Southern Border

Type

Geopolitical Border

Key Issues

Immigration, Fentanyl crisis, Drug Cartel activities, Border Security, National Security

Primary Location

U.S.-Mexico border (spanning states like Texas and Arizona)

Associated Policy (Biden Administration)

Presidential proclamation to suspend and limit entry during high encounters

Associated Policy (Hypothetical Trump Administration)

Deployment of armored Stryker fighting vehicles

2024-06-04

2024-06-05

2025-08-01

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Vice President JD Vance traveled to the southern border on Wednesday to tout the Trump administration's crackdown on illegal immigration. He met with law enforcement officials in Eagle Pass, Texas, and took an aerial tour of the border. CBS News immigration and politics reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez reports. Vance says Trump hopes to build the entire southern border wall by 2029 [...] The Army earlier this month delivered more than 50 armored Stryker fighting vehicles to Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas. Designed for the battlefield, they are a centerpiece of President Trump's plan to seal the southern border. Armored Strykers deployed to southern border [...] Vice President JD Vance, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard visited the southern border on Wednesday. Trump on immigration successes, priorities In his joint address, President Trump asked Congress for more funding on the border and immigration. He spoke to Laken Riley's family, the namesake of the first U.S. law he signed. He also acknowledged Jocelyn Nungaray's mother and U.S. Border Patrol Agent Roberto Ortiz.

What this Means for Intending Migrants As of June 5, 2024, U.S. immigration enforcement and asylum procedures across the southern border are more strict. Our message remains: Migrants should use safe, lawful, and orderly pathways to come to the United States. [...] While the measures in the Securing the Border Final Rule apply, noncitizens who enter across the southern border unlawfully or without authorization will be ineligible for asylum unless they demonstrate that an exceptionally compelling circumstance exists, including severe trafficking or an acute medical emergency. [...] June 4, 2024: Fact Sheet: Presidential Proclamation to Suspend and Limit Entry and Joint DHS-DOJ Interim Final Rule to Restrict Asylum During High Encounters at the Southern Border June 4, 2024: Fact Sheet: DHS Continues to Strengthen Border Security, Reduce Irregular Migration, and Mobilize International Partnerships June 4, 2024: Statement of Alejandro N. Mayorkas on the Biden-Harris Administration’s Executive Action to Strengthen Border Security

But sadly, there’s another growing crisis at our southern border, and it directly impacts the brave men and women of Customs and Border Protection, or CBP,who have dedicated themselves to doing all they can to keep us safe. The Homeland Security Office of the Inspector General recently releaseda reportthat told the devastating story of overworked and overwhelmed Border Patrol agents and CBP officers. [...] This crisis is not as simple as just breaking immigration law – it places burdens on the towns, families, and hardworking Texans who live near our southern border. This is a national problem, yet the most severe impact is focused on a small group of committed Americans who are simply looking for the Biden Administration to do its job. ### Border Patrol - An Agency Under Pressure We Texans know all too well that there’s a crisis on our southern border, and we know who’s to blame. [...] Over the past couple of years, the unprecedented border crisis has affected _all_ of our missions at the southern border – even those that have nothing to do with migration. Law enforcement have been shifted from the front lines in order to process and care for migrants. Instead of stopping dangerous drugs and criminals, many agents are now pushing paper and changing diapers.

# An inside look at U.S. troops guarding the southern border ## CBS Evening News 2260000 subscribers 1069 likes ### Description 90499 views Posted: 1 Aug 2025 Along the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona, a brigade of soldiers is guarding the border wall as part of President Trump's plan to further increase U.S. military presence there. Charlie D'Agata reports. [...] below you. There's a wall. Jones commands a brigade of soldiers guarding that wall, stretching across rugged terrain. The brigade is spread across 1,044 miles of the southern border. So that sounds stretched out. How do you figure that out? Because we can't brute force the border or just occupy it by force. Uh we try to drive that in the smartest way we can using a lot of the capabilities that we would use in warfare. Shinook helicopters lifted in heavy equipment while thousands of active duty [...] 368 comments ### Transcript: