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Migrants express concerns about the impacts of the Biden administration policy that will make asylum-seekers wait in Mexico for U.S. court hearings.

The Zapata County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the community’s assistance to locate...

A man is charged with murder after his passenger died in a roll-over crash during a pursuit in La Gloria with the Texas Department of Public Safety.

Gambians are casting their ballots in the first presidential election in the tiny West African nation since former dictator Yahya Jammeh fled into exile. Jammeh ruled for 22 years after seizing power in a bloodless coup in 1994, before being forced into exile in January 2017 after Adama Barrow, then a relative unknown, defeated him at the ballot box.

The newest variant was discovered just over a week ago by scientists in South Africa and Botswana, and it's now been found in multiple countries.

The newest variant was discovered just over a week ago by scientists in South Africa and Botswana, and it's now been found in multiple countries.

If passed into law, President Biden’s Build Back Better bill would create the largest mass-legalization program for undocumented immigrants in U.S. history. Roughly 7 million of the 11 million unauthorized immigrants currently in the U.S. — including "Dreamers," coronavirus-era essential workers and farmworkers — would be eligible for the new immigration protections.

The Biden administration has struck an agreement with Mexico to next week reinstate a...

Solidarity Engineering, made up of three female engineers, is trying to bring cleanliness and clean water to crowded border camps.

Mexico announced a joint plan with the United States to send development and agricultural aid to Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador, to stem the wave of migration from those Central American countries

A man has admitted to attempting to smuggle about $1 million in meth through a Laredo...

During her trial, Elizabeth Holmes denied hiring a research firm to look into a Wall Street Journal reporter but admitted she tried to kill his Theranos story. Jamie Yuccas spoke with a Wall Street Journal reporter who covered the trial from the beginning.

U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested a convicted child molester who was with a group of...

A Sureño gang member convicted of murder was arrested for being in the country...

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Authorities in Mexico said gunmen pulled up in a boat and shot a man to death on a popular beach in the Pacific coast resort of Acapulco. Police in the southern state of Guerrero said the shooting attack occurred Monday at the Majahua beach in Puerto Marques, just off Acapulco’s main bay. Puerto Marques is on the eastern side of Acapulco and is home to more upscale tourism than the main bay, which has been battered by violence for the last 15 years.

A man said that someone offered him $200 to cross a stolen vehicle into Mexico, according...

The U.S. on Monday will join the European Union in imposing strict new travel restrictions on South Africa and several other countries in response to the new Omicron COVID-19 variant. Debora Patta reports.

Hector Hugo Ramirez-Lopez was accused of stabbing Randall Wells in April 2012, according to Austin Police.

A convicted murderer was arrested as he tried to enter the country illegally near the...

Nineteen people died and 32 more were injured after a bus apparently carrying pilgrims to a religious site in central Mexico crashed on Friday. State officials said the bus apparently lost its brakes and slammed into a building in the State of Mexico. Ricardo de la Cruz, the assistant state interior secretary, said the accident occurred in the township of Joquicingo, southwest of Mexico City.

Thanksgiving is an all-American holiday, however, it is not just celebrated in the United...

The staggering daily flow of legitimate travelers, goods and services between San Diego and Tijuana is a triumph of dollars and sense and regional integration.

The majority of Central Americans who want to migrate internationally are motivated by economic factors, a new report found.

Nearly 6 million Venezuelans have left their homeland since 2015, and many are on the move again.

The Webb County Sheriff’s Office seized nearly 600 rounds of .50 caliber ammunition,...

A man accused of fleeing to Mexico after crashing into a San Juan teen as he fled from Mission police has been arrested. But Hidalgo County Jail records indicate Martinez was booked into the county jail Sunday on four different charges. Mission police had been searching for Martinez since late September, when Martinez T-boned a vehicle driven by 19-year-old Enrique Rodriguez. At the time, Martinez had been trying to flee from Mission police and had made it as far as San Juan. Martinez was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, accident involving serious bodily injury, evading arrest or detention and evading arrest or detention with a vehicle, jail records indicate.

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Thousands take to the streets in the Croatian capital Zagreb in the biggest demonstration the country has seen against Covid-19 measures since the beggining of the pandemic.

After two years in Mexico, Gabriella Lindsay and her family moved to live the beach life in Antigua. Here's a look at how much money they make and spend in a month — and why she has no regrets about leaving the U.S. to live abroad.

A convicted sex offender was arrested for being in the country illegally, according to...

Mexican authorities discovered more than 400 migrants transiting the country in the back of two semi-trailers Friday, not far from where two migrant caravans were more visibly, and slowly, making their way north

Opponents of Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum accuse her of self-promotion through a government program that provides 1.2 million students with monthly payments for meals and school supplies

Federal authorities arrested a Tamaulipas man on smuggling charges that relate to a fatal Oct. 22 car crash that killed two people, including another smuggler, and severely injured five others attempting to enter the country illegally.

First of all, gas prices, I guess not everyone got the memo: The U.S. government does not control gas prices. Gas prices are determined by the supply and demand of the markets. On Afghanistan and ISIS, ask the Trump why he “secretly” invited the Taliban — yes, the Taliban — to Camp David and then cancelled it. Let me kindly remind you that we are going through a worldwide pandemic, so is everyone else! This is not a U.S. pandemic, but rather a worldwide pandemic.

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Garbiñe Muguruza has defeated Anett Kontaveit 6-3, 7-5 to win the WTA Finals for the first time.

A German Shepherd is selling a Miami mansion bought from Madonna. Gunther the dog's lineage dates back decades to when Gunther III inherited a multimillion-dollar trust when the owner died in 1992. (Nov. 17)

Mexico will deploy a battalion of National Guard troops to its Mayan Riviera in the wake of a spate of shootings that have put the crown jewel of the country’s tourism industry on edge.

Mexico will deploy a battalion of National Guard troops to its Mayan Riviera in the wake of a spate of shootings that have put the crown jewel of the country’s tourism industry on edge. Defense Secretary Luis Cresencio Sandoval, speaking Wednesday in Cancun, said that 1,445 guard members will be sent to Quintana Roo state’s Caribbean coast to reinforce the region’s security. The deployment will include the establishment of a base in the beach town of Tulum, where two foreign tourists were killed and three wounded Oct. 20 in the crossfire between drug dealers.

As long as the United States wins its final three home games, the Americans likely will get back to the World Cup.

Tim Weah’s 11th-minute goal was matched by Michail Antonio’s spectacular 34-yard strike in the 22nd minute, leaving the United States with a 1-1 draw against Jamaica in a World Cup qualifier.

First of all, gas prices, I guess not everyone got the memo: The U.S. government does not control gas prices. Gas prices are determined by the supply and demand of the markets. On Afghanistan and ISIS, ask the Trump why he “secretly” invited the Taliban — yes, the Taliban — to Camp David and then cancelled it. Let me kindly remind you that we are going through a worldwide pandemic, so is everyone else! This is not a U.S. pandemic, but rather a worldwide pandemic.

Alexandra Morales, a Georgia elementary teacher, was found dead in Mexico, according to multiple reports.

Dozens of farmers armed with rifles and shotguns gathered in a pocket of mountain forest in southern Mexico on Friday and angrily rejected a Supreme Court ruling on a decades-old land dispute. Farmers in that area are demanding to remain part of Chiapas state and have vowed to resist plans to redraw boundary lines that will put them in neighboring Chiapas state.

Christian Pulisic scored on a glancing header with his first touch of the game in the 74th minute and Weston McKennie added a goal in the 85th to lift the United States over Mexico 2-0 in a World Cup qualifier.

Locusts will be considered a “novel food” when sold in frozen, dried and powder forms, the E.U. executive branch announced Friday.

A Garland man is facing accusations of assisting individuals in attempting to export firearms and thousands of rounds of ammo into Mexico through the Hidalgo port of entry.

In choosing new TQL Stadium in Cincinnati for a World Cup qualifier against Mexico, the U.S. Soccer Federation selected a city with a 3% Hispanic population in a state that ranks 42nd among the 50 in that demographic.

America’s return to the World Cup starts now.

Tent courtrooms in Brownsville are under construction ahead of the administration’s expected rollout of a federal program that sends asylum seekers to wait their U.S. immigration court hearings in Mexico.

A member of the Cartel Del Noreste was arrested as he tried to flee into Nuevo Laredo,...

The one that got away has become the one that came back.

Ricardo Pepi sat down with his family to discuss his big decision: whether to play for the United States or for Mexico. Pepi figures to face Mexico for the first time in the crucible of World Cup qualifying, when the region's top two teams play Friday night at Cincinnati's new TQL Stadium. All 25 players on the U.S. roster practiced Tuesday at Mercy Health Training Center in Milford, Ohio.

Federal authorities last week arrested an Alto Bonito man who they determined purchased more than 40,000 rounds of ammunition that was illegally destined for Mexico. Federal authorities say each box contained 1,000 rounds of ammunition. HSI says Rivera waived his Miranda rights and agreed to speak without the presence of an attorney. According to investigators, Rivera admitted that he had already purchased ammunition on previous occasions that was destined to be smuggled into Mexico. During the course of the investigation, HSI says the agency determined Rivera had purchased more than 40,000 rounds of ammunition that was for illegal export to Mexico.

As people cross into Texas, Vermont and New York, they look forward to seeing relatives, shopping and getting some fast food.

The shooting of two suspected drug dealers at a resort on Mexico's Caribbean coast is part of a fight among about a dozen gangs to carve up the lucrative drug market.

My friends, Tim and Stephen, played it smart with Daylight Saving Time---they were in Puerto Vallarta last weekend and got an extra hour of sleep as Mexico went back one hour last Sunday. Now this weekend back home in Texas, they’ll get another extra hour of sleep! You may remember back in 2007 when President Bush changed the ‘change day’ to the first weekend in November rather than the last weekend in October---too much danger in the dark during Halloween for trick-or-treaters. Mexico stuck with the original so if you’re looking for extra hours of sleep consider that trick next time! But this is what we have for us this Sunday:

Officials say an illegal tap on a natural gas line is apparently to blame for pre-dawn explosions that shook the central Mexico city of Puebla.

The Biden administration has launched a second bid to end a Trump-era policy to make asylum-seekers wait in Mexico for hearings in U.S. immigration court.

Congressional investigators say two Border Patrol agents were fired from among 60 found to have committed misconduct for participating in a private Facebook group that mocked migrants and lawmakers.

More than 2,000 mostly Central American migrants were walking along a highway in southern Mexico toward the town of Huixtla where security forces had deployed, possibly signaling that authorities would soon try to break up the group.

A compact Hurricane Rick has roared ashore along Mexico’s southern Pacific coast with 105 mph (165 kph) winds and heavy rain amid warnings of potential flash floods in the coastal mountains.

A group of about 2,000 mainly Central American migrants are continuing their mass trek from the southern Mexico city of Tapachula, reaching a town about 16 miles (26 kilometers) away.

Over 2,000 migrants, mainly Central Americans, have begun walking out of a city in southern Mexico where they have essentially been trapped.

U.S. authorities say illegal border crossings from Mexico fell in September for only the second time in 17 months, but the federal fiscal year ended with the highest count ever.

As secretary of state, Fort Worth attorney John Scott would oversee election administration in Texas.

Día de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, is observed annually on Nov. 1 and 2.

Getting through the first six games of World Cup qualifying has taken a village for the United States.

The Biden administration says the U.S. will reopen its land borders to nonessential travel next month, ending a 19-month freeze due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Tropical depression Pamela has dissipated in northern Mexico after slamming into the country’s Pacific coast as a hurricane, though forecasters warn that its rainy remnants still pose a flooding threat to parts of Texas and Oklahoma.

Hurricane Pamela has weakened to a tropical storm as it meanders off Mexico's Pacific coast.

Guillermo "Memo" Villareal was born in Mexico and moved to Houston in 1957. With a family background in music, his father was a lifelong musician and his uncle a famous composer and owner of Falcon Records, Memo opened Memo's Record Shop in 1968 in a small building just across from where the current one stands.

The “amistad,” or friendship, that Del Rio, Texas, and Ciudad Acuña, Mexico, celebrate with a festival each year has been important in helping them deal with the challenges from a migrant camp that shut down the border bridge between the two communities for more than a week.

The images — men on horseback with long reins, corralling Haitian asylum seekers trying to cross into the U.S. from Mexico — provoked an outcry.

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KPRC 2 Investigates spoke with several Haitian immigrants who remain at an encampment just across from Del Rio in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Acuna. Many there said they were aware of the US Government’s plans for mass expulsions of Haitian immigrants, but are still determined to stay in the US.

U.S. officials say many of the thousands of Haitian migrants camped in the small Texas border town of Del Rio are being released in the United States with notices to appear in immigration court or to an immigration office.

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas warned would-be migrants that “your journey will not succeed” and promised to investigate the actions of mounted agents at the Rio Grande.

If you're seeking an exemption from a COVID-19 vaccine mandate, you might not get any help from your clergy person.

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Hurricane Olaf has slipped back to tropical storm force after slamming into the Los Cabos resorts at the tip of Mexico’s Baja California Peninsula with 100 mph winds and then drenching the region with torrential rains.

Hurricane Olaf is closing in for a strike on the Los Cabos resort region at the tip of Mexico’s Baja California peninsula.

A powerful earthquake has struck in southern Mexico near the Pacific resort city of Acapulco, causing buildings to rock and sway in Mexico City hundreds of kilometers away.

Two starters are injured, another tested positive for COVID-19 and a fourth was sent home as punishment.

Torrential rains in central Mexico have suddenly flooded a hospital, killing 16 patients.

Representatives of Venezuela’s government and opposition say they have agreed to find ways to deal with the pressing needs of Venezuelans, especially in combatting the coronavirus pandemic.

Government and Venezuelan opposition representatives are continuing a dialogue aimed at finding a common path out of their country’s political standoff.

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The last time the United States Men’s Soccer Team took the field for a World Cup qualifier, it produced one of the most humiliating moments in the program’s history.

Tropical Storm Nora is dropping heavy rains along the Gulf of California after weakening from a hurricane that set off floods and landslides on Mexico’s Pacific coast, caused havoc in Puerta Vallarta and left at least one dead and seven missing.

Hurricane Nora has weakened to a tropical storm as it causes floods and landslides along Mexico’s Pacific coast.

Newly formed Hurricane Nora is brushing the Pacific coast of Mexico's Jalisco state near the Puerto Vallarta area for an overnight pass-by.

The Biden administration says it will continue its legal fight against the revival of a Trump-era policy that requires asylum-seekers to stay in Mexico while their cases are pending.

The Supreme Court says the Biden administration likely violated federal law in trying to end a Trump-era program that forces people to wait in Mexico while seeking asylum in the U.S. With three liberal justices in dissent, the high court refused Tuesday to block a lower court ruling ordering the administration to reinstate the program informally known as Remain in Mexico.

The Supreme Court says the Biden administration likely violated federal law in trying to end a Trump-era program that forces people to wait in Mexico while seeking asylum in the U.S. With three liberal justices in dissent, the high court refused Tuesday to block a lower court ruling ordering the administration to reinstate the program informally known as Remain in Mexico.

The Supreme Court is temporarily halting a judge’s order that would have forced the government to reinstate a Trump administration policy forcing thousands to wait in Mexico while seeking asylum in the U.S. Justice Samuel Alito issued the temporary stay late Friday night.

A federal appellate court has refused to delay implementation of a judge's order reinstating a Trump administration policy forcing thousands to wait in Mexico while seeking asylum in the U.S. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued the ruling late Thursday.

Advocates say the policy that forced 70,000 non-Mexican asylum seekers to wait in Mexico while their cases are pending will create dire conditions for migrants if it’s revived.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents recently intercepted a rare beetle at the Texas-Mexico border.