"I don’t like Trump, but we should have a secure border. It ain’t that hard to do. Biden didn't do it," the senator said.

The screwworm, a pest that burrows into the flesh of warm-blooded animals, has moved through Central America since late last year and deep into Mexico,

The U.S. will expand the use of facial recognition technology to track non-citizens entering and leaving the country in order to combat visa overstays and passport fraud, according to a government document published on Friday.

Americans protesting Department of Homeland Security actions in Chicago were detained on Wednesday, accused of violence toward agents.

The new rule will set up a nationwide system to collect data from non-citizens at all entry and exit points. This includes all airports, seaports, or land borders. It’s one of the biggest steps the US has taken in recent years to strengthen its border checks and surveillance.

The Trump administration allocated $606 million for border wall construction in the Tucson sector, where migrant encounters dropped from 510,000 to 56,000 this fiscal year.

Officials say Border Patrol's operations in the Northern California area could start as early as later this week, but that the timing could shift.

Under the regulation, set to take effect on December 26, US authorities could require the submission of other biometrics, such as fingerprints or DNA, it said. It also allows border authorities to use facial recognition for children under age 14 and elderly people over age 79, groups that are currently exempted.

Underlying the numbers from fiscal 2024 are countless stories. When the CBP held a media availability at Blaine in June, it was hard to know exactly what to expect.