Texas continues to criminally charge migrants allegedly caught disabling razor wire placed along the Rio Grande to prevent their illegal entry into the country.
The porous border is a haven for smugglers, with items like drugs, betel nuts, teak wood and red sandalwood being smuggled. Stakeholders in the lucrative practice are opposing the fence
Migrants trying to swim around the border barrier that juts out into the Pacific Ocean between San Diego and Tijuana are dying and having to be rescued more than ever, according to a KPBS investigation.
Carrying the flags of several Latin American countries and a large wooden cross, a group of asylum-seekers on Friday crossed the Rio Grande from Mexico to honor a Good Friday tradition while making a point about their plight.