Immigrants recently detained in southernmost New Mexico now face a novel criminal charge of breaching a national defense area, after the US Army assumed oversight of a 170-mile (274-kilometer) strip ...

The court filings follow a decision to designate a strip of border land in New Mexico as a ‘national defence area’.

Immigrants recently detained in southernmost New Mexico are facing a novel criminal charge of breaching a national defense ...

President Donald Trump has boosted the US military presence along the border with Mexico and left open the possibility of ...

In his first 100 days, President Donald Trump has exerted his power on a scale with no easy historical comparison.

The U.S. Department of Justice has begun the first prosecutions of migrants for illegally entering a military zone created ...

The Justice Department has begun the first criminal prosecutions of migrants who breach a newly expanded military zone at the ...

The US government’s hardline rhetoric against immigration has succeeded in reducing irregular crossings. ‘It’s no secret that ...

President Donald Trump speaks as Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, left, and Commerce Secretary nominee Howard Lutnick listen ...

Elizabeth Goitein, senior director with the Brennan Center for Justice, talks with MSNBC's Rachel Maddow about Donald Trump ...

On immigration, Trump declared a national emergency at the U.S.-Mexico border and has seen border crossings plummet during ...

Photo: Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem observes federal law enforcement and their partners assisting ...