Border Report Live

A human rights lawyer says the 4th Amendment rights of residents in border areas of the United States are being encroached upon by the Department of Homeland Security.
Amy Peikoff, a lawyer with the nonprofit Pacific Legal Foundation, co-authored a policy brief that says more Americans are facing violations to the 4th Amendment search and seizure laws at the border.
Peikoff appears on the latest episode of Border Report Live.
She tells by South Texas correspondent Sandra Sanchez that from 2015 to 2024, warrantless searches quadrupled to over 46,000. Most troubling, she says, is the seizure of electronic devices, like phones and computers, by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials and Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.

President Trump taught a Venezuelan dictator a lesson when he plucked him from his country and into an American courtroom days ago.
What happened to Nicolas Maduro has sent chills to enemies and reluctant U.S. partners throughout the world, analysts say. But how likely is Trump to keep going after more high-profile alleged criminals on foreign soil?
One informed observer says leaders in Colombia, Cuba and Mexico might have reason to worry.
“There’s potential for something like this to happen again,” said Michael Ballard, director of intelligence for Virginia-based Global Guardian in this episode of Border Report Live.

The President of Mexico says she’s not worried about a sudden U.S. military intervention in her country, such as the one that plucked Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro from his bedroom on Saturday.
She also doubts American boots on the ground in her country would solve the root causes of drug trafficking, such as lack of economic opportunities for young people in Mexico and drug demand in the United States.
“Few Mexicans agree with an intervention. Not only does it not help – who are they going to bomb? – but also our sovereignty will be defended,” President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Monday. “Last time there was an intervention, they took half of our territory. Intervention is not an option.”
She was referring to the Mexican-American War of 1846, although the U.S. again intervened in Mexico in 1916 when Gen. John “Blackjack” Pershing led 6,000 troops into Mexico to chase Pancho Villa after he raided Columbus, New Mexico.

Immigration, border crime and the fight against cartels remain the most popular topics for Border Report readers.
In 2025, some of the most viewed stories involved either a high-profile arrest or the terror inflicted by cartels, especially in Mexico.
However, stories about the environment were also among the most-viewed, including the decades-long issue of sewage, trash, and other debris flowing into the U.S. from Mexico and the ongoing challenge to address it.  
In this episode of Border Report Live, all three correspondents — Julian Resendiz, Salvador Rivera and Sandra Sanchez — joined host Rudy Mireles to talk about stories that had the most impact in their respective regions.
 

A South Texas environmentalist who studies water quality in the Rio Grande says waterborne barriers and new border wall will hurt wildlife and the river’s flow.Elsa Hull, a member of the No Border Wall Coalition, owns borderlands on the Rio Grande in San Ygnacio, in Zapata County.In the latest episode of Border Report Live, Hull discusses a recent study she participated in to inspect border buoys that the State of Texas put in 2023 in Eagle Pass and what effect they are having on the river now.Hull says last week they collected sediment and water samples from the 1,000-foot-long string of border buoys that were put by Texas’ Operation Lone Star border security initiative in the Rio Grande in Eagle Pass.They also are testing for micro plastics because the buoys are plastic and they want to know if particles are breaking apart and traveling in the river.

Nabeel Younis recently reached two major milestones: He finished his course work at a California university and obtained a green card.Just about four years ago, Younis crossed the U.S.-Mexico border in search of asylum.Younis fled his home country of Pakistan, where he faced persecution for practicing Christianity in a Muslim country.Border Report has been following Younis’ story since before he set foot in U.S. soil. In that time, he took a treacherous trip with other migrants through Central America and Mexico; and he was locked up at a jail in Tijuana. Younis was then detained at an immigration facility in California before being placed on home arrest. But with the help of a sponsor, he was able to attend college in California as his case made its way through the courts.Younis sat down for a one-on-one interview with Border Report’s Salvador Rivera in Camarillo, California, where Younis recently finished classes at California State University-Channel Islands.

Iglesia Cristiana Roca de Refugio has a simple stated mission: “We are a community of immigrants committed to loving and serving God.”But the south San Antonio-based Mennonite church has been reeling in recent weeks as members are being targeted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.Pastor Dianne Garcia was a guest on Border Report Live on Thursday. She said at least a dozen members of her church have been arrested by ICE, and seven have been deported this year, adding that the arrests took place during scheduled meetings with immigration officials.Garcia also responds to a statement from the Department of Homeland Security about the arrests, which stated that those arrested either have outstanding warrants, are subject to court-issued removal orders, or have committed fraud, crimes, or other violations of immigration law.

Immigration lawyer William Menard is seeing an increase in cases as the U.S. government ramps up arrests and detentions.Menard was a guest on Border Report Live. He confirmed that more and more people are being arrested during routine check-ins, as well as in public. He said he’s even heard of people being arrested by immigration agents during biometrics appointments, where they submit fingerprints and photos.“We’re getting a lot more people who are in court or are in jail,” Menard said Wednesday.Menard also discusses efforts to deport individuals to third countries that have agreed to take in deportees from the U.S.