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Watch: Gov. Newsom visits California-Mexico border for security and commerce announcement
Gov. Gavin Newsom will make an announcement on transnational commerce and border security Thursday when he visits the California-Mexico border in San Diego County.
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SUV carrying hundreds of pounds of fentanyl stopped at US-Mexico border
More than 215 pounds of fentanyl pills were found concealed in a vehicle attempting to cross into the United States at the Otay Mesa Port of Entry, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials said Monday.
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Migrant shares story of fight for survival after fall from 30-foot border fence
NBC 7 and Telemundo 20’s Tania Luviano-Hurwitz spoke with a woman who has been in the hospital for more than a month after falling from a 30-foot border fence.
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Migrant shares story of fight for survival after fall from 30-foot border wall
More than 900 people have fallen this year, according to a report by UC San Diego Health and Scripps, an increase of 58% compared with last year.
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MS-13 gang member from El Salvador arrested at US-Mexico border: CBP
At that station, it was determined the man was not a Mexican citizen, but instead a 32-year-old citizen of El Salvador and an MS-13 gang member, according to CBP.
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MS-13 gang member from El Salvador arrested at US-Mexico border: CBP
U.S. Border Patrol agents from the Chula Vista Border Patrol Station arrested an alleged member of the violent street gang Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) who entered the country illegally along with a group of people, officials announced last week.
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Drivers cross busy U.S.-Mexico border to get to their Thanksgiving Day destinations
Many drivers will head south for Thanksgiving, across the U.S.-Mexico border to celebrate the holiday in Mexico. T20 and NBC 7’s Karla Gonzalez has a look at the traffic in San Ysidro.
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Who are the Border Patrol chaplains? And why does the agency need more of them now?
Border Patrol agents are tasked with enforcing hotly contested immigration policies as many Americans at both ends of the political spectrum look askance at the border — and the agents. That’s taking a mounting toll, so the agency is training more among its ranks to become chaplains and provide spiritual care for their fellow agents on and off the job....
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Public urged to look out for ‘wildcatters' at San Diego's border crossings
A public information campaign began Wednesday urging travelers to be on the lookout for a practice known as “wildcatting,” in which unregulated ride-hailing drivers operate without oversight, largely at San Diego’s border crossings, putting riders at risk.
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Concerns growing over ‘wildcatter' drivers near border towns like San Ysidro
“Wildcatter” drivers are basically unregulated taxi or rideshare drivers. NBC 7’s Nicole Gomez has more on why they’re such a problem in San Ysidro.
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Undocumented women rally at Imperial Beach border wall
A group of undocumented women traveled from across California to the border wall in Imperial Beach Tuesday to stand in solidarity with immigrant communities feeling fear ahead of the second administration of President Donald Trump, who promised mass deportations on the campaign trail.
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Nearly 200 families separated by US-Mexico border reunite briefly in annual event
Nearly 200 families have gathered along a stretch of the United States-Mexico border for heartfelt but brief reunions with loved ones they had not seen for years because they live in opposite countries.
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Get information about the Tijuana Valley sewage crisis at a public meeting Tuesday
Tuesday’s meeting is an opportunity to hear from the International Boundary Water Commission, which operates one of the plants that treats sewage flowing from Tijuana to San Diego County
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Governor Newsom tours Tijuana River region amid pollution crisis
The South Bay International Wastewater Treatment Plant has had major issues in recent years, local leaders say, and needs more than $150 million in repairs before expansion can be started to treat the pollution.
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Ex-CBP officer sentenced for taking bribes to let drugs across US-Mexico border
A former U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer convicted of taking bribes to allow drug-laden vehicles across the U.S.-Mexico border was sentenced to over 23 years in prison.
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San Diego County plans to go after companies it thinks are behind sewage crisis
Since October 2018, the United States section of the International Boundary and Water Commission has catalogued more than 200 billion gallons of toxic waste coming into the United States through the Tijuana River Valley.
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Feds begin 2nd chemical-exposure study in South Bay
Both surveys are intended to identify necessities for communities near the border sewage pollution crisis and its impacts on health.
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During San Diego visit, acting U.S. Customs and Border Protection boss says enforcement has been enhanced
According to the CBP, there were fewer encounters reported nationwide in the most recent fiscal year, but not in San Diego.
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During San Diego visit, acting U.S. Customs and Border Protection boss says enforcement has been enhanced
At a time when immigration is on the forefront of political discussion, the acting commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection spent the day in San Ysidro to share an updated look at how resources are being used along the border, reports NBC 7’s Dana Williams.
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Mexican president blames the US for bloodshed in Sinaloa as cartel violence surges
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has blamed the United States in part for the surge in cartel violence terrorizing the northern state of Sinaloa which has left at least 30 people dead in the past week.