The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced Friday that $4.5 billion had been awarded to 10 new construction projects along the southwest border. The ...

As he looked out over the murky waters of the Rio Grande one day last week, Mike Banks, the head of U.S. Border Patrol, mused on the difference nine months can make. “We’re watching cranes take off as ...

Illegal crossings along the US-Mexico border plummeted to a 55-year low in fiscal year 2025 – with the vast majority of unlawful attempts to enter the country taking place during the final months of ...

U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested a Waukegan woman for allegedly impeding a federal investigation outside City Hall Monday afternoon as Mayor Sam Cunningham tried to intervene on her behalf and ...

Unlawful crossings at the southern border have dropped to their lowest level in more than half a century, according to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) data released Tuesday. The department ...

President Donald J. Trump’s relentless commitment to securing our homeland has crushed illegal crossings at the southern border to the lowest level in over 50 years — another historic victory for ...

I’ve never been more alarmed about the state of our democracy. The U.S. is sliding toward authoritarianism faster than ever, while corporate media turns a blind eye. That’s why Common Dreams exists—to ...

CONCERNING HER FIRING. THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ANNOUNCED IT’S PLANNING TO BUILD NEW SECTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN BORDER WALL. THE NEW BARRIERS WOULD EXTEND NEARLY TEN MILES ALONG THE SAN DIEGO MEXICO ...

A brief system failure that caused a bottleneck of commercial trucks at the U.S.-Canada border Sept. 30 sparked rumors that the border would close because of the U.S. goverment shutdown. That's not ...

Will the government shutdown affect the way you cross the border to and from Canada? The federal government shut down in the early morning hours of Oct. 1 as lawmakers failed to reach an agreement ...

U.S. Border Patrol agents who have been temporarily deployed to protect U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities in Chicago and Portland will remain on the job if the government shuts down ...

Caltech scientists have built a record-breaking array of 6,100 neutral-atom qubits, a critical step toward powerful error-corrected quantum computers. The qubits maintained long-lasting superposition ...