President-elect Donald Trump's immigration and border team is filling out.

Border Patrol agents are tasked with enforcing hotly contested immigration policies as many Americans at both ends of the political spectrum look askance at the border — and the agents.

The Border Patrol has been quickly growing its ranks of chaplains to help with mounting distress.

President-elect Donald Trump is threatening tariffs on Mexico and Canada as he seeks to portray them as responsible for illegal immigration and drug smuggling.

With Donald Trump returning to the White House, Gov. Greg Abbott and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick have both recently signaled new openness to winding down the state’ border security operation.

New Mexico authorities are grappling with a growing number of migrants dying in the state's border region, with the remains of more than 100 found in the first eight months of the year in the state.

Reporters from both organizations spent a day documenting the reality on the border. Here’s a summary of what they found.

A Border Patrol agent was killed in a crash in South Texas on Monday night while he was on his way to work.

The family member of one of the 19 children and two teachers killed at Robb Elementary reacts to the release of a new report on Border Patrol's response to the massacre.

Nearly half of the Border Patrol agents who responded to the Robb Elementary shooting did not have active shooter training beyond what they received while in the USBP Academy, according to a report released Thursday.

In its report released Thursday, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection said its Border Patrol officers did not violate any rule, regulation or law in their response to the Robb Elementary School shooting.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection released a report Thursday detailing the agency’s response to the shooting on May 24, 2022.

United States Customs and Border Protection is set to release a report of how the agency responded to the May 24, 2022, shooting in Uvalde, Texas, according to a spokesperson for the agency.

In a recording played over a loudspeaker, a migrant from Honduras described feeling dizzy and having a headache.

In the Del Rio sector, which covers a 245-mile stretch of the border, Border Patrol agents travel up and down watching for signs of smuggling and illegal crossings.

In December 2023, a field of green grass became a sea of silver thermal blankets.

For dozens of miles, Border Patrol agents travel up and down along the Rio Grande.

In a wide-ranging exclusive sit-down interview with KSAT, Chief Patrol Agent Robert Danley shares insight into his nearly seven months on the job, including how and why migrant crossings have changed, how laws impact the work done by agents, and Border Patrol’s relationship with Texas DPS.

Search and rescue efforts are deployed as a result of unexpected dangers during illegal border crossing attempts.

President Joe Biden has suspended asylum processing at the U.S. border.

A sense of uncertainty prevails among migrants after President Joe Biden invoked powers to suspend asylum for people who cross the border illegally.

A U.S. Border Patrol agent is in critical condition after his Southwest Texas home took a direct hit from a Tornado, according to CBS 7.

The Biden administration plans to partially end the 27-year-old court supervision of how the federal government cares for child migrants, shortly after producing its own list of safeguards against mistreatment.

A judge has ruled that migrant children in makeshift camps along the U.S.-Mexico border waiting to be processed by Border Patrol are in the agency’s custody.

More than 200 migrants have been arrested on misdemeanor rioting charges in connection with a late March border breach in El Paso that the local district attorney said injured Texas National Guard members.

A multi-department operation last week ended with the arrest of one of Colombia’s most wanted fugitives in New Braunfels.

U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas identified a Border Patrol agent killed in a Friday helicopter crash.

Mexican soldiers killed 12 gunmen in a shootout near the Texas border, authorities said.

Authorities say arrests for illegal crossings on the U.S. border with Mexico fell by half in January from record highs in December to the third lowest month of Joe Biden’s presidency.

December 2023 had the most migrant encounters ever recorded and Sept. 2023 is second-most

The Justice Department is asking the Supreme Court to order Texas to stop blocking Border Patrol agents from a portion of the U.S.-Mexico border where large numbers of migrants have crossed in recent months.

As Eagle Pass prepares for Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to visit, residents hope for change and relief.

A family of five migrants was captured by KSAT photojournalist Gavin Nesbitt crossing the Rio Grande Wednesday as U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson and other congressional Republicans held a nearby press conference about immigration.

The Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas will travel to Eagle Pass, Texas on Jan. 8.

U.S. Customs and Border Patrol officers in Laredo found meth and cocaine worth more than $10 million in a tractor-trailer last week.

U.S. authorities say they are closing a Texas border crossing to vehicles and limiting traffic at an Arizona crossing to shift more resources to illegal entries.

Two bundles of cocaine washed up last week on the beach along Padre Island National Seashore.

If the settlement is approved, the federal government would be prohibited from adopting a similar policy for the next eight years. Affected immigrants would be allowed to be in the country legally and receive work permits and other benefits.

After a dip in illegal crossings that followed policy changes in May, the Biden administration is again on its heels as more asylum-seekers cross the U.S. border from Mexico.

Smugglers are suddenly steering migrants through some of the most desolate and dangerous areas of the Arizona borderlands, forcing them to walk for miles in scorching heat.

The Biden administration has announced a major expansion of temporary legal status for Ukrainians already living in the United States, granting a reprieve for those who fled Russia’s invasion.

A report says Border Patrol does not have a protocol in place for assessing the medical needs of children with preexisting conditions.

Texas has started rolling out what is set to become a new floating barrier on the Rio Grande.

A big-rig truck driver hauling a dozen immigrants en route to San Antonio led DPS troopers on a high-speed chase in La Salle County.

Border patrol agents are investigating after a migrant died following days of running through brush without water in the Texas heat, according to a press release.

An internal investigation finds that Border Patrol medical staff declined to review the file of an 8-year-old girl with a chronic heart condition and rare blood disorder before died on her ninth day in custody.

The death in Border Patrol custody of an 8-year-old Panamanian girl is the second child migrant fatality in two weeks under government supervision, raising questions about how prepared authorities are to address medical emergencies of people arriving after an often-exhausting journey.

A little girl from Panama born with heart problems has died in Border Patrol custody.

U.S. officials say a 98% drop in Venezuelan arrivals has helped lead to a steep decline in migrants crossing the U.S. border illegally from Mexico since pandemic-related asylum limits expired last week.

The Biden Administration and the United States border communities are preparing for the end of the pandemic era policy Title 42 that is set to expire on Thursday night.

Officials say the death of a Mexican immigrant who had just entered the United States from Canada illegally is highlighting a spike in illegal crossings along the border between Quebec, Vermont and parts of upstate New York.

Riding the success of his historic congressional session last year where he helped pass the first gun safety bill signed into law in a generation, Cornyn is hopeful that his ability to strike deals across the aisle will help Congress achieve another elusive legislative goal: an immigration deal.

President Joe Biden plans to see border enforcement operations in El Paso Sunday after announcing a new parole process that includes turning away Venezuelans, Nicaraguans, Cubans, and Haitians who illegally cross the border from Mexico.

Cuban migrants are still arriving by boat in the Florida Keys even as the Biden administration promises a crackdown.

Five people believed to be armed and dangerous are on the run after leaving a vehicle involved in a pursuit on Highway 131, according to the Kinney County Sheriff’s Office.

The Biden administration attempted to end Title 42 earlier this year before a federal judge blocked the move. A different federal court has now ordered that the federal health order be lifted.

The Uvalde mayor Don McLaughlin is speaking about the lawsuit filed against the district attorney Christina Mitchell nearly one week ago.

For the first time in the capital murder trial of an ex-Border Patrol agent, Juan David Ortiz showed some emotion.

A juror in the capital murder trial of an ex-Border Patrol agent was dismissed Monday after fainting while graphic autopsy photos were shown to the jury.

After two days of interrogation video of an ex-Border Patrol supervisor being shown to the jury, his confession and motive were finally heard on Friday.

A prostitute whose terrifying encounter with a Border Patrol agent led to his arrest in the deaths of four women near Laredo testified against him Monday in a Bexar County courtroom.

The trial of Juan David Ortiz, a former Border Patrol agent accused of murdering four women near Laredo in 2018, is being tried in Bexar County after a change of venue was granted.

KSAT Reporter Erica Hernandez recaps the events that led up to his arrest and also a look at what we can expect from the upcoming trial.

Arizona is refusing the federal government’s demand to take down double-stacked shipping containers it placed to fill gaps in the wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, saying it won’t do so until the U.S. moves to construct a permanent barrier.

State Senator Roland Gutierrez, is calling for resignation of Department of Public Safety Director

Families of the victims killed in the May 24 Robb Elementary School massacre say a New York Times investigation is further proof that more people need to be held accountable for failing to protect their children that day.

The United Nations says almost three-quarters of the 6 million Venezuelan migrants currently in Latin America lack adequate food, shelter, employment or medical care.

The Biden administration has agreed to accept up to 24,000 Venezuelan migrants, similar to how Ukrainians have been admitted since Russia’s invasion.

Washington D.C., New York City, Chicago, San Antonio seek advice from director of Catholic Charities RGV for migrant response.

Three people have been arrested and accused of trying to transport smuggled migrants into interior of the United States by air, bypassing Border Patrol checkpoints.

A three-vehicle crash in Uvalde left two people dead and 10 others injured and hospitalized, according to Uvalde police.

The uncoordinated movement of migrants to new locations could jeopardize their asylum case case.

U.S. authorities say the number of Venezuelans taken into custody at the U.S. border with Mexico soared in August.

The Department of Justice announced Tuesday that the eight suspects coordinated the transportation of the migrants from the U.S.-Mexico border to other parts of the country.

The Border Patrol is seeing a dramatic shift in the type of migrants who come across the busiest places on the U.S.-Mexico.

At least eight migrants were killed as dozens attempted a hazardous crossing of the Rio Grande near Eagle Pass, Texas, officials said Friday.

At least eight migrants were killed as dozens attempted a hazardous crossing of the Rio Grande near Eagle Pass, Texas, officials said Friday.

Juan David Ortiz is charged with capital murder of multiple persons.

The Supreme Court has certified its month-old ruling allowing the Biden administration to end a cornerstone Trump-era border policy to make asylum-seekers wait in Mexico for hearings in U.S. immigration court.

It’s an operation that Brooks County sheriffs deputies say knows no time and has no bounds. Smuggling of migrants can happen in backroads or in high traffic areas. Reporter Alicia Barrera and photojournalist Sal Salazar take you to areas where migrants are often loaded up to be smuggled across the nation.

Rescue simulations at border aimed at providing better understanding of dangers as crossings of migrants don't slow down. Over the weekend, Border Patrol Del Rio apprehended more than 2,500 migrants.

Operation Lone Star has helped fund the miles of concertina wire and militarization along the U.S. border. But how are funds invested in communities more than 80 miles north of the border? Reporter Alicia Barrera and photojournalist Sal Salazar visit Brooks County for a closer look.

Less than 24 hours after opening new processing facility in Eagle Pass, Border Patrol agents say its almost at capacity.

Minutes before Governor Greg Abbott arrived to Eagle Pass’ International Bridge II Wednesday, a group of undocumented immigrants defied Operation Lone Star efforts and crossed the Rio Grande River into the U.S.

Border Patrol hosts security event Tuesday morning in the Rio Grande Valley. The event is aimed to cast a light on dangers undocumented immigrants face when entering the US.

The Border Patrol paroled more than 207,000 migrants who crossed from Mexico from August through May.

Juan David Ortiz's crimes targeted people in a marginalized community, using his authority to gain trust and evade suspicion.

The conservative, predominantly Hispanic town has long supported law enforcement. But some wonder how — or if — the heavily criticized response to the shooting will change that.

The images show a hole in the top of a baseball cap and a blurred image of a head wound that had been repaired with staples.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection says an agent in Texas has been arrested and charged with assaulting and mistreating a juvenile in custody.

A multi-county chase ended with a crash, a driver hospitalized and four migrants being detained on the South Side, according to San Antonio police.

The City of Carrizo Springs is still determining a plan of action for migrants after they’re released by Border Patrol. Now, a faith-based ministry says they’re standing by to help but need donations.

A traffic stop near Uvalde on Wednesday led to the discovery of 46 immigrants in the back of a tractor-trailer belly-dump rig.

Influx at the Eagle Pass Border Patrol facility leads to release of undocumented immigrants in Carrizo Springs.

Unaccompanied child migrants trying to enter the United States will no longer be denied a chance to seek asylum under new guidance announced by U.S. health authorities.

A strained Border Patrol is getting increased attention from the Biden administration.

A Texas man who transported two men from Mexico in a U.S. flag-draped coffin has pleaded guilty to human smuggling.

An internal review has been launched into the actions of a special Customs and Border Protection unit that used sensitive government databases intended to track terrorists to investigate as many as 20 U.S.-based journalists, including an Associated Press reporter.

From October 2020 through September 2021, agents encountered roughly 1,733,652 million migrants, surpassing fiscal year 2000, when 1,643,679 border encounters were logged.

State officials have implemented a new plan to secure the Texas-Mexico border under the order of Gov. Greg Abbott -- install nearly 20 shipping containers to create a steel wall.