Gangs may be using rideshare apps to smuggle people into country, Border Patrol says
Gangs might be using rideshare apps to help smuggle people into the country, according to officials.
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Abbott asks feds to pay back $10 billion for border security operation
Texas has formally asked the federal government to pay back more than $10 billion used for the state’s border security efforts.
Texas development group sues Trump administration over Big Bend border wall plans
A Presidio and Presidio County economic development organization is suing the Trump administration, claiming that plans to build a border wall and other technology will increase the risk of flooding…
Big Bend will see vehicle barriers, not walls along southern border
The Trump administration will begin building barriers in Big Bend National Park to prevent vehicles from entering through the southern border.
Texas can enforce controversial immigration law, US appeals court decides
Texas can finally enforce an immigration law that's been stalled for years after a U.S. appeals court lifted a recent block.
$14.7M in meth hidden in lettuce shipment seized at Texas border
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in South Texas seized $14.7 million worth of methamphetamine hidden inside a commercial shipment of lettuce arriving from Mexico.
Big Bend border security: $1.7B project to bring 200+ miles of roads, cameras, and more
After the story broke last week of $1.7 billion being awarded for border security efforts in the Big Bend region despite "no wall" in the works, U.S. Customs and Border…
Big Bend border security: $1.7 billion awarded despite ‘no wall’ in CBP plans
Despite "no wall" being planned for Big Bend National Park at Texas' southern border, a $1.7 billion contract has been awarded for ongoing U.S. Customs and Border immigration-deterring construction.
Texas anti-immigration law blocked by federal court the day before taking effect
A federal court has halted an anti-immigration law a day before it would have gone into effect in Texas.
Texas DPS apprehends ‘special interest alien’ during border operation in Roma
Texas state troopers and federal agents apprehended six people, including someone they name a "special interest alien" from China, during a tactical border enforcement operation in South Texas.