Survivors of Smuggling Trip Could Gain Entry to U.S. by Becoming Witnesses

By CAITLIN DICKERSON July 26, 2017 As the authorities work to identify the immigrants who died in an overheated tractor-trailer in Texas and investigate the smuggling network that put them there, attention is now turning to another complicated question: What...

Truck Driver Is Charged in Deaths of 10 Migrants in Texas

By DAVID MONTGOMERY and RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA July 24, 2017 SAN ANTONIO — A truck driver faces the possibility of the death penalty or life in prison under a federal criminal complaint filed against him Monday in the deaths of 10...

A Border Fence Blurred Through Art

The towns of Douglas, Ariz., and Agua Prieta, Mexico, have a deep economic and cultural bond. An art installation on both sides of the border wall let residents imagine — if only for an evening — that there was no barrier between them.

U.S. Citizen Detained by Mistake Sues Miami-Dade Over Immigration Enforcement

By CAITLIN DICKERSON July 5, 2017 Immigration lawyers in Miami-Dade County are challenging its practice of jailing people on behalf of federal immigration authorities, in a case that could test the Trump administration’s attempts to pressure so-called...

Trump Administration Targets Parents in New Immigration Crackdown

By CAITLIN DICKERSON July 1, 2017 The Trump administration has begun a new tactic to crack down on illegal immigration, this time arresting undocumented parents suspected of having paid to have their children ushered into the country by smugglers. When...