The jaguar, a symbol of the untamed Southwest, once prowled freely from Mexico into Arizona and New Mexico. For these big cats, the border fence is a deadly ending to ancient journeys.

From Jan. 21 through Jan. 31, the number of U.S. Border Patrol apprehensions along the southwest border dropped 85% from the same period in 2024, according to data obtained by ABC News.

The latest U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) numbers show that during March, the southwest border saw the lowest number of crossings ever, with just 7,180 recorded. "Under the leadership of ...

This brings the total number of National Defense Areas along the Southwest border to four. The Pentagon reportedly will create two new military buffer zones on the U.S.-Mexico border, ...

The number of apprehensions along the southwestern U.S. border plummeted by a third during January, according to statistics obtained by ABC News on Tuesday. There were 61,465 apprehensions along ...