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With only 8% built, Texas quietly defunds state border wall program
Texas lawmakers quietly stopped funding the state’s border wall, leaving only scattered segments covering a small fraction of the 800-mile border.
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Smuggling arrest raises questions about Mexican crews moving trains into Texas
A US rail workers union says allowing Mexican crews to bring trains miles into South Texas is a threat to border security and American jobs.
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Bodies of 5 missing musicians of Mexican regional music band are found near Texas border
The bodies of five musicians, members of a Mexican regional music group who had gone missing, were found in the northern city of Reynosa, along the Texas border, authorities said on Thursday.
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5 bodies found near Texas border, may be missing Mexican musicians
Five bodies that appeared to be members of a missing Mexican regional music group have been found in Reynosa along the Texas border.
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Spread of screwworm halts live animal importation at US-Mexico border for second time
The USDA announced they are suspending the importation of all livestock through the U.S.-Mexico after New World Screwworm was detected.
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Defense Department designates a second military zone on US border, extending into Texas
The newest area is in Texas and is attached to the Fort Bliss Army base in El Paso.
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2 US service members assigned to US-Mexico border duty killed in New Mexico vehicle crash
The crash outside El Paso, Texas, also injured a third service member, who was said to be in “serious” condition.
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Migrants who entered via CBP One app told to leave US ‘immediately'
The Department of Homeland Security has revoked legal status for the more than 900,000 people who’ve entered the U.S. at its southern border using the CBP One app since January 2023.
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2 US border inspectors are charged with taking bribes to allow people to enter
Two U.S. border inspectors have been charged with taking thousands of dollars in bribes to wave people into the country without showing documents.
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Border Patrol shutting down three temporary processing facilities on Texas border
Due to a drop in apprehensions at the border, U.S. Customs and Border Protection says it’ll remove five soft-sided facilities (SSFs) along the U.S.-Mexico border that it no longer needs to process migrants. The CBP said Friday nationwide apprehensions dropped to an average of about 330 per day in February, the first full month since President Donald Trump signed...
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Venezuelan parents watch from home as their son is laid to rest in Texas after drowning
Gustavo Alfonso Garcia Olivares died at 24, drowning in the Rio Grande not far from where we he was buried in Eagle Pass, Texas.
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Trump says tariffs were enacted to curb fentanyl, but U.S. overdose deaths are already declining
President Donald Trump says a primary reason for his new tariffs against the United States’ three largest trading partners is what he calls a “national emergency” brought on by fentanyl flowing across the country’s borders, NBC News reported.
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Vice President JD Vance to visit Texas-Mexico border this week
Vice President JD Vance will visit the Texas-Mexico border later this week.
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Pentagon sending about 3,000 more active-duty troops to the US-Mexico border
The Pentagon is sending about 3,000 more active-duty troops to the U.S.-Mexico border as President Donald Trump seeks to clamp down on illegal immigration and fulfill a central promise of his campaign.
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Mexico sends drug lord Caro Quintero and 28 others to the US
Mexico has sent infamous drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero to the United States along with 28 other prisoners requested by the U.S. government. Caro Quintero was behind the killing of a U.S. DEA agent in 1985.
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Inside Texas' border battle: Fewer crossings, higher cartel fees, and rising costs
NBC 5 Investigates goes inside Texas’ border operations as crossings hit a 15-year low. With cartels raising fees and federal troops increasing, questions grow over Texas’ billion-dollar border spending.
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$18,000 to cross: Migrants tell Texas DPS cartels raising smuggling price
Illegal border crossings have declined as the Trump administration surges resources to the southern border. Migrants caught crossing the border tell Texas state troopers that Mexican cartels are responding by raising their fees for smuggling people across.
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Inside Mexico's border troop deployment following Trump's tariff threats: Can it make a difference?
More than 2,500 Mexican troops, from the states of Tlaxcala, Durango, Yucatán and Mexico City, have fanned out along this historically violent border city in a show of force, NBC News reported.
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Bird flu causes CBP egg scramble at the US-Mexico border
Many families have been having a tough time finding affordable eggs at the grocery store. Now, federal officials say they’re intercepting a growing number of eggs at the U.S.-Mexico border.
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How backlogged, overwhelmed immigration courts might slow deportation plans
As the Trump administration aims to deport more migrants, there are new questions about whether a wave of additional cases could crush overwhelmed immigration courts and slow the administration’s plans.