reached a crescendo. And now the courts have 3.8 million pending deport...
2025-11-1425 min
Border Report LiveTexas AG sues county for funding nonprofit groups that help migrants in courtTexas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing a Texas county for giving money to nonprofit organizations that provide legal services for migrants facing deportation from the United States.
Paxton on Monday filed a lawsuit against Harris County Commissioners Court for approving $1.3 million last month for its Immigrant Legal Services Fund Program, which provides money to nonprofits that represent migrants pro bono in court.
Harris County is home to Houston.
The fund was created in 2020, but Paxton says in the lawsuit it is illegal and violates the state’s constitution by giving public funds to private entities to...
2025-11-1325 min
Border Report LiveDemocrats cave on government shutdownOn this episode of Border Report Live, Migrant Insider's Pablo Manríquez explains why the government shutdown is nearing its end.
He also discusses the Supreme Court's surprising decision not to pursue an end to same-sex marriage.
And Manríquez details his long-time relationship with Raul Grijalva, a Congressman from Arizona considered a Washington power broker who died earlier this year.
He talks about meeting Grijalva while tending bar in D.C. and how their friendship evolved from there.
2025-11-1225 min
Border Report LiveMexico to invest invest in crime-ridden MichoacanMexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Sunday outlined the public safety plan that she and her Cabinet crafted to restore control and peace in the crime-ridden state of Michoacan.
The plan, a response to the recent assassination of a popular mayor, involves sending money and more troops to the state.
Mexican officials said nearly 1,000 additional troops were scheduled to arrive in Michoacan on Monday, bringing the total of federal forces in the state to more than 10,000.
But a major part of the plan — the “Michoacan Plan for Peace and Justice” — calls for investing billions of dolla...
2025-11-1025 min
Border Report LiveScholars paint grim outlook for Mexico in 2026Rice University’s Baker Institute for Foreign Policy has released its Mexico Country Outlook 2026 report, and researchers found that things are starting to appear grim for the country.
The report, in great detail, examines Mexico’s relationship with the U.S. across economics, politics, and social issues. It found that Mexico’s economy is not growing, yet the country has continued a series of welfare programs that are proving difficult to maintain and are draining the budget.
During a panel discussion on Thursday, Tony Payan, director of the Center for the United States and Mexico at the...
2025-11-0725 min
Border Report LiveChallenges mount for Mexico’s new presidentThe president of Mexico this week responded to the assassination of a mayor by announcing a plan aimed at addressing the root causes of violence.
The “Michoacan Plan for Peace and Justice” comes on the heels of the assassination of Carlos Alberto Manzo, the mayor of Uruapan, which is the second biggest city in the state of Michoacan.
He was gunned down Saturday night at a Day of the Dead festival. Manzo’s death marks the seventh mayoral assassination in three years in that state alone, and it underscores some of Mexico’s most pressing issues...
2025-11-0625 min
Border Report LiveCalifornians back measure to redraw congressional maps, GOP suesCalifornia voters on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved Proposition 50, which was designed to help Democrats flip up to five congressional House seats in the midterm elections next year.
Proposition 50, which passed with 68% of the vote, was a response to the Republican-led Texas Legislature, which also redrew the state’s congressional map to pick up five House seats.
On Wednesday, California Republicans filed a federal lawsuit to block the new U.S. House map. The lawsuit claims the map-makers improperly used race as a factor to favor Hispanic voters “without cause or evidence to justify it.”
Califo...
2025-11-0525 min
Border Report LivePope Leo XIV ‘tears up’ watching video on plight of migrants in USFew world leaders nowadays are putting out the welcome mat for migrants. Instead, many are painting them as criminals, freeloaders or a threat to jobs or national security, immigration advocates say.
That’s why having the support of the head of the 1.4 billion-strong Roman Catholic Church could make a difference in changing those views, says Dylan Corbett, executive director of El Paso’s Hope Border Institute.
In this episode of Border Report Live, Corbett talks about being part of a delegation of El Paso Catholic leaders and community activists who met with Pope Leo XIV in R...
2025-11-0425 min
Border Report LiveWater payment missed; US halts Mexican airline routesMexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Friday cited safety concerns by Mexican officials that triggered a massive international trade incident that has resulted in stopped flights from U.S. airports to Mexico City.
The stoppage was announced Thursday by the Trump administration and affects airports in McAllen, San Antonio, Dallas and Austin and nine other U.S. airports, as well all combined passenger and cargo flights by Mexican airlines to the United States from Mexico City’s new Felipe Angeles International Airport.
In the latest episode of Border Report Live, El Paso correspondent Julian Resendiz breaks do...
2025-11-0328 min
Border Report LiveBiometrics program could worsen border waitsWith U.S. Customs and Border Protection set to launch a biometrics data gathering system, researchers in Tijuana believe the program will create longer waits for commuters.
CBP plans to launch the program on Dec. 26. It will require officers to photograph and fingerprint all non-citizens leaving or arriving in the United States.
In this episode of Border Report Live, we discuss how CBP will gather biometric data for those with U.S. resident status, visas, seasonal workers and even children.
José María Ramos García, a professor Colegio de la Frontera in Tij...
2025-10-3025 min
Border Report LiveCongresswoman-elect Adelita Grijalva in ‘Twilight Zone limbo’ waiting to be sworn inIt’s been more than a month since Adelita Grijalva easily won a special election to replace her father, Democratic U.S. Rep. Raul Grijalva, who died of cancer back in March.
For 22 years, Raul represented Arizona’s 7th District Congressional, which covers the majority of Arizona’s border with Mexico.
Since her victory last month, Adelita has been waiting to be sworn in by House Speaker Mike Johnson, or as she called it marking time in “Twilight Zone limbo.”
In this episode of Border Report Live, Grijalva told us that Democrats in Washington...
2025-10-2925 min
Border Report LiveNonprofit ready to help South Texas families losing SNAP benefitsAs the government shutdown puts SNAP benefits in jeopardy, a nonprofit in the Rio Grande Valley is bracing for families who might need food assistance. Dr. Rashmi Chandran, president and CEO of AltaCair Foundation, appeared on Border Report Live to discuss how the nonprofit is trying to anticipate the needs of this South Texas region should Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) funds end on Nov. 1.
2025-10-2825 min
Border Report LiveData shows most ICE detainees have no criminal convictionsThe detention of thousands of immigrants without criminal convictions and the lack of bond at immigration hearings during the Trump administration violates their civil rights, immigration lawyer Katie Lincoln-Goldfinch says.
Lincoln-Goldfinch is an immigration lawyer based in Austin, Texas. On the latest episode of Border Report Live, she discusses the 71% of detained immigrants who have no criminal convictions, according to the latest data from Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse.
2025-10-2325 min
Border Report Live‘Migrant Insider’ sheds light on covering border from Capitol HillPablo Manríquez is a Washington, D.C.-based journalist who enjoys unprecedented access to the halls of Congress, White House and policymakers from both sides of the aisle.
His newsletter, “Migrant Insider,” consistently exposes and challenges stories about immigration and other pertinent border issues.
On Border Report Live, Manríquez offers a look into ongoing ICE raids, migrant detentions, the Department of Homeland Security’s significantly larger budget, as well as pending prosecutions of ICE agents accused of arresting and detaining people without warrants or court orders.
2025-10-2225 min
Border Report LiveOperation River Wall surges Coast Guard to Rio GrandeThe U.S. Coast Guard boats lined up side by side alongside a small pier in the Rio Grande on Tuesday morning as part of a new border security initiative started in South Texas.
In the span of an hour, Border Report counted seven boats, which also included some U.S. Border Patrol vessels.
In this episode of Border Report Live, we'll talk about how the surge in boats occurred a day after Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced that 100 Coast Guard boats and hundreds of personnel would now patrol the Rio Grande in the...
2025-10-2125 min
Border Report LiveTruckers see ‘slight spike’ in deliveries across border as holidays approachAfter a year that has seen deliveries across the border drop by 40 percent, truckers are noticing an uptick in work as the holidays approach.
According to Israel Delgado Vallejo, vice president of the Northwest Freight Transporters Association, the Christmas and Thanksgiving push has already started with demand for certain products.
In this episode of Border Report Live, we learn more about the issue from Delgado Vallejo.
“It has been a complicated year,” Delgado Vallejo said. “This is the final stretch and we’re seeing a slight spike in some industrial sectors. We have seen som...
2025-10-2026 min
Border Report LiveCommissioner optimistic on future of Texas border truck crossingThe El Paso trade corridor is one of the busiest on the Texas-Mexico border. More than 800,000 trucks and billions of dollars in parts and merchandise come across three border crossings every year.
But one of those portals is likely to shut down for good in late 2027 due to repairs, upgrades and the need to get polluting big rigs out of some El Paso neighborhoods.
That’s where the renovated but underutilized Marcelino Serna port of entry in Tornillo, Texas, east of El Paso comes in.
In this episode of Border Report Live, El Pa...
2025-10-1725 min
Border Report LiveEnvironmental laws waved to build more border wall, non-English speaking truckers taken off-lineEnvironmental and community groups are criticizing this week's move by the White House to sidestep several environmental-protection laws in order to clear the way for more border wall construction.
The Southern Border Communities Coalition says the work will not only damage the landscape, flora and fauna along the southern border, but disrupt the quality of life for people who live in those areas along the border.
In this episode of Border Report Live, Ricky Garza with the coalition tells us about the more than 5,500 truckers have lost their driving privileges in the U.S. due...
2025-10-1625 min
Border Report LiveSheinbaum responds to drug cartel handing food to Mexico flood victimsAt least 65 people have died in Mexican communities devastated by torrential rains in the past week. The latest victim was reported in Juarez early Tuesday as the current swept away a man trying to wade through a flooded street. In this episode, correspondent Julian Resendiz tells us how Mexican government officials are rushing aid to towns hit worst by the storms, particularly in the state of Veracruz. So are the drug cartels.
2025-10-1525 min
Border Report LiveLawyer on Guatemalan children loaded for deportations, efforts to halt removalsThe lead lawyer in a lawsuit to stop unaccompanied Guatemalan children from being deported from the United States describes how dozens of children were loaded onto planes and readied for removal to their home country from South Texas.
Efrén Olivares, of the National Immigration Law Center, joins Border Report Live on this episode where he talks about their lawsuit that has temporarily blocked deportation of upwards of 600 children who crossed the U.S. border without a parent or guardian seeking asylum or refuge.
2025-10-1326 min
Border Report LiveCalifornia Attorney General Rob BontaCalifornia Attorney General Rob Bonta recently called efforts to send National Guard troops from California to Oregon “well outside of the norms or practices” of any president.”
President Donald Trump began mobilizing California troops early Sunday, a day after federal judge blocked him from using Oregon’s National Guard.
In this episode of Border Report Live, Bonta joins host Rudy Mireles and California correspondent Salvador Rivera to discuss the legal challenges and the judges decision to temporarily block the deployment in Oregon.
2025-10-1025 min
Border Report LiveAnalyzing Sheinbaum's first year in officeAdam Isacson of Washington Office for Latin America
2025-10-1025 min
Border Report LiveForeign-born physicians are ‘shouldering’ US health careA quarter of physicians in the United States are foreign born but new immigration policies threaten them from coming, according to the author of a new book.
On this episode of Border Report Live, Harvard University Associate Professor Eram Alam, author of the new book “The Care of Foreigners — How Immigrant Physicians Changed US Healthcare,” talks with South Texas correspondent Sandra Sanchez.
2025-10-0925 min
Border Report LiveRedistricting arguments underway in El PasoEl Paso has become the epicenter of a political fight that has major implications in the 2026 midterm elections.
Two Latino organizations — the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) and Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) — are in federal court in El Paso challenging the Texas Legislature’s newly drawn congressional district maps, which they say dilute minority voting power and are unlawful.
The State of Texas denies any discriminatory or racially motivated intent behind the maps.
In this episode of Border Report Live, correspondent Julian Resendiz discusses this week’s hearings...
2025-10-0725 minBorder Report LiveUndocumented immigrants are not eligible for ObamacareImmigration courts are operating during the government shutdown, and the Department of Homeland Security has funds through President Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill to continue deportation and migrant arrests, Aaron Reichlin-Melnik of the American Immigration Council told Border Report Live.
In this episode of Border Report Live, Reichlin-Melnik, a senior fellow at the American Immigration Council in Washington, D.C., told South Texas correspondent Sandra Sanchez that billions of dollars for deportation and arrests funded through the Big Beautiful Bill is allowing DHS to continue near-normal operations.
2025-10-0725 min
Border Report LiveImmigration courts adopting crucial changesIn a change to recent trends, U.S. immigration courts are asking for more in-person hearings where migrant asylum-seekers face the potential for being arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials, immigration lawyer Claudia Galan says.
Galan joins South Texas correspondent Sandra Sanchez in the latest edition of Border Report Live where she weighs in on lawyers from the Army Reserve and National Guard who have been tapped as U.S. immigration judges, and how the current government shutdown is affecting immigration court proceedings.
2025-10-0325 min
Border Report LiveMigrant services impacted by government shutdownThe government shutdown is affecting services to help those claiming asylum, as well as employers verifying immigration status to hire workers. In the latest episode of Border Report Live, correspondents Julian Resendiz and Sandra Sanchez discuss how immigration services are being altered during the ongoing government shutdown.
2025-10-0325 min
Border Report LiveUse extreme caution when visiting these 3 countriesMost places in Latin America remain relatively safe for Americans to visit. But travelers should exercise caution in three hot spots where gangs control the streets or drug cartels are at war with each other.
That’s the gist of the annual international risk assessment published this week by Virginia-based Global Guardian security firm.
In this episode, we talk to Michael Ballard the director of intelligence for Global Guardian.
2025-10-0225 min
Border Report LiveInvestors plan to get South Texas sugar mill back up and runningA group of investors is trying to reopen a sugar mill that closed due to drought and lack of water payments from Mexico.
The sugar mill in Santa Rosa, Texas — the only one in the state and one of only three in the nation — closed in February 2024, taking with it hundreds of jobs and affecting hundreds more.
The 52-year-old sugar mill, at its peak, generated $100 million annually.
In this episode, we'll talk about how Texas Agriculture Secretary Sid Miller says thousands of jobs could be revitalized through this deal to reopen the sugar mill...
2025-09-2926 min
Border Report LiveWaivers to fast-track border wall construction in CaliforniaThe Department of Homeland Security announced that it intends to waive dozens of environmental laws to expedite border wall construction in California.
A Notice of Determination filed by DHS Secretary Kristi Noem on Tuesday states there is “presently an acute and immediate need to construct additional physical barriers and roads in the vicinity of the border of the United States in order to prevent unlawful entries into the United States in the project area.”
In this episode of Border Report Live, correspondent Salvador Rivera welcomes researchers Christina Aiello and Myles Traphagen of the Salt Lake City...
2025-09-2626 min
Border Report LiveDeaths of migrants in ICE custody on the rise, data showsResearchers say the rapid expansion of immigration detention in the U.S. is partly to blame for an increase in the deaths of people in federal custody.
Since January, 15 people have died in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody, including a migrant who was killed on Wednesday outside a detention facility in Dallas, and a Mexican man who fell ill at a California facility and died at the hospital this week.
In this episode of Border Report Live, correspondent Sandra Sanchez speaks with Austin Kocher, a professor at Syracuse University who is part of independent projects...
2025-09-2525 min
Border Report LiveMilitary drones rerouted from border to protestsA California lawmaker has filed a bill to ban the use of military drones to monitor demonstrators in the U.S. following protests in Los Angeles during the summer.
According to the Los Angeles Times, the government in June deployed MQ-9 Predator drones to monitor the protests that followed the deployment of National Guard troops to the city.
In this episode of Border Report Live, correspondent Julian examines how border officials have and continue to use drones along the border. The National Guard, which has been deployed to the Texas-Mexico border for years, often uses...
2025-09-2426 min
Border Report LiveResearchers track spending power of Mexican shoppersThe City of McAllen, Texas recently commissioned a study to track shoppers who come to the U.S. from Mexico. The study involved monitoring shoppers’ cellphones in the Mexican border city of Reynosa, and after they crossed the border into McAllen.
The study took place on key shopping dates, like Black Friday and some days leading up to Christmas. Researchers were able to determine where people shop, how much money they spent and how Mexican shoppers affected the local economy, among other things.
In this episode of Border Report Live, correspondent Sandra Sanchez speaks with Be...
2025-09-2325 min
Border Report LiveAmericans ‘dominate’ drug traffickingU.S. border officials often notify news outlets of massive drug busts at ports of entry. Most recently, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said that in August, the San Diego Office of Field Operations seized 10,000 pounds of narcotics worth $24 million.
In this episode of Border Report Live, host Rudy Mireles and correspondent Julian Resendiz welcome David J. Bier, an expert on legal immigration, border security, and interior enforcement.
Biers is the Director of Immigration Studies at the Cato Institute and occupies the Selz Foundation Chair in Immigration Policy. He recently published the results of...
2025-09-2226 minBorder Report LiveUse of AI to track migrants raises concernsU.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has obtained nearly $10 million in new facial recognition technology. The new technology will utilize artificial intelligence, allowing federal agents to, among other things, scrape images from social media during investigations.
ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations has said it will use the technology in cases where law enforcement officers were assaulted, and in cases of child sexual exploitation.
The use of such technology, however, raises concerns over privacy.
In this episode of Border Report Live, correspondent Sandra Sanchez speaks with Don Bell, policy counsel for the Constitution Project at...
2025-09-1926 min
Border Report LiveUS must treat dangerous narco-traffickers as terroristsThe New York Times reported in August that President Trump signed a secret directive for the Pentagon to use military force against Latin American drug cartels. The U.S. military on September 2 struck a speedboat allegedly carrying drugs from Venezuela, killing 11 people purportedly associated with Tren de Aragua, a Venezuelan gang. Trump reported two additional strikes on cartel boats this month. In this episode, we talk to Ilan Katz, a criminal defense attorney based in Mexico City. He shares his thoughts on what we've been seeing in the Atlantic Ocean as the Trump administration attempts to stop the drug...
2025-09-1726 minBorder Report LiveCivil rights lawyer honors farmworkers of the Rio Grande Valley in new bookIn this episode of Border Report Live, a one-on-one with Jim Harrington, who worked as a civil rights lawyer alongside César Chávez and founded the Texas Civil Rights Project to offer free legal services for migrants and farmworkers and other vulnerable populations. Harrington returned to deep South Texas this week to promote his new book: “The Texas Civil Rights Project: How We Built a Social Justice Movement.” Border Report correspondent spoke with Harrington about how he got started and his thoughts on the current political climate.
2025-09-1726 minBorder Report LiveUndocumented immigrants avoiding public eventsAs Hispanic Heritage Month gets underway on Monday, fear of immigration crackdowns has prompted officials in many cities to cancel celebrations. From Oregon to Massachusetts, many towns have called off Mexican Independence Day events, which often begin with large gatherings the night before on Sept. 15. In this episode of Border Report Live, correspondent Julian Resendiz and host Rudy Mireles, discuss how some officials are hoping to use these events as an opportunity to teach others about Hispanic culture and the contributions of immigrants.
2025-09-1626 minBorder Report LiveAI helps US and Mexico gather data on immigrantsThe use of new artificial intelligence to gather data on immigrants in the United States is expected to increase after the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement purchased almost $10 million for new facial recognition technology.
According to reports, the $9.2 million contract with Clearview AI is for the agency’s Homeland Security Investigations teams data to use in cases where law enforcement officers were assaulted, and in cases of child sexual exploitation.
In the latest episode of Border Report Live, correspondents Sandra Sanchez and Julian Resendiz talk about new AI technology that the United States and Me...
2025-09-1227 minBorder Report LiveSupreme Court lifts restrictions on LA immigration stopsPedro Rios says immigration agents are picking low-hanging fruit when they target Home Depots, construction sites and other informal job sites to arrest undocumented immigrants.
Rios, director of American Friends Service Committee’s U.S.-Mexico Border Program, added that the Supreme Court this week legitimized those controversial tactics when it cleared the way for agents to stop people solely based on their race, language, job or location.
On this episode of Border Report Live, Rios speaks with correspondent Salvador Rivera about the ruling and its effects on communities in Southern California. Rios said such tactics have be...
2025-09-1026 minBorder Report LiveLatin American countries inherit role of taking in migrantsThe largest non-governmental migrant shelter in the Mexican border city of Juarez recently hosted a health fair. Other smaller shelters even bused in folks from all over town. And while children received immunizations and some adults diabetes screenings, migrants were also offered substance abuse counseling and some much-needed therapy to address some of the trauma they faced during their journey to the border.
In this episode of Border Report Live, correspondent Julian Resendiz shares some of the stories he heard during last week’s health fair. The resources sent to help migrants underscore the new role that Latin Am...
2025-09-0926 minBorder Report LiveMexicans detained in ICE raid in Georgia sign voluntary departure papersTwenty-six undocumented Mexican workers were taken into custody by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents during a high-profile raid at an automotive plant in Georgia.
The Mexican consulate in Atlanta said 23 were being held at the ICE detention center in Folkston, Ga., and three more at the Stewart detention center in Lumpkin.
In this episode Border Report correspondent Julian Resendiz talks about the detentions and how most of the workers have signed voluntary departure documents and will be repatriated to Mexico within days.
He'll also discuss the one year anniversary of...
2025-09-0927 minBorder Report LiveEffects of fluctuating tariffs on US-Mexico borderIn the latest episode of Border Report Live, International Bank of Commerce Executive Vice President Gerald Schwebel, of Laredo, Texas, talks about how new tariffs imposed on Mexico are affecting the border economy.
Border Report South Texas correspondent Sandra Sanchez spoke with Schwebel about the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), which is up for renewal in 2026.
Schwebel serves on binational committees that already are negotiating this important trade agreement between the countries and he says the United States has “leverage” that it appears to be using as they craft trade talks.
2025-09-0525 minBorder Report LiveTrump increases military presence in Latin AmericaThe president of Mexico says what happened in the waters off Venezuela won’t happen in her country.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said no when asked Thursday morning about the deadly U.S. military attack on a boat accused of carrying drugs and whether the U.S. could carry out a similar attack on Mexican soil.
Sheinbaum previously said President Donald Trump suggested sending U.S. troops to Mexico to help take down the cartels, but she said she would “never” agree to U.S. boots on the ground.
On this episode of Border...
2025-09-0427 minBorder Report LiveICE raids hurting Texas restaurants, hotels and bars, industry leader saysA lack of employees in Texas to staff restaurants, bars and hotels due to threat of ICE raids at workplaces is taking a toll on the state’s economy, according to the Texas Restaurant Association.
In the latest episode of Border Report Live, South Texas correspondent Sandra Sanchez and host Rudy Mireles speak with Kelsey Erickson Streufert, spokeswoman for the Texas Restaurant Association, about how restaurants and hotels are struggling due to increased U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers are searching Texas establishments looking for undocumented immigrants.
2025-09-0426 minBorder Report LiveJudge stops deportation planes filled with unaccompanied migrant childrenPlanes full of unaccompanied migrant children who were being deported by the Trump administration back to Guatemala were stopped Sunday in Harlingen, Texas.
A federal judge in Washington, D.C., blocked the Trump administration from sending any unaccompanied migrant child to Guatemala unless they have a deportation order. U.S. District Judge Sparkle Sooknanan issued the order as planes with nearly 100 children were sitting on the tarmac ready for take off from Valley International Airport.
In the latest episode of Border Report Live, KXAN host Daniel Marin talks with South Texas correspondent Sandra Sanchez about...
2025-09-0225 minBorder Report LiveEnvironmental laws waived to build more border wallThe Trump administration this week announced it is waiving dozens of environmental regulations in order to build more border wall in the Rio Grande Valley of deep South Texas.
The border barrier will be built in rural Starr County and neighboring Hidalgo County and DHS says is necessary for border security. It will cut through federally protected environmental land tracks.
2025-08-3025 minBorder Report LiveSheinbaum: US wants ‘more intervention’ in Mexico; Blog operators selling fake driver’s licensesThe federal government has seized two internet domains and a blog being used to sell fraudulent identity documents including bogus New Mexico driver’s licenses.
The FBI in 2022 began investigating a company called Verif.tools allegedly involved in a conspiracy to steal cryptocurrency accounts.
The Netherlands-based company allegedly offered to manufacture fake passports, driver’s licenses and other forms of ID for less than $10.
Also on the show, retired U.S. Border Patrol Sector Chief Victor M. Manjarrez Jr. says Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum is walking a fine line between increasing cooperation with the...
2025-08-2925 minBorder Report LiveDeep dive into 'Operation Pick Off'With assistance from other law enforcement officers, Border Patrol arrested more than 50 people Thursday and Friday during a major operation in the Rio Grande Valley.
Agents targeted people with criminal records who had no legal status in the United States.
Border Patrol, the FBI, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and the U.S. Marshals Service participated in the operation.
2025-08-2715 minBorder Report LiveTexas Border Trade Advisory Committee’s economic prioritiesThe Texas Border Trade Advisory Committee’s latest meeting in Austin focused on expanding roadways and infrastructure feeding into international crossings on both sides of the Texas-Mexico border.
Mission Economic Development Corporation CEO Teclo Garcia joined the latest episode of Border Report Live to break down the committee’s priorities and goals for expanding border infrastructure and economies.
Garcia sits on the committee that is headed by Texas Secretary of State Jane Nelson. They met on Aug. 12 and he talks about the necessity for feeder roadways to ensure traffic flows to international bridges, as well as t...
2025-08-2518 minBorder Report LiveBorder wall painted black at Trump’s requestIn this episode of Border Report Live, correspondents Julian Resendiz and Sandra Sanchez and host Rudy Mireles discuss Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s reason for painting a segment of border wall black during her visit to Santa Teresa, New Mexico.
Noem said painting the border wall black will make it hotter and more difficult for migrants to illegally cross, something human rights groups are criticizing.
Plus, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum says she was not informed about the DEA’s launch of Gatekeeper and Mexico’s participation in what the United States is calling a binati...
2025-08-2013 minBorder Report LiveMigrants will be screened for anti-American sentimentsA decrease in ICE arrests but an uptick in the removal of immigrants in July, as well as information on new questions being asked of visa applicants were discussed Tuesday in the latest edition of Border Report Live.
South Texas correspondent Sandra Sanchez and host Rudy Mireles went over the detention facilities with the most immigrant detainees to date and what the numbers look like.
2025-08-1926 minBorder Report LiveNew Texas ICE detention facility holding 1,000 migrants; developer creates ICE block appWhat will soon become the largest immigration detention facility in the United States is now up and running at Fort Bliss, Texas.
The $1.24 billion East Montana Detention Facility in Far East El Paso opened on Sunday and already is holding 1,000 individuals.
Also, reporter Jorge Vela talks about a developer who created an app that residents can report when ICE agents are in a neighborhood.
2025-08-1826 minBorder Report LiveCoast Guard joins border mission from air, land and seaThe U.S. Coast Guard has stepped up patrols on land, air and sea near the U.S.-Mexico border.
In recent days, the Coast Guard has invited Border Report to ride along on the patrols in the Pacific Ocean, the Rio Grande and high above the Gulf.
In this episode of Border Report Live, correspondents Salvador Rivera and Sandra Sanchez discuss spending the day in the field with the Coast Guard and some of the new challenges the agency faces as it takes part in President Donald Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration.
2025-08-1526 minBorder Report LiveFirst major ICE raid convictions; warnings not to travel to MexicoA couple who own a bakery in South Texas were convicted of harboring illegal immigrants. It was the first high profile case in the region to head to federal court.
Plus, the U.S. State Department is calling on Americans to stay away from the Mexican border state of Tamaulipas and to reconsider travel to Baja California, Sonora, and Chihuahua.
The latest travel advisory posted cites violent crime in those states, including homicide, kidnapping, carjacking, and robbery. It also alludes to a “risk of terroristic violence” in some areas.
Tamaulipas – where Nuevo Laredo, Reynosa...
2025-08-1426 minBorder Report LiveBorder residents urged to document incidents of abuseIn this week’s episode of Border Report Live, correspondent Julian Resendiz speaks with The Border Network for Human Rights Executive Director Fernando Garcia about the abuse documentation campaign and what changes the group could see this time around. The group says they’ve already gotten first-hand accounts of abusive behavior from President Donald Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration.
2025-08-1326 minBorder Report LiveUS to carry out mass deportations from new Fort Bliss facilityU.S. Sen John Cornyn, R-Texas, says he got a “windshield tour” of what is to be the nation’s largest immigration detention center on Monday. The facility is expected to start receiving migrants on Aug. 17 and will eventually be able to hold up to 5,000 people. In this episode of Border Report Live, correspondent Julian Resendiz discusses what federal officials told the senator about the types of people who will be held at Camp East Montana.
2025-08-1325 minBorder Report LiveSinaloa cartel remains key player in fentanyl export business to USWith its leadership arrested or on the run, the Sinaloa cartel’s powerful influence and stronghold in Mexico and the United States has been diminishing, but it’s certainly not out of the fentanyl business, according to an investigative report by the New York Times. In this episode of Border Report Live, correspondent Salvador Rivera discusses the state of the Sinaloa cartel, which has been fractured since the arrest of drug lord Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada and subsequent infighting with his son and the sons Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, who is imprisoned in the US.
2025-08-1227 minBorder Report LiveAdvocacy group faces challenges to help migrantsSince 1917, the American Friends Service Committee has been working for peace and social justice. The Quaker-founded organization has provided its services worldwide, and in 1977, brought its work to the U.S.-Mexico border. As part of the San Diego-based U.S.-Mexico Border Program, the organization helps migrant and border communities with issues revolving around immigration, enforcement and human and civil rights. In this episode of Border Report Live, correspondent Salvador Rivera speaks with Pedro Rios, director of AFSC’s U.S.-Mexico Border Program.
2025-08-0925 minBorder Report LiveArizona lawmaker doubles down on alerting migrants of ICE raidsAdvocacy organizations are defending an Arizona lawmaker’s use of social media to alert the public about ongoing immigration raids in their communities. State Sen. Analise Ortiz, D-Glendale, is a self-described Latina activist. She has long been vocal against racial profiling and social justice in the past. But recent posts in various social media accounts seem to have struck a nerve. The president of the state Senate, meantime, is calling for a federal investigation because he believes his colleague may have committed a crime by trying to prevent U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents from doing their job.
2025-08-0826 minBorder Report LiveEl Paso nonprofit helps feed 110 migrant families in JuarezA donation from El Paso’s Hope Border Institute has helped feed 110 migrant families in Juarez, Mexico. The Catholic Church-affiliated nonprofit partnered with Mexico’s Derechos Humanos Integrales en Accion (DHIA) to deliver social services information and then take the families grocery shopping this week.In this episode of Border Report Live, host Rudy Mireles and correspndent Julian Resendiz speak about the work the Hope Border Institute does on both sides of the border.
2025-08-0726 minBorder Report LiveUS to require $15K bond from certain visa applicantsThe Trump administration is requiring bonds of up to $15,000 for visas for immigrants from certain countries under a new pilot program designed to safeguard security and prevent overstays. The State Department on Tuesday announced the new Visa Bond Pilot Program in the Federal Register. It did not, however, list the countries that those required to post bonds will come from.
2025-08-0626 minBorder Report LiveFormer Texas rep. recalls 2003 walkout to Oklahoma over redistrictingIn 2003, then-House Democratic Caucus Chairman state Rep. Jim Dunnam, of Waco, led over 50 fellow Democrats to Oklahoma from Texas to break quorum on a proposed redistricting plan. Now history appears to be repeating itself as over 50 Democratic lawmakers from Texas have once again left the Lone Star State to avoid a redistricting vote set to begin today in Austin. In today’s Border Report Live, Dunnam talks with South Texas correspondent Sandra Sanchez and host Rudy Mireles about the five days his group spent in Ardmore, Oklahoma, and what he believes it accomplished.
2025-08-0525 minBorder Report LiveBorder arrests hit another record-low in JulyMigrant apprehensions along the Southwest border hit a new record-low in July. In this episode of Border Report Live, correspondents Julian Resendiz and Sandra Sanchez discuss the dramatic drop in migrant activity at the border, as well as some of the factors that keep El Paso in the lead.
2025-08-0226 minBorder Report LiveLawmakers fight for oversight of ICE detention facilitiesA dozen Democratic members of Congress this week sued the Trump administration after being denied access to immigration detention facilities, including El Paso Congresswoman Veronica Escobar. Across the state line, U.S. Rep. Gabe Vasquez, D-New Mexico, took into consideration what Escobar had experienced and gave ICE officials further notice to enter the Otero County Processing Center in Chaparral, New Mexico. In this episode of Border Report Live, correspondent Julian discusses his interview with Vasquez.
2025-08-0126 minBorder Report LiveData shows spike in arrest of immigrants with no criminal recordBorder Czar Tom Homan questioned people who protest Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the agents who are carrying out President Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration. Speaking to reporters outside of the White House, Homan said ICE is merely enforcing laws passed by Congress, and if anyone should be protested, it’s the lawmakers. He said 70% of everybody who’s arrested is a criminal. In this episode of Border Report Live, Austin Kocher, a professor at the Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University speaks with host Rudy Mireles and correspondent Sandra Sanchez about the ICE detention and arrest...
2025-07-3125 minBorder Report LiveWith migrants gone, cartels target civilians, touristsDrug cartels cashed in when migrants were flocking to Mexico with hopes of getting to the U.S. The migrants paid thousands of dollars to get to the border, and in many cases, paid more to be smuggled across. But many became the targets of cartels and were kidnapped and held for ransom, including those already in the U.S. But in Mexican border towns, migrants have all but disappeared due to President Trump's crackdown on illegal immigration. But it’s created a disturbing trend in which criminals are targeting civilians, including Americans. In this episode of Border Report Liv...
2025-07-3025 minBorder Report LiveMexico helps citizens facing deportation from USWhen President Donald Trump threatened mass deportations at the dawn of his second term, Mexico got ready. The country set up massive welcoming centers in large cities along the border to help newly-deported Mexicans. But the mass deportations never materialized. Mexico is now shifting some of its resources to help Mexican nationals who are still in the U.S. In this episode of Border Report Live, correspondent Julian Resendiz discusses the types of services Mexico is ramping up to help its citizens at risk of deportation in the interior of the U.S.
2025-07-2925 minBorder Report LiveBorder leaders fear being left out of new trade dealsWhether President Donald Trump will renegotiate the country’s trade agreement with Mexico and Canada remains to be seen, but the threat is already affecting commerce on the border. In this episode of Border Report Live, correspondents Julian Resendiz and Salvador Rivera discuss how USMCA renegotiations are sending jitters through border communities that are already reeling from Trump administration tariffs. Plus, Trump is expected to add conditions that many business leaders can’t control, like stopping the flow of migration and drugs at the border.
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