Federal Judge T. Kent Wetherell said the Biden administration has “turned the Southwest Border into a meaningless line in the sand.”
Each defendant could face life imprisonment after pleading guilty to charges of human smuggling resulting in death.
Federal prosecutors said the convict and his girlfriend sold fentanyl-laced oxycodone pills that later killed a 27-year-old man.
Attorney General Ken Paxton was accused of using his office to benefit Paul, a real estate developer sued for fraud.
The Texas Constitution prohibits the Legislature from considering most bills on the floor until 60 days into session except for extenuating circumstances.
CBP said the number of encounters in January was the lowest since February 2021, the month after President Biden's inauguration.
The state demographer’s office was providing testimony on census data and population growth in Texas over the last few years.
While former congressional candidate Jrmar Jefferson filed to run, the city secretary indicated he is not a qualified contender.
Texas state lawmakers have introduced bills to elevate the punishments for crimes such as human smuggling and operating stash houses.
The bills would preclude state enforcement of federal actions Texas deemed to be infringements of the U.S. Constitution.
Speaker Dade Phelan published his first set of priority bills for the 88th Legislative Session.
The administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration testified that two cartels are responsible for the “vast majority” of fentanyl trafficking.
