TIJUANA, Mexico — U.S. authorities fired tear gas into Mexico during the first hours of the new year to repel about 150 migrants who tried to breach the border fence in Tijuana. U.S. Customs and Border Protection said in a statement later Tuesday that the gas was used to target...
Honduran Woman in Caravan Gives Birth in US
SAN DIEGO — A Honduran woman affiliated with a caravan of Central American migrants gave birth on U.S. soil shortly after entering the country illegally amid growing frustration about a bottleneck to claim asylum at official border crossings. Border Patrol agents arrested the woman Nov. 26 after she entered the...
US and Mexico Face Stark Choices as New President Takes Over
MEXICO CITY — Migrants, trade, crime, the border wall: The challenges to the modern U.S.-Mexico relationship have perhaps never been as stark and divisive as they are now, at a critical juncture for both countries. With a new president preparing to take power in Mexico City this weekend and the...
Trump Backs Use of ‘Very Safe’ Tear Gas on Crowd of Migrants
SAN DIEGO — President Donald Trump is strongly defending the U.S. use of tear gas at the Mexican border to repel a crowd of migrants that included angry rock-throwers but also barefoot, crying children. Critics denounced the border agents' action as overkill, but Trump kept to a hard line. "They...
Mexico to Up Security at Border After Migrants Try to Cross
TIJUANA, Mexico — Mexico looked set to shore up security near its border with the United States on Monday, and local authorities said that 39 migrants were arrested after a peaceful march devolved into mayhem when U.S. agents fired tear gas into Mexico to stop some migrants who tried to...
Mi Familia Vota Supports Judge’s Decision to Halt Trump’s Asylum Ban
A federal judge Monday blocked the U.S. government from enforcing a ban on asylum by migrants who cross the southern border illegally. U.S. District Judge Jon Tigar of San Francisco said President Donald Trump violated a "clear command" from Congress to allow migrants to apply. Trump introduced the measures to...
Tijuana Protesters Chant ‘Out!’ at Migrants Camped in City
TIJUANA, Mexico — Hundreds of Tijuana residents congregated around a monument in an affluent section of the city south of California on Sunday to protest the thousands of Central American migrants who have arrived via caravan in hopes of a new life in the U.S. Tensions have built as nearly...
Migrants Stream into Tijuana, but Face Long Stay
TIJUANA, Mexico — About 2,000 Central American migrants had already reached the Mexican border city of Tijuana and another 1,200 from a second caravan set out from Mexico City toward the border Friday. With shelters already full, authorities in Tijuana opened a gymnasium and gated sport complex for up to...
Central American Migrants in Mexico Want Buses to US Border
MEXICO CITY — Central American migrants in a caravan that has stopped in Mexico City demanded buses Thursday to take them to the U.S. border, saying it is too cold and dangerous to continue walking and hitchhiking. Mexico City authorities say that of the 4,841 registered migrants receiving shelter in...
Migrant Caravan Pushes on Toward Mexico’s Capital
CORDOBA, Mexico — A big group of Central Americans pushed on toward Mexico City from a coastal state Monday, planning to exit a part of the country that has long been treacherous for migrants seeking to get to the United States. In a thundering voice vote Sunday night at a...