Also in October, there was a seizure of nearly $49 million worth of methamphetamine at the Brownsville port of entry.
The Homeland Security Department is set on continuing the Obama administration’s policy on illegal childhood arrivals.
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Abbott justified his order as a COVID-19 prevention measure. Now, the DOJ argues it will worsen the spread.
Democrat Vicente Gonzalez requested a meeting with President Biden to discuss ways to address the surge on the border.
The members of Congress said “there will be unnecessary deaths at our southern border” if Biden does not act.
There was a spike in illegal immigrant arrests in the Del Rio region and an increase in the southwest border region overall.
The Southern District Court of Texas granted a request for a temporary restraining order from the State of Texas to prevent the Biden administration from freezing deportations.
Attorney General Ken Paxton says that the freeze on deportations violates an agreement between Texas and the Department of Homeland Security.
The eight-year-old DACA program is back in a federal court with the State of Texas challenging its legality.
U.S. border patrol encounters have increased to levels typical for a July before the pandemic, with the largest increase seen in the Rio Grande Valley.
Customs and Border Protection reports seizing over six tons of marijuana worth more than $2.5 million at the World Trade Bridge in Laredo.
