Several Texas border communities have declared disasters to expand shelter resources as thousands of people converge on the southern border.
Local police said investigators are still trying to find out whether the driver was intoxicated and whether the killings were intentional.
The hikes cost Brownsville ratepayers $118 million over the handful of years they were in place for a project that never came to fruition.
The defendant is currently in Mexico “pending litigation on the U.S.’s extradition request,” according to the U.S. government.
A special election for one of the Rio Grande Valley House districts will be held on May 7, 2022.
The 20-year-old drug trafficker will remain free on bond until a federal judge in Brownsville sentences him in April.
CBP also responded after a “caretaker” at a stash house reportedly threatened a group of illegal aliens with a knife.
The suspected traffickers are Texas residents who range in age from 23 to 47 years old.
A federal judge in Amarillo ordered the restoration of the Migrant Protection Protocols, a decision that the U.S. Supreme Court upheld.
The Brownsville Democrat will be running for the state Senate instead of seeking to run again in the state House.
A GOP county commissioner said it is “inexcusable” that Congress has failed to enact a permanent immigration solution.
Kleberg County Chief Deputy Jaime Garza said that when officers could be in danger, “it’s like awakening a sleeping giant.”
