The federal Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general conducted an investigation into detention facilities in the Rio Grande Valley.
Officials in Laredo, El Paso, and Hidalgo County disregarded new CDC guidelines after previously using agency warnings to ramp up protocols.
The State of Texas has commenced border wall construction in Starr County as part of its response to illegal immigration.
In another case, a Guatemalan illegal alien abandoned her son on the American side of the Rio Grande and went back to Mexico.
A federal judge in Amarillo ordered the restoration of the Migrant Protection Protocols, a decision that the U.S. Supreme Court upheld.
In Texas border patrol sectors, there were more than 98,000 encounters with illegal aliens in October, according to the most recent data.
The number of border apprehensions decreased for a third month in a row in October.
The federal Customs and Border Protection agency reported an average of nearly 96,000 monthly apprehensions in Texas border patrol sectors.
When the White House nominated him earlier this year, Chris Magnus was praised by the Biden administration as a “progressive police leader.”
Tens of thousands have been referred to federal immigration authorities for being illegally present in the country.
In an effort to "crack down" on illegal crossings, the governor announced new border security measures that include border wall construction.
As the number of illegal border crossings remains extraordinarily high, Democrat Henry Cuellar urged Biden and Harris to visit the border.
