Surge of migrants being smuggled to U.S. via Puerto Rico

Illegal immigration and human smuggling aren't just a problem on the U.S. border with Mexico

• Jul 26, 2014

Obama urges Congress to deal with border crisis before summer break

After meeting with Central American presidents, Obama says, "We need action and less talk" from Congress

• Jul 25, 2014

Central American presidents meeting with Obama, Biden on border crisis

The meeting comes as Congress struggles to resolve differences over the cost and scope of a bill to stem the tide of undocumented kids at the border

• Jul 25, 2014

Migrant children returned to violent homelands

Thousands of children are being deported back to Central America, including to El Salvador, which has the world's fourth-highest murder rate

• Jul 25, 2014

As Washington bickers, states deal with border crisis fallout

With D.C. lawmakers still figuring out how to respond to the influx of unaccompanied children, governors wonder about the burden on their states

• Jul 25, 2014

Central American migrant kids become targets back home

Migrant children returned to El Salvador after trying to reach U.S. become prime targets for gangs; expert says they won't stop coming until root problems are solved

• Jul 24, 2014

Obama administration weighs giving Honduran children refugee status

The tactic is viewed as one way to slow the flow of unaccompanied children crossing the southern border

• Jul 24, 2014

5 immigration issues Central American leaders will raise with Obama

Amid the U.S-Mexico border crisis, the presidents of El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala meet with Obama and other leaders this week in Washington

• Jul 24, 2014

House Republicans unveil plan to tackle border crisis

A GOP working group is calling for the deployment of National Guard troops and quicker deportation of children from Central America

• Jul 23, 2014

Congress far apart on border crisis plan as summer recess looms

The two sides look no closer to a resolution even as Homeland Security warns it will run out of money for immigration control

• Jul 22, 2014

Texans frustrated land has become highway for illegal immigrants

Seventy-six percent of the illegal immigrants in this recent surge have come through the Rio Grande valley region Texas

• Jul 21, 2014

Gov. Rick Perry deploying up to 1,000 National Guard troops to border

The Texas Republican is accusing the Obama administration of offering "lip service" about U.S-Mexico border security

• Jul 21, 2014

Ted Cruz: Obama, Democrats trying to "ransom" migrant children

Texas Republican says Obama invited the flood of unaccompanied minors crossing the border, and now he's trying to capitalize on the crisis

• Jul 20, 2014

Obama administration has been warned of rise in child migrants since 2012

Despite several indications the increase in children crossing the border was a growing problem, the administration did not take aggressive steps to slow the flow

• Jul 20, 2014

In immigration battle, Republicans step up border demands

In response to Obama's funding request to deal with the influx of minors at the border, several Republicans are countering with their own proposals

• Jul 18, 2014

John Boehner: Little "optimism" on bipartisan fix for border crisis

The House speaker argues that an anti-trafficking law on the books is being abused in immigration crisis

• Jul 17, 2014

For immigrants, dangers of staying are most grave

Children in El Salvador can't leave their homes at night because of gang violence

• Jul 17, 2014

Fear of gangs, rampant violence send Central American kids north

"You don't feel safe here," says one Salvadoran boy who tried and failed to make it the U.S.

• Jul 16, 2014

Congress nears an impasse on immigration crisis

Democrats reject Republican proposals to speed up deportations as the administration struggles to satisfy both parties

• Jul 16, 2014

Arizona protesters mistake busload of YMCA campers for immigrant children

Anti-immigration protesters shove group of mariachi musicians and halt bus before realizing it was carrying children from YMCA

• Jul 16, 2014

Arizona town tries to protest away immigrant kids

Town of Oracle told by sheriff about 40 undocumented immigrant kids would be housed there, so some try to block buses from delivering them

• Jul 15, 2014

Famed journalist, activist detained by U.S. Border Patrol

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas has lived and worked in the U.S. without legal documentation for years

• Jul 15, 2014

GOP to Obama: It'll take more than money to fix immigration problems

As Congress focuses on Obama's $3.7 billion request to deal with the child immigration crisis, Republicans argue money is only part of the solution

• Jul 14, 2014

Lawmakers at odds over deportation rules for Central American kids

Sen. McCain says the U.S. should deport the kids as quickly as possible, but the Hispanic Congress says they deserve a day in court

• Jul 11, 2014

Deal may be forming on border agencies' $3.7B extra

Separately, border agency stops taking some new arrivals to San Diego from Texas, denies it did it due to protests

• Jul 11, 2014

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