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A group of people wait to be processed after crossing the border between Mexico and the United States as they seek asylum in April 2024, near Jacumba, Calif. Gregory Bull/AP hide caption
The new UH-72A Lakota light utility helicopter sits on the tarmac at the National Guard's Eastern Aviation Training Site at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa. A similar helicopter crashed in Texas on Friday, killing two National Guard members and a Border Patrol agent. Pfc. Coltin Heller, U.S. Army hide caption
Immigrants file into a U.S. Customs and Border Protection bus after crossing the U.S.-Mexico border on January 07, 2024 in Eagle Pass, Texas. John Moore/Getty Images hide caption
Texas has spent over $148 million busing migrants to other parts of the country
President Biden delivered remarks at the White House before the Senate killed the bipartisan bill that would provide funding for border security, Israel and Ukraine. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Migrants walk towards a Border Patrol agent in the town of Jacumba. Those crossing the border are often being instructed by cartels to turn themselves over to agents, in order to receive asylum. Ash Ponders for NPR hide caption
A California community sees a dip in immigration. Where have all the people gone?
Clockwise, from top left: former N.J. Gov. Chris Christie, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, Vivek Ramaswamy, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley and former President Donald Trump. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images; Eduardo Munoz Alvarez-Pool/Getty Images; Jim Vondruska/Getty Images; Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images; Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Cars line up outside the Dennis DeConcini Port of Entry in Nogales, Sonora, Mexico. Joe Rondone/USA TODAY NETWORK via Reuters hide caption
Who is sneaking fentanyl across the southern border? Hint: It's not the migrants
Venezuelan migrants board a U.S. Border Patrol vehicle after crossing the Rio Grande River on May 18, 2021, in Del Rio, Texas. John Moore/Getty Images hide caption
House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, leads his panel's first meeting in the new Republican majority — a hearing Wednesday titled, "The Biden Border Crisis — Part I." J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption
In first GOP-led hearing about the border, witnesses paint sharply different pictures
Former U.S. Border Patrol supervisor Juan David Ortiz reacts as recorder jail phone calls to his wife, Daniella, are played outside the presence of the jury during his capital murder trial in San Antonio, Texas, Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022 Jerry Lara/AP hide caption
The woman identified in court papers as Esther (far right) was among Haitian migrants who say they were threatened by Border Patrol agents on horseback last September as they tried to return to a makeshift camp in Del Rio, Texas. PAUL RATJE/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
After Del Rio, some Haitian migrants found safety in the U.S. But many have not
Border Patrol agents on horseback engaged in "unnecessary use of force" against non-threatening Haitian immigrants last year, according to a federal investigation. However, the agents didn't whip any with their reins, the report said. Felix Marquez/AP hide caption
A U.S. Border Patrol agent on horseback tries to stop Haitian migrants from entering an encampment on the banks of the Rio Grande in Texas on Sept. 19, 2021. A coin with an image of the agent grabbing the man by the shirt was recently on sale on eBay. Paul Ratje/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A United States Border Patrol agent on horseback tries to stop a Haitian migrant from entering an encampment on the banks of the Rio Grande near the Acuna Del Rio International Bridge in Del Rio, Texas on Sept. 19, 2021. Paul Ratje/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
The inquiry into border agents on horseback continues. Critics see a 'broken' system
Officials help process and log personal items from migrants entering the Central Processing Center in El Paso, Texas, in this May 4 photo provided by the U.S. Border Patrol. AP hide caption
Ana Navarro (center left) and Sunny Hostin (center right) appear on The View on Aug. 2, 2019. The two were pulled live from the TV show on Friday, just before Vice President Harris was scheduled to join them onstage for an interview. Jeff Neira/Disney General Entertainment Content/Getty Images hide caption
A U.S. Border Patrol agent on horseback tries to stop a Haitian migrant from entering an encampment on the banks of the Rio Grande on Sunday near the international bridge in Del Rio, Texas. Paul Ratje/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
U.S. Border Agents Chased Migrants On Horseback. A Photographer Explains What He Saw
Migrants at the Rio Grande near the port of entry in Del Rio, Texas, on Saturday. Charlie C. Peebles/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images hide caption
The Biden Administration Is Fighting In Court To Keep A Trump-Era Immigration Policy
Zapata County Sheriff Raymundo Del Bosque says they used to have one car chase and bailout of unauthorized immigrants a week; now they have one a day. John Burnett/NPR hide caption
Human Smugglers Bypass Border Patrol, Bedeviling Sheriffs And Ranchers In South Texas
The recent graduation ceremony for the Border Patrol's processing coordinator program. The people in these new positions will be assigned to work inside stations to care for individuals whom Border Patrol agents apprehend. John Burnett/NPR hide caption
A U.S. Border Patrol vehicle drives along the fence at the U.S.-Mexico border. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) Ross D. Franklin/AP hide caption
Children are detained in a Customs and Border Protection temporary overflow facility in Donna, Texas on March 20. President Biden's administration faces mounting criticism for refusing to allow outside observers into facilities that are detaining thousands of migrant children. Office of Congressman Henry Cuellar via AP hide caption
A U.S. district judge disagrees with the Trump administration's argument that U.S. Customs and Border Protection employees are adequately trained to screen asylum claims. Eric Gay/AP hide caption