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US-Mexico border

Three members of a caravan of migrants from Central America embrace and pray near the San Ysidro checkpoint after the first fellow migrants entered U.S. territory to seek asylum, at an improvised shelter in Tijuana, Mexico, on April 30, 2018.
How does seeking asylum work at the US border?
River
Economics
Some migrants are rethinking the US as their ultimate destination
Sign box at border with button to press for help
Justice
President Trump, do you plan to prosecute those who give aid or shelter to undocumented immigrants?
A train in a green field with someone standing on the top of a car
Conflict
Advocates suggest another option for US-bound Central Americans: Stay and work in Mexico
A scene from the upcoming Fox animated series, "Bordertown."
Culture
Lalo Alcaraz warns the sensitive to avoid his new show, ‘Bordertown’
The architecture at the University of Texas at El Paso owes a lot to the Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan. It all dates back to a National Geographic article in 1914.
Culture
Tourists spend thousands of dollars to schlep to Bhutan when they can just go to El Paso
Zahit Salazar used to earn a little money selling clothes she bought near the southern border with Mexico. But Mexico's new checkpoints have made that too difficult. She's had to fall back on grinding corn to make tamales.
Global Politics
Locals say checkpoints along Mexico’s southern border mean endless commutes and shake-downs
Rodrigo Reyes
‘Purgatorio’: A Haunting Journey Into the U.S.-Mexico Border
Full Episode
US Border Patrol agent Art Del Cueto points to the Mexican border just a few feet away.
Conflict
Is ISIS a threat on the US border? Some border patrol agents believe it is — but others say not so fast
Residents along the border in Texas' Rio Grande Valley express their sentiments on properties up and down the Rio Grande River.
Justice
For some Texans on the border, more walls and patrols won’t solve the immigration crisis
National Guard troops patrol along the US-Mexico border in Nogales, Arizona, in 2010. Texas is authorizing a similar call-up on its border.
Global Politics
Why Rick Perry is sending the National Guard to the Texas border
Joe Corona, 23 years old and Mexican-American, is one of the star players for the Xolos, a professional soccer team based in Tijuana, Mexico. The team is actively recruiting top soccer players from the US, and now other Mexican soccer clubs are following
Sports
To get on the US national men’s soccer team, you may need to cross the border into Mexico
Gil Devine in front of his home in Mexico, near the border. Devine commutes to work six days a week in San Diego.
Lifestyle & Belief
Some Americans are trading their US homes for an international commute from Mexico
In the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juárez, children visit the new Los Soles study center in the city’s outskirts.
Conflict & Justice
The children of Mexico’s drug violence have a tiny haven in Cuidad Juárez
Maricopa County Sheriff's Office has its own helicopters for search and rescue operations, including some rescues of recent border crossers who call 911 dispatchers in the county.
Health & Medicine
When migrants crossing the US-Mexico border get into trouble, 911 is there