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Nearly 530,000 migrants between January 2023 and August 2024 legally flew to the United States under parole programs for four Latin American countries, [59] with the Biden administration arguing it helped reduce illegal Mexico-United States border crossings. The parole programs have been the subject of lawsuits by multiple Republican-led states.
While urban areas tend to have higher crime rates, as is typical in most countries, the United States–Mexico border has also been a problematic area. In 2017, Mexico witnessed a record number of murders with 29,158 homicides recorded. [9] Mexico is Latin America's most dangerous country for journalists according to the Global Criminality ...
Border towns on the Mexico–United States border have been negatively affected by the opioid crisis in the United States. According to César González Vaca, head of the Forensic Doctor's Service in Baja California , "It seems the closer we are to the border, the more consumption of this drug we see."
Amid eroding trust between the U.S. and Mexico on security issues, Mexican officials were caught off guard by the arrest of Sinaloa cartel leaders Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada García and Joaquín ...
Despite the dangers of crossing the border into Mexico, experts say some people can’t afford to stop traveling to the country. Crossing the border into Mexico can be dangerous. For some, there ...
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said in an interview Sunday that the U.S. is in “the most dangerous situation since World War II,” citing the economy, global tensions and the southern border.
By June 2024, illegal crossings reached a three-year low following four consecutive monthly drops, which senior U.S. officials attributed to increased enforcement between the United States and Mexico and the weather. They also attributed Biden's executive action as having a marked impact of reducing daily apprehensions to 2,000 from May's 3,800 ...
Yesterday, President Trump announced plans to enact new tariffs on all goods imported from Mexico, with the intent of addressing illegal immigration across the U.S.-Mexico border. Imports will be ...