Migrants crossing through the El Paso Sector of the U.S. border, 264 miles along West Texas and New Mexico, often face rough terrain in remote, arid stretches, with myriad dangers. A growing number ...

The rosary hung from a branch of mesquite, its light blue beads swaying in the breeze. The site was a few miles from the U.S.-Mexico border. It wasn’t far from paved roads, a truck stop, the city of ...

It is a sign of how desperate migrants are that, when traditional pathways to the U.S. from Mexico are blocked, they take to the dangerous desert to reach their destinations.