Trump’s threats of tariffs and mass deportations fuel rising anxiety on the border and in Mexico. Border businesses that depend on trade are bracing for the economic consequences. Mexican officials publicly downplay the impact but prepare for whatever comes next.

Seeing how a batch of executive orders issued by President Donald Trump on the first day of his presidency effectively closed down the Mexican border for migrants headed to the United States, Ronald Alvarez had the sinking feeling that he and his family had just lost the race for salvation.

Several migrants said they had recently arrived in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico after weeks of travel, only to find their CBP One appointments were cancelled.

Sheinbaum has so far staved off Trump’s tariff threats by ramping up migrant detentions within Mexico and cracking down on fentanyl production and trafficking. In turn, Trump, 78, recently praised Sheinbaum and Mexico in his teleconferenced speech to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

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CBP One is effectively a lottery system that give appointments to 1,450 people a day at one of eight border crossings. People enter the U.S. on immigration “parole,” a presidential authority that former President Joe Biden used more than any other president since it was introduced in 1952.

ATOTONILCO DE TULA, Mexico — When Dayana Castro heard that the U.S. asylum appointment she waited over a year for was canceled in an instant, she had no doubt: She was heading north any way she could.

CIUDAD JUÁREZ, Mexico Margelis Tinoco Lopez arrived at the ... The Church provides free food and legal consultations for migrants seeking to enter the U.S. Palmera, who left Venezuela with his younger brother in April to migrate to the U.S., had an ...

Trump’s threats of tariffs and mass deportations fuel rising anxiety on the border and in Mexico. Border businesses that depend on trade are bracing for the economic consequences. Mexican officials publicly downplay the impact but prepare for whatever comes next.

Ciudad Juarez was meant to be a city of passage for ... “We all have a story to tell. I fled Venezuela because I was being persecuted, please give us our appointments back,” her compatriot ...

This year’s tournament features plenty of current and former MLB talent as Albert Pujols looks to bring home the glory for his Dominican club.

During his first week in office, President Donald Trump signed 10 executive orders on immigration and issued a slew of edicts to carry out promises of mass deportations and border security. Some actions were felt immediately.