Indians top the list of illegal ‘aliens’ entering US, most pay up to $50,000 at borders

The number of Indians arrested for illegally entering the United States has nearly tripled so far in 2018, making them one of the largest groups of illegal aliens apprehended, US Customs and Border Protection said on Friday. Paying smuggling rings between $25,000-$50,000 per person, a growing number of Indians are illegally crossing the US-Mexico border and claiming asylum for persecution, CBP spokesman Salvador Zamora said.

Indians arrested for illegally entering US triples

Paying smuggling rings between $25,000-$50,000 per person, a growing number of Indians are illegally crossing the US-Mexico border and claiming asylum for persecution. has nearly tripled so far in 2018, making them one of the largest groups of illegal aliens apprehended, US Customs and Border Protection said on Friday.

Groton Nonprofit Working With Child Separated From Parents At The Border

A migrant mother walks with her two daughters on their way to the port of entry to ask for asylum in the U.S. on June 21, 2018 in Tijuana, Mexico. A migrant mother walks with her two daughters on their way to the port of entry to ask for asylum in the U.S. on June 21, 2018 in Tijuana, Mexico.

Critics blast Trump, Sessions for sending border detainees to prison

In this May 7, 2018, file photo, Attorney General Jeff Sessions listens during a news conference in San Diego near the border with Tijuana, Mexico. A judge allowed a lawsuit challenging U.S. immigration authorities for separating parents from their children to go forward on Wednesday, June 6, but said he would decide later whether or not to order a nationwide halt.

Missing Children’s Day renews attention on 1,475 migrant children unaccounted for

A migrant child from Honduras looks across the US-Mexico Border from Tijuana, Mexico. Friday was National Missing Children's Day, which put renewed attention on revelations from last month that the government had lost track of almost 1,500 migrant children placed with sponsor caretakers.

Mexican Presidential Hopefuls Debate Relations With Trump And U.S.

In this photo released by the National Electoral Institute , presidential candidates, from left, independent Jaime Rodriguez, known as "El Bronco," Ricardo Anaya of the Forward for Mexico Coalition, Jose Antonio Meade, of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, and Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, with the MORENA party, attend the second of three debates in Tijuana, Mexico, on Sunday.

Sessions: Zero-tolerance policy may split families at border

A "zero-tolerance" policy toward people who enter the United States illegally may cause families to be separated while parents are prosecuted, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Monday. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said it would refer all arrests for illegal entry to federal prosecutors, throwing its weight behind Sessions' policy announced last month to vastly expand criminal prosecutions of people with few or no previous offenses.

First wave of migrant caravan reaches U.S. border, demands asylum

The illegal immigrant caravan swamped border officials in San Diego Sunday as hundreds of people showed up at the San Ysidro port of entry and demanded admittance and asylum as reporters, immigrant rights activists and Mexican watched. After a month of traveling across Mexico, hundreds of people, most of them from Honduras, massed in Tijuana and began to present themselves to U.S. border officials, reciting the script they've been coached to deliver to clear the first hurdles toward asylum.

Migrants From Central American Caravan Caught Scaling The Border Fences

The caravan of migrants from Central America seeking asylum in the U.S. has arrived at the border, and some people associated with the group have already been caught scaling the border fences. "Several groups of people associated with the Central American caravan" illegally entered the U.S. "by climbing over the dilapidated scrap metal border fence on either side of the San Ysidro Port of Entry," Rodney S. Scott, chief of the Border Patrol in the San Diego sector, which sits just north of Tijuana, told reporters Saturday.

World trade body warns US-China tensions could dent business

FILE - In this June 22, 2016 file photo, Border Patrol agent Eduardo Olmos walks near the secondary fence separating Tijuana, Mexico, background, and San Diego in San Diego. California Gov. Jerry Brown agreed Wednesday, A... California Gov. Jerry Brown has agreed to send National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border at President Donald Trump's request but says they'll focus on combating drug crime not immigration.

Global executions down; sub-Saharan Africa ‘beacon of hope’

California Gov. Jerry Brown agreed Wednesday, A... California Gov. Jerry Brown has agreed to send National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border at President Donald Trump's request but says they'll focus on combating drug crime not immigration. California Gov. Jerry Brown has agreed to send National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border at President Donald Trump's request but says they'll focus on combating drug crime not immigration.

Figures: Caravan Organizers Vow to Continue March to US Border, Plan Crossing from Baja California

Hours after it was reported that the Mexican government was putting an end to the illegal migrant caravan headed through Mexico to the United States, organizer Pueblos Sin Fronteras claimed the caravan would continue. Principalmente de Honduras y Guatemala, migrantes se detienen en algunos puntos de la carretera del #Istmo para pedir apoyo a los automovilistas y poder continuar su camino a Tijuana para cruzar a los EEUU Para lograr el #AmericanDream #Oaxaca #CaravanaMigrante #viacrusis pic.twitter.com/0eetUfXywe Migrantes centroamericanos continAoan su camino en la Caravana Migrante 2018 con la intenciA3n de lograr el sueA o americano y se detuvieron en Tapanatepec para pedir cooperaciA3n a los automovilistas para continuar su camino.

Anti-wall crowd shouts at border crossing before Trump visit

Lauren Rees holds up a sign during a rally against a upcoming scheduled visit by President Donald Trump Tuesday, March 13, 2018, in San Diego. Protesters chanted, "No ban! No wall!" near the San Ysidro border crossing, where tens of thousands of people enter the U.S. daily from Tijuana, Mexico, many on their way to work or school in San Diego.