Southern Border

A migrant looks through donated clothes at a makeshift shelter in Denver, Friday, Jan. 6, 2023. Over the past month, nearly 4,000 immigrants, almost all Venezuelans, have arrived unannounced in the frigid city, with nowhere to stay and sometimes wearing T-shirts and flip-flops. In response, Denver converted three recreation centers into emergency shelters for migrants and paid for families with children to stay at hotels, allocating $3 million to deal with the influx. (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert)

Border pressures migrate north as Venezuelans head to Denver

Denver has been overwhelmed by an unexpected surge in mostly Venezuelan migrants. The immigrants have crossed the border and taken buses north, usually from El Paso. Immigrants have long passed through Denver but never in such large numbers all at once. The city has scrambled to house them during a record cold snap. It's unclear precisely what led to the influx other than the convenience of Denver as a stopover on buses from El Paso, Texas. Many don't have Denver as a final destination. The state's Democratic governor generated controversy by chartering buses to send some to New York.

Environment

In Crossing Arizona's Last Free-Flowing River, Border Wall Construction Results In "Loss Of Trust"

Contractors continue to install new border barriers across the U.S.-Mexico border, including many across sensitive lands, including Organ Pipe Cactus鈥�

Attorney Cristobal Galindo, center, is accompanied by Jesus Hernandez, left, and Maria Guereca, and attorney Marion Reilly in front of the Supreme Court, in Nov. 2019.

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Supreme Court Rules Border Patrol Agents Who Shoot Foreign Nationals Can't Be Sued

Vanessa Romo

In a 5-4 decision, the court ruled Tuesday that families of noncitizens shot by federal agents on foreign territory have no constitutional right to sue for damages in U.S. courts.

Arts & Life

Photo Exhibit Showcases Neighbors In The Border's Own 'Backyard'

Stacy Nick

For Fort Collins-based photographer Elliot Ross, the camera has always been a way of finding comfort, ever since coming to Colorado from Taiwan."When I鈥�

A white-tailed deer emerges from the brush. The Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge has some of the richest biological diversity in North America 鈥� with 1,200 plants, 300 butterflies, and 700 vertebrates, of which 520 are birds.

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Border Wall Threatens National Wildlife Refuge That's Been 40 Years In The Making

John Burnett

Construction of the Trump administration's border wall has been slowed by difficulties acquiring private land, so the government is prioritizing construction inside federal nature sanctuaries.

Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, an International Biosphere Reserve along the U.S.-Mexico border, where some park rangers from around the West have been deployed to boost law enforcement.

Interior Remains Tight-Lipped About Park Rangers Sent To The Border

Noah Glick

The Trump Administration is continuing to deploy park rangers at the U.S.-Mexico border to help with enforcement. And while national parks and other...

After turning themselves in to Border Patrol, this woman from Guatemala was separated from her grandnieces and grandnephew. The children went to a shelter in the U.S., while she was sent back to Mexico.

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Migrant Caregivers Separated From Children At Border, Sent Back to Mexico

Joel Rose

Among the migrants arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border are extended family members with children in tow, hoping to give them a better life. But many of them may never join those children in the U.S.

Border Activist Faces Retrial On Felony Charges For Aiding Migrants

Ali Budner

Federal prosecutors have decided to bring border activist Scott Warren to trial for a second time . His case puts a spotlight on the murky legal...

Scott Warren is a volunteer for the humanitarian aid organization No More Deaths delivers food and water along remote desert trails used by undocumented immigrants near Ajo, Arizona. Warren is scheduled to appear in federal court on May 29 in Tucson, Ariz., on felony charges of harboring and conspiracy. If found guilty Warren could face up to 20 years in prison.

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Extending 'Zero Tolerance' To People Who Help Migrants Along The Border

Lorne Matalon

Scott Warren of the humanitarian group 'No More Deaths' faces three felony counts for harboring migrants. The number of U.S. citizens arrested for harboring is on the rise.

Sergio, a Guatemalan migrant, recently visited a mobile medical van with his 2-year-old son, Dylan. Sergio thinks his son became sick in a holding facility, where they spent two days.

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At The U.S.-Mexico Border, Volunteer Medics Step In To Care For Migrants

Mallory Falk

From a mother with belly pain to a teen girl with a possibly infected tooth, volunteer medics are treating migrants once they've been released from government custody.