Costs associated with asylum seekers who have crossed the border irregularly have been a point of contention between Ontario and Ottawa.

An estimated 4 million have already fled the country to escape a political crisis fuelled by its economic collapse.

The document says eight homes will receive the maximum compensation of $25,000, 15 will receive $10,000, and 22 households in the outermost zone will receive $2,500.

Democrats are questioning Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen about security at the U.S.-Mexico border.

U.S. President Donald Trump is criticizing California's lead role in a multistate lawsuit challenging his emergency declaration to pay for a U.S.-Mexico border wall.

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra released a statement Monday saying the suit alleges the Trump administration's action violates the Constitution.

Sen. Richard Shelby said negotiators working on a border security funding deal have reached an agreement in principle.

Most people with terroristic intent come into the country by air and are typically in the United States legally.

Negotiators in Washington, D.C. are hopeful they can make a border security deal happen.

By the time Trump capitulated Friday, ending the shutdown, Pelosi had burnished her image as the shrewd, steely and unquestioned leader of the Democratic Party.