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A family of five claiming to be from Guatemala and a man stating he was from Peru, in pink shirt, walk through the desert after crossing the border wall in the Tucson Sector of the U.S.-Mexico border, Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2023, in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument near Lukeville, Ariz. U.S. Customs and Border Protection reports that the Tucson Sector is the busiest area of the border since 2008 due to smugglers abruptly steering migrants from Africa, Asia and other places through some of the Arizona borderlands' most desolate and dangerous areas. (AP Photo/Matt York)

DHS to shut down Arizona border crossing over migrant surge

The flood of illegal immigrants in southern Arizona has grown so bad that Homeland Security said it will have to shut down a border crossing and reassign the officers to help Border Patrol agents deal with the wave of migrants jumping the boundary.

December 1, 2023
In this Jan. 5, 2016, photo, Mike Weinstein, director of training and security at the National Armory gun store and gun range, wears a Ruger 1911 handgun in a holster as he teaches a concealed weapons permit class in Pompano Beach, Fla. Florida might grant authority to 2 million civilians who can lawfully carry guns tucked in waistbands, under jackets or inside purses into restaurants, shopping malls and elsewhere. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) **FILE**

More people carrying concealed weapons even as permits drop

More than half of the states now allow residents to carry concealed guns without needing to obtain a permit and it's led to a sea change in gun habits, according to a new study by the leading researcher on the issue.

November 30, 2023
Migrants who crossed the Rio Grande and entered the U.S. from Mexico are lined up for processing by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Sept. 23, 2023, in Eagle Pass, Texas. As Congress returns this week, Senate Republicans have made it clear they won’t support additional war aid for Ukraine unless they can pair it with border security measures. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) **FILE**

DHS shuts down some border crossings amid new migrant surge

The Department of Homeland Security said Monday that it will reduce or shut down some lanes of traffic at border crossings in Arizona and Texas to redeploy staff to handle a renewed surge of migrants entering illegally.

November 27, 2023
Christine Abizaid, director of the National Counterterrorism Center, testifies during a House Committee on Homeland Security hearing on worldwide threats to the United States, Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Counterterrorism chief says no signs terror groups are exploiting porous U.S. borders; GOP doubtful

A top Biden administration security official told Congress Wednesday that she has seen no evidence that foreign terrorist groups are trying to sneak operatives into the U.S. through the southern border. In the face of GOP doubts, National Counterterrorism Center Director Christine Abizaid said there is a "vulnerability" along the border with Mexico, but terrorist networks don't appear to be exploiting it.

November 15, 2023