Central America

A humanitarian crisis is unfolding in the Central American nation of Nicaragua. Its government has received international condemnation for killing…

TONALA, Mexico -- The face of migration from Central America and Mexico to the United States appears to be changing. Immigration arrest statistics from…

This is the second in a five-part series from the Fronteras Desk called “The Costs Behind a Migrant Crisis.” Listen back to part one here. CIUDAD HIDALGO,…

Despite U.S. efforts to staunch the flow, numbers are approaching the crisis of two years ago. U.S. Border Patrol agents say it's diverting resources away from catching drug and human traffickers.

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador -- The line of the hopeful forms every weekday morning at the American Embassy in San Salvador. The scene is both intense and…

New numbers from the U.S. Border Patrol show that the number of families illegally crossing the southern border has more than doubled since the same time…

Fronteras Desk Correspondent Lorne Matalon spoke to Julian Worricker of the BBC World Service on July 19. They discussed La Bestia, which Matalon rode, in…

The media got its first look at conditions inside Border Patrol detention facilities in South Texas and Arizona on Wednesday. Until now, officials with…