Surging unauthorized migration swelled the labor force. Deportations and tighter border controls could change that.

Pressure is taking a toll on agents so the Border Patrol is training some of them as chaplains to provide spiritual care for their colleagues.

Hitting a familiar theme from the campaign trail and his first term in office, Trump portrayed the country’s borders as insecure and immigrants as contributing to crime and the fentanyl crisis. In an announcement that could have stark repercussions, he threatened to impose 25% tariffs on everything coming into the country from those two countries.

Trump and his allies say that their plan will revitalize the economy and prioritize the rule of law. American workers “will now be offered higher wages with better benefits to fill these jobs,” Stephen Miller, one of Trump’s top immigration advisers, told The Times last year.

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Denver Mayor Mike Johnston is responding to backlash from Republicans over immigration enforcement under President-elect Trump. Denver7's Jessica Porter spoke with a law expert about the difference between federal and state immigration laws.

We must never forget that the way we treat our immigrants is the way we have respect with God,” one attendee said

America's population could plunge as much as 32% if the US were to completely close its borders, one Brookings projection found.

The big picture: The U.S. immigration system's backlog of 3.7 million court cases will take four years to resolve at the current pace — but that could balloon to 16 years under President-elect Trump's mass deportation plan, according to an Axios analysis.

Congressman Robert Garcia, D-Long Beach, joined Inside California Politics co-host Frank Buckley to discuss President-elect Donald Trump’s plan to begin mass deportations once he is in office. Rep. Garcia also discussed the results of the election and what Democrats need to do to have better results in 2026.