WASHINGTON – A group of Native American women from several tribes in Oklahoma have launched a nonprofit organization they’re calling the “Auntie Project: Native Women of Service.” Their goal is to help indigenous kids in need, beginning with child migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. The idea came to them in June, after hearing that the […]
EAGLE PASS and SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS — Along the Pan-American Highway in Colombia’s Cauca Department, Juan Guillermo Sicilia Álvarez fell unconscious the morning of Jan. 4, surrounded by other migrants traveling on the transcontinental thoroughfare. He was the first migrant to die in the Americas this year, according to data compiled by the International […]
PENTAGON – U.S. President Donald Trump’s border wall is expanding. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper recently approved another 32 kilometers (20 miles) of barriers for the United States’ southern border with Mexico, a defense official has confirmed to VOA. The official said Esper is using an expected surplus to build the additional barrier. To […]
BROWNSVILLE, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Brownsville and Matamoros International Bridge intercepted methamphetamines valued at approximately $1,797,189.92, hidden within a white 2007 Volkswagen Touareg. “Our officers continue to maintain an elevated enforcement posture to keep our borders secure and prevent dangerous narcotics from entering into our country,” said Port […]