Some asylum seekers sent to Mexico under the Trump administration's Migration Protection Protocols told a U.S. judge Thursday that they fear remaining in Mexico as their asylum claims are pending.

It’s not my job to tell people what they should think about the border; their own perspectives, politics and histories should shape their perceptions. But it is my job to tell people what’s happening here, and I’m lucky to have the added context of actually being from here.

Less than seven months into the fiscal year, the Rio Grande Vally sector has apprehended more than 164,000 migrants.

Construction of the facilities, commonly referred to as a “tent cities” is a response to the ongoing crush of migrants, mainly from Central America, who continue to cross into Texas after traveling through Mexico.

This week is one of the busiest shopping seasons on the border, but after hundreds of federal agents were diverted from international bridges to help with a surge of migrants, retailers and other businesses are fretting about how hours-long wait times will impact them.

Asylum seekers and immigrant advocates celebrated the temporary halt of a controversial Trump policy forcing migrants to wait in Mexico until their hearing dates, but the court ruling doesn't address those already sent across the border.

The Migrant Protection Protocols, also known as “Remain in Mexico,” was expanded to include the El Paso port of entry last month

Federal agencies have redirected agents to deal with a growing wave of migrants, and the president is threatening to close the border. Meanwhile, local shelters face a daily dilemma: 500 to 600 new arrivals who need somewhere to go.

After President Trump bucked tradition and withheld his tax returns during his successful 2016 campaign, Democrats vying for their party's 2020 nomination are vowing to make such information public.

Customs and Border Protection has been authorized to reassign more officers to respond to the surge at the U.S.-Mexico border, and more asylum seekers will be sent to Mexico to await court hearings.

The former congressman and U.S. Senate nominee held the first of three Saturday launch rallies in his hometown of El Paso, and planned gatherings later in the day at Texas Southern University in Houston and at the Texas Capitol in Austin.

The encampment is a makeshift shelter surrounded by fencing and razor wire where migrants are held when Border Patrol stations can't hold more people. Border Patrol agents say it's a temporary solution amid a surge of undocumented immigration.

Rep. Richard Raymond has introduced bills to get rid of the gambling machines for years. This time, he's trying a different approach.

The agency's chief said 750 agents will be reassigned indefinitely from across the southwest border to aid the El Paso sector, where agents apprehended more than 1,000 immigrants Monday.

A government spokesman said shutting down the checkpoints near El Paso is a temporary measure.

The Department of Homeland Security confirmed that its Migration Protection Protocols, also called “remain in Mexico,” now includes the El Paso port of entry.

The director of the El Paso-based Annunciation House said he needs more help from the city to ensure the migrants, most of whom are seeking asylum, don’t end up on the streets.

A decade ago, Laredo leaders hatched an idea for a riverfront development aimed at luring more people to downtown. Now they're trying to get the federal government to make it part of President Donald Trump's border wall.

Joint Base San Antonio, Fort Bliss, Fort Hood and the naval reserve center in Galveston could all lose funding for construction projects if the president's plan to divert money from the military to a border wall succeeds.

So far this fiscal year, detainments of families on the U.S.-Mexico border have more than tripled from the same period last year.