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Evelyn Rivera reunites with her mother across a border fence after being separated for six years. (Photo/courtesy Celso Mireles)

DREAMers describe emotional reunions with parents through border fence

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For the first time in six years, Evelyn Rivera was able to give her mother a hug. But the circumstances were less than ideal: Her mother was on the other side … Read More

Still of the U.S.-Mexico border from the film, "Purgatorio." (Courtesy Rodrigo Reyes)

[VIDEO] “Purgatorio,” a film about lives on the U.S.-Mexico border

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“Close your eyes. Try to imagine what the world was like many, many years ago, when borders did not exist.” That’s how Rodrigo Reyes, 29, starts his film … Read More

Texas Republican Senator John Cornyn is proposing much stricter border control measures than the current Senate immigration plan.

“Border Wars” within Senate and House on immigration reform

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Texas Republican Senator John Cornyn said in an op-ed Wednesday that he plans to submit a tougher border security amendment as part of the Senate's immigration … Read More

Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, defends his amendment to prohibit anyone from obtaining legal status until the Homeland Security Department has maintained "effective control" of the border for six months, as lawmakers examine proposed changes to immigration reform legislation, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 9, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senators tackle student visas immigration bill

By Erica Werner, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Citing problems exposed by the Boston Marathon bombings, senators weighing amendments to a sweeping immigration bill agreed Tuesday to boost … Read More

In this Jan. 28, 2013, photo, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., right, and Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., left, join a bipartisan group of leading senators to announce that they have reached agreement on the principles of sweeping legislation to rewrite the nation's immigration laws. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Rubio seeks to boost border language in bill

By Erica Werner, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sen. Marco Rubio says a new immigration bill he helped write needs stronger border security provisions or it will fail in the House and may … Read More

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DHS looking into charging a fee at the border

By Diana Guevara, KNSD, San Diego, California

At any given hour, any day of the week thousands of people are crossing the border at the San Ysidro Port of Entry either by foot or by car. So what if you had … Read More

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A father hugs his 5-year-old daughter for the first time in border gate visit

By Brandi Powell, KNSD San Diego, California

For the first time, families hugged one another across the U.S.-Mexico border. It happened at a place called Friendship Park during the bi-national children's … Read More

In this April 18, 2013, photo, Carlos Jair Gonzalez, 29, left, gives guidance to a newcomer at the Padre Chava migrant shelter in the northern border city of Tijuana. (AP Photo/Alex Cossio)

Some are left out in immigration overhaul

By Elliot Spagat, Associated Press

SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Carlos Gonzalez has lived nearly all his 29 years in a country he considers home but now finds himself on the wrong side of the border - and … Read More

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano believes the proposed immigration bill would make the country safer.

Republican Senators grill Napolitano on immigration bill and safety

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Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano squared off to Senators who grilled her on whether provisions in the new Senate immigration reform proposal would … Read More

Lalo Alcaraz wearing a poncho-burqa.

Opinion: Yes, Rep. Gohmert, Al Qaeda is now called Al Pastor

By Lalo Alcaraz

Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) warned Wednesday that "radical Islamists" are being "trained to act like Hispanic[s]" and cross the U.S.-Mexico … Read More