U.S.-Mexico border

Migrant groups such as this one "want" to be apprehended by border agents because it will give them a chance to make their case to stay in the U.S.

Border town mayors in Arizona applaud their senators for speaking up for them amid the surge of migrants.

"I know the poor mayor up there is at his wit's end, not knowing what to do," Douglas Mayor Donald Huish told Newsweek.

"The Committee cannot continue to sit idly by and allow our nation's borders to be erased," Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee wrote in a letter to chairman Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday.

In response to the surge in migrants and human-smuggling operations in south Texas, the state is preparing to open up new shelters to hold the overflow of people.

Of the more than 100,000 migrants who crossed the southern U.S. border in February, Customs and Border Protection reported that more 44,000 came from from the three countries known as the Northern Triangle: Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador. A central reason for the exodus is gang violence.

An estimated 40 percent of the migrants at the camp, located just south of the San Ysidro Port of Entry, are children according to a Tijuana social agency.

"Why the migrants are diverting to Texas, before they hit the state of Sonora, I don't know," Nogales Mayor Arturo Garino told Newsweek. "But the straight shot is Nogales and that's not happening."

The photos, which were shared exclusively to Axios by Texas Representative Henry Cuellar, show the current conditions in a temporary overflow facility in Donna, Texas. In the photos, migrants appear to be experiencing overcrowded conditions in several different "pods" of the overflow facility.

At a House hearing, the congresswoman told the homeland security secretary about a classmate kidnapped by an immigrant who was in the country illegally.

"The hope is to get these people out of the shadows and into the light so that they can become contributing members of society as well," Sunland Park Mayor Javier Perea told Newsweek.

The legislation could make up to 4.4 million immigrants eligible for permanent residence.

"We don't mind doing our part, frankly, but, we all have limits, and I've said that many times," Laredo Mayor Pete Saenz said.

The Democrat has warned that monthly migrant numbers at the border are likely to rise in late spring.

Border Patrol agents are being overwhelmed by the influx of migrant youths at the southern border.

"Don't come over," President Joe Biden told would-be migrants hoping to cross the U.S.-Mexico border on Tuesday.

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said earlier this month that many migrants are flooding the border now that Biden has taken office.

Most Salvadorans are left to decide between becoming a part of the country's growing criminal underworld or joining a migrant caravan destined for the United States.

Over the past fiscal year, Customs and Border Protection saw close to 30,000 children attempt to cross the border. Nearly 3,000 of these children were below the age of 12. Of the 9,600 children the Border Patrol encountered in February, 98.5% of them came unaccompanied.

"Individuals that they have on the watch list for terrorism are now starting to exploit the Southern border," Rep. John Katko (R-N.Y.) said Monday while criticizing President Joe Biden for creating "disorder at the border by executive order."

The Texas governor said border officials told him there have been about 110,000 apprehensions in the Rio Grande Valley Sector this year, already more than the 90,000 total in 2020.

The Department of Homeland Security has drafted in FEMA support to deal with the surging number of new arrivals, particularly of unaccompanied minors, at the southern border.

In a video posted to his Facebook on Tuesday, Slaton said, "Just wanted to let you know I filed House Bill 2862. This will complete the border wall and name it the Donald J. Trump wall. And as you know we have a crisis on our border."

Firebrand Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene is planning to introduce what she called the "Protect America First Act," to secure the southern border.

No one can deny the importance of effective border management.

President Biden looks to undo former President Donald Trump's immigration policies and be more welcoming to migrants.

Over 1,360 of the children have been detained longer than the 72 hours permitted by law before a minor must be transferred from Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

Abbott says "the president and his administration need to step up and stop this program," ending the process of bringing asylum seekers into the country.

As President Biden rolls back Trump-era immigration policies, some fear that a surge of migrants at the southern border will spread coronavirus across the country.

"The spiraling tsunami at the border is overwhelming local communities, depleting budgets, crowding hospitals, and taking jobs from legal American workers," Trump said in a lengthy statement. "When I left office, we had achieved the most secure border in our country's history."