Hamed Aleaziz

Unauthorized crossings typically dip at the beginning of the year, but the numbers are still good news for the Biden administration, which has been criticized for its border policies.

The number of people crossing illegally into the United States from Mexico has dropped by 50% in the past month, authorities said Tuesday, as President Joe Biden comes under growing pressure from both parties over security at the border.

The president, who is facing mounting criticism over U.S. support for Israel, used an authority that exempts people from deportation if their homeland is in crisis.

By HEALDSBURG, Calif. — On a recent evening in California, a woman named Sandra was at a birthday party with her 15-year-old son when she glanced at the clock.

HEALDSBURG, Calif. — On a recent evening in California, a woman named Sandra was at a birthday party with her 15-year-old son when she glanced at the clock.

The Biden administration had paused deportations of Haitian migrants in recent months as their home country was wracked by violence.

FILE - Haitian migrants wade across the Tuquesa river after trekking through the Darien Gap in Bajo Chiquito, Panama, in October of 2023.

Immigration officials sent dozens of Haitians back to their home country on Thursday, according to three government officials, in the first deportation flight conducted by the United States government in months to the country, which has been gripped by widespread violence.

The Secret Service agent was removed during an incident on Monday morning shortly before Vice President Kamala Harris left for a campaign event in Wisconsin.