US-Mexico border Coverage

Fact check: Has Biden deported more people in nine months than in past years?

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas rebutted the unfounded theory that the Biden administration is allowing migrants to illegally enter the U.S. to increase the Democrats' chances of winning elections.

Maria Ramirez Uribe, PolitiFact reporter

Fact check: Rubio says Biden 'will not detain the people who enter this country illegally'

Is President Joe Biden the first U.S. president ever who will not detain immigrants in the U.S. illegally? That's what Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., said on Fox News Sunday.

Samantha Putterman, PolitiFact reporter

WRAL News Poll shows bipartisan concern over southern border crisis

WRAL News asked 850 people of all political backgrounds all across North Carolina whether they think the federal government should change how it's handling the southern border. Three out of four people said "yes."

Fact-checking Britt's retelling of a sex trafficking survivor's story

Delivering the Republican response to President Joe Biden's State of the Union address, U.S. Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala., told the harrowing story of a woman who was sex trafficked by drug cartels when she was 12.

Maria Ramirez Uribe, PolitiFact reporter

Sen. Katie Britt acknowledges anecdote used to criticize Biden's border policies didn't happen during his presidency

(CNN) -- Alabama Sen. Katie Britt on Sunday acknowledged that the graphic anecdote she employed to criticize President Joe Biden's border policies didn't occur during his presidency.

By Samantha Waldenberg, Sam Fossum and Michelle Shen, CNN

Fact check: Can states legally secede from the U.S.?

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley recently said she believes that states should have the right to do what their residents want to do -- even if that means seceding from the United States.

Sara Swann, PolitiFact reporter

Editorial: Tillis's flip on bipartisan border security deal is a flop

Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024 -- Sen. Thom Tillis Tillis is subservient to Donald Trump's selfish desires for a political confrontation. He is fearful of retribution from Trump and his devotees in the GOP on the national and state level.

Bipartisan group of senators unveils bill for border security, aid to Ukraine and Israel

A bipartisan group of Senators are working on legislation that would address the migrant crisis at the Southern Border and provide foreign aid to Ukraine and Israel. But the bill faces as uncertain future on Capitol Hill.

While Mexico border is far from NC, House Speaker wants governor to do more

House Speaker Tim Moore called on Gov. Roy Cooper to direct the 125 North Carolina National Guard troops currently stationed at the border to work with the Texas Guard, instead of the federal border patrol.

Laura Leslie, WRAL capitol bureau reporter

NC Republicans asking Gov. Cooper to take action at the border

North Carolina House Republicans are calling on Gov. Roy Cooper to take action on the crisis at the U.S. and Mexico border.

House GOP moves forward with Mayorkas impeachment

House Republicans voted early Wednesday to advance their impeachment articles against Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.

Editorial: Politics, NOT security, is why Trump and his backers cry border crisis

Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024 -- The truth is out about confronting the "crisis" on our nation's borders. Dealing with the problem, supporting solutions and taking action aren't nearly as important as partisan campaign jawboning about "broken" borders and manufacturing ways to keep some voters aggravated.

How they voted: NC congressional votes for the week ending Jan. 18

A look at how North Carolina members of Congress voted during the previous week.

Targeted News Service

Biden’s Border Negotiations Mark Seismic Shift on Immigration Politics

WASHINGTON — On his first day in office, President Joe Biden sent a bill to Congress to “restore humanity and American values to our immigration system.” Nearly three years later, he is considering sweeping restrictions on migration in exchange for aid to Ukraine and Israel.

Zolan Kanno-Youngs, New York Times

How they voted: NC congressional votes for the week ending Dec. 7

A look at how North Carolina members of Congress voted during the previous week.

Targeted News Service

More voters back funding for US-Mexico border than for foreign conflicts

New NBC News national poll finds partisan Democrats divided over aid for Israel, while Republicans are divided over Ukraine funding

NBC News

Fact check: Are there only '38,000' border beds for '200,000' migrants a month?

Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie in an Oct. 18 MSNBC interview: "In the last 11 months, Customs and Border Patrol has averaged 200,000 apprehensions a month, and you know how many beds we have to detain people at the border? Thirty-eight thousand."

Maria Ramirez Uribe, PolitiFact reporter

Fact check: Did Biden flip-flop on stopping border wall construction?

As a 2020 presidential candidate, Joe Biden vowed that no more wall would be built along the U.S. southern border. Now, after failing to persuade Congress to reappropriate 2019 funds designated for wall construction, his administration said it will build additional border barriers before Sept. 30, 2024.

Maria Ramirez Uribe, PolitiFact reporter

Unlawful border crossings hit high for the year with over 200,000 apprehensions in September

Border Patrol apprehended more than 200,000 migrants crossing the US-Mexico border unlawfully in September, according to a Homeland Security official, marking the highest total this year and underscoring the ongoing challenges for the Biden administration amid mass migration in the region.

By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN

Fact check: Have there been more border encounters under Biden than under Trump and Obama 'combined?'

Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., on his quest for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, said: "There have been more illegal encounters under Biden than the previous two administrations combined."

Maria Ramirez Uribe, PolitiFact reporter

DRAUGHON DRAWS: Part 2- "From her beacon-hand Glows world-wide welcome." Well, never mind

Thursday, July 28, 2023 -- Capitol Broadcasting Company's editorial cartoonist.

DRAUGHON DRAWS: "Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me." ... Well, never mind

Thursday, July 27, 2023 -- Capitol Broadcasting Company's editorial cartoonist.

Fact-checking Rep. Virginia Foxx's claim about the U.S. asylum process

U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., said during a July 17 committee meeting that migrants are supposed to "apply for asylum in the country where they are, and then they try to come into the United States."

Paul Specht, PolitiFact reporter

How they voted: NC congressional votes for the week ending May 11

A look at how North Carolina members of Congress voted during the previous week.

Targeted News Service

Influx expected at southern border as Title 42 expires at midnight

Towns near the U.S.-Mexico border are preparing for what could be a record number of border crossers, but it's doubtful North Carolina will see a big change.