U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said the nation's southern border walls will be painted black to better repel anyone who might try to scale them.

According to Customs and Border Patrol, this new screening of travelers “aligns with the agency’s national security mission.”

Mounted Border Patrol agents protect desolate, challenging stretches of territory that vehicles can’t traverse.

Although it’s unclear to me whether all retaliators have faced consequences, I’ve been made aware that some have been promoted,” Grassley said.

Bushmeat refers to meat from wild animals such as bats, non-human primates or rats from certain regions of the world that poses a significant communicable disease risk.

ROMULUS, Mich. (WNEM) - Officials said U.S. Customs and Border Protection agriculture specialists prevented potentially disease-ridden bushmeat from entering the country twice in one week at Detroit Metropolitan Airport in late July.

The Mexican Border Defense Medal recognizes service members deployed to the U.S.-Mexico border since Jan. 20, according to a DOD memo.

Troops serving along the southern border since Jan. 20 to support federal border agents can now receive the Mexican Border Defense Medal.

Customs and Border Protection reports that approximately 19,300 border patrol agents are working daily, but the agency says it needs to hire more.

Border agents turned over 63 pounds of illegal meat to CDC after intercepting African bushmeat that could carry Ebola or mpox.

U.S. CBP officers seized nearly 70 pounds of meth at the Paso del Norte border crossing with a canine unit's aid.

Customs and Border Protection gave NBC News rare access inside the narrow tunnels that cartels use to smuggle drugs from Mexico to the US. NBC News’ Morgan Chesky reports.