Immigration
California OKs Limited Troop Deployment For Trump’s Request
Posted on · Brown said the California Guard members may be deployed at the border, the coast and elsewhere statewide
Immigration
News
‘We Have A Dearth Of Manpower’: National Guard Makes Way To Laredo
Posted on · The Laredo section of the Texas-Mexico border spans 170 miles and contains no walls or fences
News
South Texas Man Gets 17 Years For Immigrant Death In Toolbox
Posted on · At an inspection stop the suspect said said he was hauling watermelons to Houston and was alone
Immigration
UPDATE: Sessions Takes Fight On Border Enforcement To New Mexico
Posted on · The attorney general spoke in Las Cruces to a group of sheriffs whose departments patrol areas north of the U.S.-Mexico border in California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas
News
Undocumented Student Arrested After Incident At Local High School Might Request Asylum
Posted on · Dennis Rivera Sarmiento was released last week but is still at risk of deportation
National
WATCH: Facebook Would Not ‘Proactively’ Provide Data To Immigration Officials To Help Identify Threats, Zuckerberg Says
Posted on · CEO Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook has not seen a falloff in usage in light of the Cambridge Analytica scandal
News
UPDATE: Abbott Says National Guard Impact ‘Meaningful’ On Immigration And Crime
Posted on · Trump said the Guard is needed to combat what he has called a crisis of migrant crossings and crime
Immigration
Texas Border Patrol Prepares For National Guard Reinforcements
Posted on · Up to 1,000 troops will be deployed to the Texas-Mexico border
News
El Paso Border Patrol Sector Kicks Off Construction Of Trump’s Wall On Border
Posted on · U.S. Border Patrol agents on Monday announced the beginning of construction on the "big, beautiful wall" that President Donald Trump promised to build on the southern border
Politics 101
Is DACA Really Dead, What the National Guard Move Is All About, And Why Texas Needs NAFTA (Seriously)
Posted on · BONUS: Will it be Abbott vs. White or Abbott vs. Valdez in November?
News
UPDATE: Texas Boosts Number Of Troops To Mexico Border To At Least 1,000
Posted on · Abbott told San Antonio radio station KTSA on Monday that the state will add around 300 Guard members a week
Immigration
Sessions Orders Border Prosecutors To Adopt ‘Zero-Tolerance’ Policy On Immigration
Posted on · The U.S. Department of Justice's directive tells federal prosecutors on the southwest border to prosecute all Department of Homeland Security referrals for alleged violations of federal immigration illegal-entry laws
Immigration
Congressman Al Green Introduces Bill To Help Deported Husband Of Constituent
Posted on · Green said he wants to reunite families like that of Jose Escobar, who was deported last year and now lives in El Salvador
News
Why Texans Should Pay Attention To This Year’s Mexican Presidential Election
Posted on · Alfredo Corchado, the Border-Mexico correspondent for The Dallas Morning News, covered the Mexican presidential campaign launch this week of one candidate in the northern states of Mexico and explains why the outcome could affect U.S.-Mexico relations for years to come.
News
Donald Trump Is Deploying Troops To The Border; But Border Crossings Are Lower Than They Have Been
Posted on · As the Trump administration prepares to deploy National Guard units at the border, a look at the federal government's own statistics show that, despite a recent spike, overall border crossings are at historic lows