Late on Thursday, Elon Musk went to the border between Texas and Mexico. He briefly live-streamed the visit and then joined a new US political debate, this one centered on immigration.

Elon Musk livestreams 'unfiltered' situation of migrants

A large group of migrants protested at the U.S. border in the northwest Mexican city of Tijuana on Saturday (April 24), demanding they be allowed to cross and claim asylum in the United States.

'We want asylum,' Migrants protest at Mexico border city, seeking entry to U.S.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday (September 11) granted a request by President Donald Trump's administration to fully enforce a new rule that would curtail asylum applications by immigrants at the U.S.-Mexico border, a key element of his hardline immigration policies.

U.S. Supreme Court ratifies Trump's  asylum policy

Migrants are waiting nervously at a migration office at the U.S.-Mexico border where a Mexican official calls out numbers from a long list of hopefuls waiting to cross to the United States. Migrants have been praying their numbers are called out before a new U.S. policy announced on Monday (July 15) enters into force that bars almost all immigrants from applying for asylum at the country's southern border.

New asylum curb adds more worry for those waiting at U.S.-Mexico border