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Available reporting shows the U.S.–Mexico border wall was not "fully completed" as of November 2025: federal agencies and multiple news outlets describe ongoing construction, new contracts, waivers an...
Multiple news outlets report that men identified by the Pentagon as U.S. Department of Defense contractors — not active-duty troops — landed by boat at Playa Bagdad in northeast Mexico on Nov. 17 and ...
at the vary by source but recent years show hundreds to nearly a thousand recorded deaths: reported 247 deaths in FY2020 (and a later CBP figure of 895 for FY2022), while the documented 686 deaths and...
Official U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data say roughly 702 miles of primary barrier and 76 miles of secondary barrier existed prior to January 20, 2025, leaving about 535 miles of the Sout...
The U.S.–Mexico international boundary is most commonly reported as about 1,954 miles (3,145 kilometers) long; that figure appears in multiple government and widely used reference sources . Slight alt...
Smugglers use multiple land corridors across the roughly 2,000‑mile U.S.–Mexico border—principally Arizona, Texas and California sectors—and recent reporting and government statements say activity has...
Construction and policy changes have accelerated: CBP’s Smart Wall data says existing barriers before Jan. 20, 2025 included roughly 702 miles of primary wall and 76 miles of secondary wall, and DHS/C...
By most official counts used by the U.S. government before January 20, 2025, there were roughly 719–744 miles of installed barrier described as “primary” and “secondary” fencing along the U.S.–Mexico ...
The question of how many miles of the U.S.–Mexico border have physical barriers does not have a single authoritative number because agencies and analysts count different barrier types, use different c...
The southern wall — a patchwork program of steel bollard barriers, waterborne defenses, detection technology and patrol infrastructure along the U.S.–Mexico border — is once again scaling up with bill...
The largest increases in undocumented crossings under President Biden were concentrated along the Southwest border, with several Texas Border Patrol sectors—most notably the Del Rio area—highlighted b...
Yes — the incident of Border Patrol agents on horseback confronting Haitian migrants in Del Rio became a major media story: images and videos circulated widely, prompted rapid political condemnation a...
The United States has violated the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo both in historical practice and through continuing policies that undercut the treaty’s promises of property rights and protections for fo...
Biden’s first-term immigration policies produced a set of outcomes: they coincided with large increases in border encounters and more people entering the U.S. on parole or awaiting adjudication, while...
Border crossing trends since 2023 show , with substantial increases in some sectors and declines in others. Data indicate large spikes at the U.S.-Canada and specific U.S. Border Patrol sectors for fa...