Border Report Live

In this episode of Border Report Live, correspondents Julian Resendiz and Sandra Sanchez and host Rudy Mireles discuss Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s reason for painting a segment of border wall black during her visit to Santa Teresa, New Mexico.
Noem said painting the border wall black will make it hotter and more difficult for migrants to illegally cross, something human rights groups are criticizing.
Plus, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum says she was not informed about the DEA’s launch of Gatekeeper and Mexico’s participation in what the United States is calling a binational collaboration.

A decrease in ICE arrests but an uptick in the removal of immigrants in July, as well as information on new questions being asked of visa applicants were discussed Tuesday in the latest edition of Border Report Live.
South Texas correspondent Sandra Sanchez and host Rudy Mireles went over the detention facilities with the most immigrant detainees to date and what the numbers look like.

What will soon become the largest immigration detention facility in the United States is now up and running at Fort Bliss, Texas.
The $1.24 billion East Montana Detention Facility in Far East El Paso opened on Sunday and already is holding 1,000 individuals.
Also, reporter Jorge Vela talks about a developer who created an app that residents can report when ICE agents are in a neighborhood.

The U.S. Coast Guard has stepped up patrols on land, air and sea near the U.S.-Mexico border.In recent days, the Coast Guard has invited Border Report to ride along on the patrols in the Pacific Ocean, the Rio Grande and high above the Gulf.
In this episode of Border Report Live, correspondents Salvador Rivera and Sandra Sanchez discuss spending the day in the field with the Coast Guard and some of the new challenges the agency faces as it takes part in President Donald Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration.

A couple who own a bakery in South Texas were convicted of harboring illegal immigrants. It was the first high profile case in the region to head to federal court. 
Plus, the U.S. State Department is calling on Americans to stay away from the Mexican border state of Tamaulipas and to reconsider travel to Baja California, Sonora, and Chihuahua.
The latest travel advisory posted cites violent crime in those states, including homicide, kidnapping, carjacking, and robbery. It also alludes to a “risk of terroristic violence” in some areas.
Tamaulipas – where Nuevo Laredo, Reynosa, and Matamoros border the South Texas communities of Laredo, Hidalgo County, and Brownsville – is designated as a Level 4 risk: Do not travel.

In this week’s episode of Border Report Live, correspondent Julian Resendiz speaks with The Border Network for Human Rights Executive Director Fernando Garcia about the abuse documentation campaign and what changes the group could see this time around. The group says they’ve already gotten first-hand accounts of abusive behavior from President Donald Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration.

U.S. Sen John Cornyn, R-Texas, says he got a “windshield tour” of what is to be the nation’s largest immigration detention center on Monday. The facility is expected to start receiving migrants on Aug. 17 and will eventually be able to hold up to 5,000 people. In this episode of Border Report Live, correspondent Julian Resendiz discusses what federal officials told the senator about the types of people who will be held at Camp East Montana.

With its leadership arrested or on the run, the Sinaloa cartel’s powerful influence and stronghold in Mexico and the United States has been diminishing, but it’s certainly not out of the fentanyl business, according to an investigative report by the New York Times. In this episode of Border Report Live, correspondent Salvador Rivera discusses the state of the Sinaloa cartel, which has been fractured since the arrest of drug lord Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada and subsequent infighting with his son and the sons Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, who is imprisoned in the US.