• Of these cases, 324 (90%) occurred in the four most populous border counties--Cameron, El Paso, Hidalgo, and Webb. (cdc.gov)
  • The rate among Hispanics also was significantly lower for El Paso County (8.8) than that for the rest of the border counties (16.1) (p less than 0.001). (cdc.gov)
  • The Texas Department of Public Safety renewed enhanced vehicle inspections this week at two other border points of entry, El Paso and Eagle Pass, causing hourslong wait times. (dallasnews.com)
  • The Rio Grande Valley was by far the busiest corridor, followed by El Paso, Texas. (kpbs.org)
  • I want to thank the University of Texas at El Paso for the opportunity to be here. (dhs.gov)
  • Security starts along the border by leveraging every law enforcement asset and coordinating them in a way that acknowledges that our approach in El Paso may differ from a tactic in San Diego. (dhs.gov)
  • US President Joe Biden speaks with border patrol officers as he walks along the border fence during his visit to the US-Mexico border to assess border enforcement equipment and operations, in El Paso, Texas, US, on January 8, 2023. (presstv.ir)
  • The Democratic president visited the border town of El Paso in Texas located on the southern border, which connects the US and Mexico, to address one of the most politically-charged issues in the country as he prepares for a reelection bid in 2024. (presstv.ir)
  • But that growth is limited because of outdated infrastructure and policies crafted by out-of-touch leaders in Washington and Mexico City, according to several elected officials and business leaders who spoke Wednesday during a conference at the University of Texas at El Paso. (texastribune.org)
  • U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke, D-El Paso, said that the focus on border security as it pertains to immigration reform is the reason trade and its economic effects are second- and third-tier issues to lawmakers who don't represent border districts. (texastribune.org)
  • EL PASO, Texas-Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano today delivered remarks at the University of Texas at El Paso highlighting the Department's unprecedented efforts over the past two years to secure the Southwest border by deploying historic levels of manpower, resources and technology and increasing collaboration with federal, state, local and tribal, and Mexican partners while facilitating legal trade and travel. (dhs.gov)
  • Protesters from Texas and California rally in El Paso, Texas against the continued separation of migrant children from their families, as well as against the conditions migrant children are being held in at U.S. detention facilities on June 25, 2019. (newsweek.com)
  • Nearly 100 years ago in 1924, the U.S. Border Patrol was founded in El Paso. (bordersecurityexpo.com)
  • So, we're bringing Border Security Expo back to where it all began: El Paso - home to Joint Task Force-North, CBP Special Operations Group, the DEA's El Paso Intelligence Center, and the thousands of men and women responsible for half of the southern border, the CBP El Paso Sector Headquarters. (bordersecurityexpo.com)
  • In fact, Texas is home to three of the top five POEs (Laredo, Hidalgo, and El Paso). (tamu.edu)
  • Skylar: Border Terrier puppy for sale near El Paso, Texas. (nextdaypets.com)
  • Earlier this month I visited the El Paso POE and came away thoroughly impressed by the professionalism of the Customs and Border Protection. (cdc.gov)
  • While in El Paso, I also met with Dr. David Lakey, Commissioner of Texas Department of State Health Services who discussed his concerns about tuberculosis and other infectious diseases around the border. (cdc.gov)
  • Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) speaks with reporters following a series of procedural votes including the National Defense Authorization Act on Thursday, July 13, 2023. (ktla.com)
  • Enacting a CR would unacceptably mean continuing the funding level and policies of the disastrous [fiscal] 2023 omnibus, which Speaker McCarthy correctly argued perpetuates the border crisis," the Republicans wrote. (ktla.com)
  • TBC first rose to national prominence on May 16, 2008, when they filed a class action lawsuit against Michael Chertoff (Department of Homeland Security) and Robert Janson (US Customs and Border Protection) alleging government abuses in construction of the border fence. (wikipedia.org)
  • Under Birdwell's bill, an immigrant who is convicted would then be transferred by an unspecified state agency to a port of entry to be turned over to U.S. Customs and Border Protection for removal. (yahoo.com)
  • In the past eight months, Customs and Border Protection has detained 47,000 unaccompanied minors, most of them in the Río Grande Valley area of south Texas, up 92 percent from last year. (ticotimes.net)
  • According to the "pre-decision map' released by the United States Customs and Border Patrol, the border wall could section off border towns from the Rio Grand River, which would put some homes and farmland on the Mexican side of the border. (theblaze.com)
  • Wait times for both bridges for commercial vehicles are currently several hours, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection's website that lists how long it takes to cross. (dallasnews.com)
  • Tammy T. Melvin, a spokesperson with Customs and Border Protection, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, said Wednesday that the Eagle Pass office would temporarily stop vehicle inspections at another International bridge in the city to assist border patrol with taking migrants into custody. (dallasnews.com)
  • A Customs and Border Protection facility in Donna, Texas was at a shocking 729 percent of pandemic-era capacity in early March, according to internal records obtained by CBS News. (thedailybeast.com)
  • There is also a daily flight contracted through U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to Del Rio, Texas, about 275 miles away (440 kilometers) away. (kpbs.org)
  • Local leaders touted the recent federal approval of a pilot program that creates public-private partnerships with U.S. Customs and Border Protection to increase staffing levels. (texastribune.org)
  • NORTH AMERICA: Kansas City Southern, US Customs & Border Protection and Mexican customs agency SAT inaugurated a joint rail freight processing facility at the Laredo border crossing in Texas on August 17. (railwaygazette.com)
  • EAGLE PASS, Texas - U.S. Customs and Border Protection today announced the opening of a new soft-sided facility in Eagle Pass, Texas. (cbp.gov)
  • U.S. Customs and Border Protection is the unified border agency within the Department of Homeland Security charged with the comprehensive management, control, and protection of our nation's borders, combining customs, immigration, border security, and agricultural protection at and between official ports of entry. (cbp.gov)
  • FOX News reports it was a middle aged man who drowned this morning, as Customs and Border Patrol agents raced to keep up with the influx. (dailymail.co.uk)
  • In January, U.S. Customs and Border Protection issued a new policy for vehicle pursuits with an eye toward increasing safety. (yahoo.com)
  • US Customs and Border Protection mounted officers attempt to contain migrants as they cross the Rio Grande from Ciudad Acuna, Mexico, into Del Rio, Texas. (aljazeera.com)
  • The agents rejected the donations because of the Antideficiency Act , Theresa Brown, a former policy adviser for U.S. Customs and Border Protection, told The Texas Tribune . (newsweek.com)
  • U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Mexican officials made the discovery Thursday while responding to a large group of people crossing the river following days of heavy rains that had resulted in particularly swift currents. (fox6now.com)
  • A U.S. National Guard soldier deployed to the Texas border by the Biden administration is seen in a video unlocking a border barrier gate to allow a large group of migrants to enter. (breitbart.com)
  • Cuellar, who represents a district that extends from San Antonio to the Mexican border, also said he thought neither President Joe Biden nor former President Donald Trump has offered comprehensive solutions to immigration problems at that border. (politico.com)
  • US President Joe Biden has inspected a busy port of entry along the country's border with Mexico, his first trip to the region after taking office two years ago as the immigration crisis intensifies. (presstv.ir)
  • During the visit, Biden inspected the barriers used to stop illegal entries into the US and the equipment that the border agents employ to detect various border violations, reports said. (presstv.ir)
  • Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott handed Biden a letter upon his arrival in the state that said the "chaos" at the border was a "direct result" of the president's failure to enforce federal laws. (presstv.ir)
  • Asked what he learned after visiting the border, Biden said: "They need a lot of resources. (presstv.ir)
  • Border arrests nearly doubled in 2022 compared to 2021 as border agents apprehended more asylum-seekers and courts blocked efforts by the Biden administration to ease the tight Trump-era immigration restrictions, according to reports. (presstv.ir)
  • A U.S. judge had ordered Texas on Wednesday to move the floating buoys in what was seen as a tentative win for President Joe Biden, whose administration sued the state. (freebeacon.com)
  • Since President Joe Biden implemented significant policy changes at America's southern border, nearly five million people have been apprehended or evaded capture entering the United States. (naturalnews.com)
  • Brandon Judd, President of the National Border Patrol Council, said today he believes that the Biden administration is deliberately ignoring the problem to 'energize' Democrats before the November election. (dailymail.co.uk)
  • The Biden administration has sent 800 troops to the border to assist Texas National Guardsmen who are already there. (dailymail.co.uk)
  • Texas Governor Greg Abbott yesterday eviscerated President Biden for allowing the unfolding disaster. (dailymail.co.uk)
  • The Biden administration sued the state of Texas to remove the marine barrier. (kxan.com)
  • US President Joe Biden promised a more humane approach to immigration than his predecessor Donald Trump, but the veteran Democrat has fought to stem the tide of migrants crossing the border since he took office in January. (aljazeera.com)
  • US President Joe] Biden knows well what is happening, but he doesn't care," said one woman, tears streaming down her face as she described her time at a US migrant detention facility in Texas. (aljazeera.com)
  • The letter suggests President Biden sign H.R. 2, a Republican border security bill that includes finishing wall construction on the U.S.-Mexico border and limiting asylum, while also "prohibiting funds from being used in contravention of its provisions. (ktla.com)
  • The Biden administration is tapping Jason Owens, a 27-year veteran of the Border Patrol, to be the agency's next chief. (wshu.org)
  • The number of border apprehensions has dropped sharply since then, though the Biden administration warns that those declines could be temporary. (wshu.org)
  • Owens will be the third chief to lead the Border Patrol and its workforce of roughly 19,000 agents under Biden, and the 26th overall. (wshu.org)
  • With the Biden administration doing everything it can to keep America's borders wide open in what looks increasingly like a rogue regime aiding and abetting America's foreign enemies, Texas has moved to protect its own borders, and the DOJ doesn't like it. (freedomist.com)
  • So far this fiscal year, a record-breaking 748 people have died trying to get across the Southwest U.S. border thrown open by the Biden administration. (mrctv.org)
  • The massive spike in border crossings is spurred by the Biden administration's open-border promise to many migrants, policies that remain in place despite the White House's insistence that the border is "closed" to illegal immigration. (mrctv.org)
  • Across the river in the drug cartel-run Mexican border town of Reynosa, migrants from Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala sleep on bunk-beds in church-run shelters, as they prepare for the culmination of dangerous journeys by bus and train that have often taken them weeks to finish. (ticotimes.net)
  • Unlike illegal migrants from Mexico, who can be quickly processed and returned by bus to Mexican border cities, Central Americans cannot be easily shipped home. (ticotimes.net)
  • Hundreds of Texans in the Rio Grande Valley, which sits along the United States-Mexican border, on Saturday protested President Donald Trump's proposed border wall. (theblaze.com)
  • 91% of the resident live births in the border counties were to Hispanic women of Mexican ancestry. (cdc.gov)
  • Finally, our border policy should foster legitimate trade, travel, and immigration, accommodating the movement of commerce, from which the U.S. and our Mexican allies derive trade and tourism revenue, and which drives hundreds of thousands of jobs. (dhs.gov)
  • During a conference on border-related issues Wednesday, U.S. and Mexican officials lauded the growing trade relationship between the two countries. (texastribune.org)
  • Javier Treviño, a Mexican congressman from the state of Nuevo Leon, which borders Texas' Webb County, said those concerns aren't confined to his northern neighbor. (texastribune.org)
  • But this special relationship is being threatened by Mexican drug cartels , whose massive control over Mexican police and military forces and local and federal governments constitutes "a direct threat to Texas and our way of life. (naturalnews.com)
  • The four counties labeled Mexican drug cartels as "paramilitary, narco-terrorist organizations" that have exploited the current weakness of America's southern border for their own gain and to the detriment of Texan communities. (naturalnews.com)
  • Texas relocated the buoys on Aug. 23 closer to the U.S. side of the Rio Grande after complaints that the string was in Mexican waters. (kxan.com)
  • U.S. District Judge David Ezra on Wednesday noted complaints by Mexican officials against the border barrier influenced his ruling. (kxan.com)
  • Mexican Ambassador to the U.S. Esteban Moctezuma last week told Border Report that Mexico opposes the border buoys. (kxan.com)
  • Laredo is located on the Mexican border in southern Texas. (cancer.net)
  • Just a few days ago, at least 13 deceased people were found by border agents and Mexican law enforcement along the riverbank while they were trying to fish other migrants out of the Rio Grande. (mrctv.org)
  • Reports of autochthonous dengue fever transmission on the US side of the Texas-Mexico border have been rare-only 64 cases were reported during 1980-1999, compared with 62,514 cases on the Mexican side of the border ( 5 - 10 ). (cdc.gov)
  • Joan Brunkard] Because dengue infections are clearly not being identified through local surveillance efforts, we recommend working to increase physician awareness about the potential for dengue infections and increasing their access to dengue diagnostic tests, especially on the Mexican side of the border, where a large proportion of both U.S. and Mexican border residents seek their primary medical care. (cdc.gov)
  • How do we conduct surveillance and create sustainable bi-national systems for early warning infectious disease surveillance recognizing that there are 250-400 million northbound legal border crossings a year and that 25% of the US population and 35% of the Mexican population resides in the ten combined Border States? (cdc.gov)
  • The U.S. Border Patrol said Friday that it would fly hundreds of migrant families from south Texas to San Diego for processing and that it was considering flights to Detroit, Miami and Buffalo, New York. (kpbs.org)
  • Abbott's border operations came under increased scrutiny in July after an internal trooper email surfaced alleging that Texas authorities had been ordered to push migrant children back into the river and deny water to mi grants in extreme heat. (freebeacon.com)
  • A migrant surge in September led to the apprehension of more than 45,000 migrants in this single Texas border sector. (alipac.us)
  • Human smuggling cartels pushed five large migrant groups across the border over the weekend. (alipac.us)
  • Update from Brownsville, TX: Amisdt scorching temperatures, #RGV Border Patrol Agents & Supervisors from Brownsville, Harlingen, & Fort Brown stations continue to work tirelessly addressing this significant migrant surge. (alipac.us)
  • The only migrant shelter in the city, Mission Border Hope, has now been overrun with migrants. (dailymail.co.uk)
  • McALLEN, Texas ( Border Report ) - Migrant advocacy groups appeared ready on Wednesday for a judge to rule in their favor and order Texas to remove the string of border buoys the state put in the Rio Grande in Eagle Pass to deter illegal immigration. (kxan.com)
  • The government agencies responsible for migrant children would be able to accept donations for the public if a proposal filed on Friday by U.S. Representative Chip Roy (R-Texas) passes into law. (newsweek.com)
  • A migrant illegally crosses the Rio Grande River in Eagle Pass, Texas, at the border with Mexico on June 30, 2022. (fox6now.com)
  • At the direction of Abbott, Texas state officials and National Guardsmen have been setting up razor wire and more recently, river buoys, to repel migrant crossings along the Rio Grande. (ktsa.com)
  • In another event, Wingate wrote, a 4-year-old migrant girl was "pressed back" by soldiers from the Texas National Guard as she tried to cross a section of sharp razor wire. (ktsa.com)
  • We have a moral obligation to protect our states, our nation, and, importantly, the migrant children getting abused from the disaster transpiring at our southern border. (ktla.com)
  • The State of Texas deployed the buoys to slow down illegal border crossings. (breitbart.com)
  • The project is expected to provide a strong deterrent to illegal border crossings in high-traffic areas along the Rio Grande. (breitbart.com)
  • The state has spent billions on Operation Lone Star, which Abbott launched in March 2021 in response to rising border crossings. (yahoo.com)
  • We're dropping them down on locations that could be crossings that would be used by these caravans to serve as a blockade to prevent them from coming across the border. (humanevents.com)
  • The Border Patrol's Del Rio sector, which includes Eagle Pass, is fast becoming the busiest corridor for illegal crossings. (fox6now.com)
  • Efforts by Texas state officials to deter illegal crossings along the U.S.-Mexico border have placed migrants, including children, at risk of drowning or being cut by razor wire, a state trooper said in an internal message this month that raised concerns about practices he called inhumane. (ktsa.com)
  • Better understanding what is being shipped where, the method for moving it, and how freight movement affects local and national economies, the environment, and congestion at traditional bottlenecks (i.e., border crossings) can help stakeholders make more informed decisions impacted by and involving border trade. (tamu.edu)
  • Environmental regulatory agencies , which can better manage border-town air pollution caused by long waits at border crossings through knowing when and where these impacts occur. (tamu.edu)
  • The Del Rio Sector of the border, which includes Mello's town of Eagle Pass, sees about 1,100 border crossings per day - and those are just the ones who are caught. (mrctv.org)
  • Construction crews began deployment of the historic floating border barrier near Eagle Pass, Texas, on Monday. (breitbart.com)
  • About two dozen protesters chanted and unfurled signs critical of Abbott's latest border buoy project on the day materials for the barrier project arrived in Eagle Pass, Texas. (breitbart.com)
  • Eagle Pass Station agents apprehended one female and five males from Eritrea and one male from Uzbekistan near Eagle Pass, Texas, on November 24, officials stated. (breitbart.com)
  • The account discloses several previously unreported incidents the trooper witnessed in Eagle Pass, where the state of Texas strung miles of razor wire and deployed a wall of buoys in the Rio Grande to be used as a border barrier. (ncja.org)
  • The Eagle Pass location was chosen because it is central to Border Patrol stations throughout the Del Rio Border Patrol Sector. (cbp.gov)
  • A second person has drowned while trying to enter the US illegally in Eagle Pass, Texas, a day after a three-year-old boy died while 10,000 migrants rushed to get into the border town. (dailymail.co.uk)
  • Since Wednesday morning, an astonishing 10,000 migrants have entered Eagle Pass, a small border town of fewer than 30,000. (dailymail.co.uk)
  • A woman pulls a toddler under wire fencing at an illegal border crossing in Eagle Pass, Texas, on Thursday. (dailymail.co.uk)
  • Ten thousand migrants have crossed illegally into Eagle Pass, Texas , in the last 24 hours, triggering a state of emergency in the small border town where shelters and hospitals are now overrun. (dailymail.co.uk)
  • Large groups beginning to cross illegally again into Eagle Pass, TX this morning. (dailymail.co.uk)
  • Eagle Pass, TX right now. (dailymail.co.uk)
  • The 1,000-foot string of buoys cost Texas $1 million to install in the Rio Grande in Eagle Pass, Texas. (kxan.com)
  • Eagle Pass Border Patrol look over the Rio Grande scanning the area illegal traffic, February 06, 2003. (fox6now.com)
  • At least nine migrants were found dead in the Rio Grande after dozens of people attempted a hazardous crossing near Eagle Pass, Texas , officials said. (fox6now.com)
  • Nicholas Wingate, a medic and trooper for the Texas Department of Public Safety, wrote an email to his superiors earlier this month detailing his concerns about a series of events he witnessed near Eagle Pass, Texas, that he said placed migrants, including children, in danger. (ktsa.com)
  • Discarded clothes on a razor wire fence in front of the Rio Grande in an area where migrants cross in Eagle Pass, Texas, on Dec. 19, 2022. (ktsa.com)
  • The Texas Tribune is taking a yearlong look at the issues of border security and immigration. (texastribune.org)
  • As the Texas Tribune has reported, asylum seekers are being told they'll be reunited with their kids if they sign voluntary deportation orders. (indyweek.com)
  • A CBP source says the actions are required by law and recently enhanced by policy enacted after the 2021 Haitian Border Crisis in Del Rio. (breitbart.com)
  • The country is Texas' largest trading partner, with more than $660 billion in total trade in 2021. (naturalnews.com)
  • The Texas crash marked the highest death toll in a crash involving migrants since 13 people died in a collision in remote Holtville , California, in March 2021. (yahoo.com)
  • Venezuelan migrants board a U.S. Border Patrol vehicle after crossing the Rio Grande River on May 18, 2021, in Del Rio, Texas. (wshu.org)
  • Owens took over as head of the Del Rio sector in late 2021, a few months after thousands of migrants, largely from Haiti, attempted to cross the border into Del Rio and found themselves confined in a camp on the banks of the Rio Grande. (wshu.org)
  • The Texas Border Coalition (TBC) is a group of elected officials and business leaders located along the border of Mexico and the U.S. state of Texas who make policy recommendations to help the Texas-Mexico border region grow and prosper economically. (wikipedia.org)
  • The project was initiated in response to an anencephaly cluster identified during 1990-1991 in Brownsville (Cameron County), Texas (1). (cdc.gov)
  • I have walked the border, flown it, ridden it on horseback, and worked with border communities from Brownsville to San Diego for the better part 18 years as a public official. (dhs.gov)
  • McALLEN, Texas ( Border Report ) - Hundreds of grandmas who are members of Grannies Respond are being asked to buy second-hand winter coats at thrift shops nationwide and send them to a Brownsville nonprofit that is helping migrants on the South Texas border. (centralillinoisproud.com)
  • Grannies Respond nonprofit group executive director Catherine Cole, of New York, holds an asylum-seeking child in October at the Welcome Center operated by Team Brownsville in Brownsville, Texas. (centralillinoisproud.com)
  • Catherine Cole, executive director of the New York-based group Grannies Respond/Abuelas Responden, told Border Report they launched the coat drive after visiting the Rio Grande Valley in October and meeting with officials with Team Brownsville, who told them they need heavier winter coats to give to migrants who are traveling north after being legally released by the Department of Homeland Security. (centralillinoisproud.com)
  • In a Facebook post on Sunday, Grannies Respond asked members to buy coats from thrift stores and send them to Team Brownsville , which helps migrants on the border in Brownsville, Texas. (centralillinoisproud.com)
  • Team Brownsville needs coats for asylum-seekers traveling north from the border! (centralillinoisproud.com)
  • Team Brownsville volunteers tell Border Report that they welcome the help because it's hard to find hardy winter coats in South Texas, where the temperatures are much more often in the triple digits and hardly ever get below freezing. (centralillinoisproud.com)
  • data) suggest that dengue is substantially underreported on both sides of the border and prompted us to conduct an epidemiologic investigation in the neighboring cities of Brownsville, Texas, USA, and Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico. (cdc.gov)
  • Joan Brunkard] We found that forty percent of Brownsville residents and seventy eight percent of Matamoros residents showed serologic evidence of past dengue infection, indicating that dengue is endemic, or established, on both sides of the border in this region. (cdc.gov)
  • We also found that fifty nine percent of Brownsville residents regularly cross the border into Mexico for medical treatment, which almost certainly limits disease reporting on the U.S. side of the border. (cdc.gov)
  • As Breitbart Texas looked on, more than one hundred migrants breached the barriers earlier this week. (breitbart.com)
  • He is an original member of the Breitbart Texas team. (breitbart.com)
  • Rio Grand Valley Sector agents apprehended more than 45,000 migrants in September, according to unofficial Border Patrol reports reviewed by Breitbart Texas. (alipac.us)
  • Rep. Henry Cuellar said Sunday there need to be more "repercussions" to prevent immigrants from attempting to cross the border illegally. (politico.com)
  • Del Rio Sector Border Patrol agents continue to apprehend migrants from a multitude of nations who cross the border illegally from Mexico into Texas. (breitbart.com)
  • Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick criticized HB 4 in a statement last week, calling it a "Texas-sized-catch-and-release-bill" and arguing that it would allow immigrants who cross the border illegally to become repeat offenders. (yahoo.com)
  • The sharp spike over the past three months, particularly of children traveling without their parents, has overwhelmed the Border Patrol's detention centers in South Texas, prompting authorities to ship young children to converted warehouses and military bases as far away as California. (ticotimes.net)
  • We're fighting a losing battle right now," said Chris Cabrera, the Border Patrol's union representative here. (ticotimes.net)
  • Flights from Texas' Rio Grande Valley to San Diego were to begin Friday and continue indefinitely three times a week, with each flight carrying 120 to 135 people, said Douglas Harrison, the Border Patrol's interim San Diego sector chief. (kpbs.org)
  • The temporary facility will provide additional processing capacity for Border Patrol's Del Rio Sector. (cbp.gov)
  • that creates a draw," said Manuel Padilla, the Border Patrol's chief agent here. (nbcdfw.com)
  • Owens currently leads the Border Patrol's sector in Del Rio, Texas, which has emerged in recent years as one of the busiest parts of the border. (wshu.org)
  • With only 120 left in the Lone Star State, ocelots could suffer from decreased reproduction and eventually disappear completely from Texas. (inhabitat.com)
  • Abbott's Operation Lone Star, a multibillion-dollar border security effort using Texas National Guard members and DPS officers , has used a misdemeanor criminal trespassing offense to arrest unauthorized immigrants. (dallasnews.com)
  • Speaking to the committee, Schaefer said Operation Lone Star is not a sustainable way to enforce border security in part because of its cost. (dallasnews.com)
  • Jasper County signed its resolution on Sept. 6 and it expresses support for "Operation Lone Star and additional measures to secure the Texas border and protect Texas communities. (naturalnews.com)
  • The four counties also expressed support for suffering border counties and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's border security efforts through Operation Lone Star, an anti-illegal immigration and anti-illegal drug trade operation. (naturalnews.com)
  • The federal judge's ruling against Operation Lone Star is a necessary step towards justice, shedding light on inhumane and cruel practices that have no place in our society," said Texas state Sen. Roland Gutierrez, a Democrat who is running for U.S. Senate. (kxan.com)
  • The crash is under investigation by the Texas Department of Public Safety, which oversees Republican Gov. Greg Abbott's sprawling border mission known as Operation Lone Star. (yahoo.com)
  • The group is especially active in New York, where thousands of asylum-seekers have been bused to from Texas by Gov. Greg Abbott's Operation Lone Star. (centralillinoisproud.com)
  • The internal complaint, now under investigation by state officials, raises further questions about how Texas officials are treating migrants caught up in a sprawling border effort, known as Operation Lone Star. (ktsa.com)
  • In the message, Wingate underscored that he supports Operation Lone Star and efforts to secure the U.S.-Mexico border and keep "bad people" out. (ktsa.com)
  • and reimbursing the state of Texas for Operation Lone Star - a state-run program to crack down on illegal immigration - and "any other state that has demonstrated significant law-enforcement related expenses. (ktla.com)
  • Germany is using the recent earthquakes in Turkey and Syria as an excuse to weaken border controls, vowing to allow in many more migrants said to be fleeing the crisis. (breitbart.com)
  • Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton discusses the ongoing border crisis as more migrants die attempting to cross the Rio Grande river and fentanyl seizures continue to climb. (foxbusiness.com)
  • These are examples of the detention conditions, captured on a surreptitious video obtained by The Washington Post, that prompted U.S. President Barack Obama to declare a " humanitarian crisis " this week, as illegal migrants, including thousands of women and children, stream into south Texas. (ticotimes.net)
  • Elon Musk blasts the lack of media coverage of the US border crisis after footage of an overcrowded processing center in Texas was uploaded to Twitter. (presstv.ir)
  • Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is taking initiative to stop the border crisis from spiraling further, installing makeshift border walls constructed from repurposed shipping containers in locations where migrants are likely to cross. (humanevents.com)
  • The border is a place steeped in a real humanitarian crisis, an imperiled environmental quagmire, and the inflamed rhetoric about walls. (tpr.org)
  • Hundreds more are expected today in what many residents say is the worst border crisis they have ever seen. (dailymail.co.uk)
  • In the latest gut-churning update to Biden's border crisis, morgues in border towns - no, not Washington, D.C., despite what its hand-wringing city council claims, we're talking about actual border towns here - are requesting more refrigerators to store the bodies of dead migrants. (mrctv.org)
  • Additionally, our public health teams must contend with new and emerging infectious diseases, an economic crisis where budget cuts have decimated public health programs that man the border, and gaps in preparedness. (cdc.gov)
  • Newly appointed Del Rio Sector Chief Patrol Agent Jason Owens tweeted a photo showing the apprehension of a large group of mostly Venezuelan migrants who also illegally crossed from Mexico into Texas. (breitbart.com)
  • A U.S. Appeals Court on Thursday granted a temporary stay allowing Texas to keep in place floating buoys installed in the middle of the Rio Grande to block mi grants from illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border as court proceedings move forward, a court filing showed. (freebeacon.com)
  • If they want to call that being a vigilante for reporting people illegally crossing the border, then so be it," Parker says. (wunc.org)
  • All it's going to do is encourage more people to cross our border illegally - it's a reward for breaking our law. (dailymail.co.uk)
  • US Border Patrol agents apprehended a record 2.3 million migrants at the southwest border in the 2022 fiscal year. (presstv.ir)
  • MCALLEN, Texas - Behind the beige brick facade and the barbed wire of the Border Patrol station here, crowds of Central American women and children are sleeping on concrete floors in 90 degree heat. (ticotimes.net)
  • The U.S. Border Patrol on Sunday allowed reporters to briefly visit the McAllen facility where it holds families arrested at the southern U.S. border, responding to new criticism and protests over the Trump administration's "zero tolerance" policy and resulting separation of families. (nbcdfw.com)
  • A federal judge in the Western District of Texas ordered the State of Texas to remove the floating border barriers put in place in July. (breitbart.com)
  • Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador mocked Texas Governor Greg Abbott this week over the recent lawsuit filed by the U.S. Department of Justice against the state seeking the removal of various border barriers including buoys and fencing. (breitbart.com)
  • Increasing residents' awareness of the poison center and identifying potential barriers to its use among residents of Texas-Mexico border communities may prevent unnecessary visits to health care facilities. (medscape.com)
  • Another bill, House Bill 6 sponsored by Rep. Jacey Jetton , R-Richmond, passed by the House would appropriate about $1.5 billion to construct border barriers along the 1,200-mile Texas-Mexico border. (yahoo.com)
  • Although that order was not meant to take effect until Sept. 15, Thursday's ruling could prevent Texas from having to take immediate steps to start moving the barriers to the embankment. (freebeacon.com)
  • We will continue to utilize every strategy to secure the border, including deploying Texas National Guard soldiers and Department of Public Safety troopers and installing strategic barriers," Abbott said. (kxan.com)
  • Congressman Reyes knows that the border is a challenging environment with many barriers including different priorities for the two countries who share the border, different public health systems, travel restrictions, language, and politics. (cdc.gov)
  • Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador lashed out once more against Texas Governor Greg Abbott, calling him inhumane and immoral for placing buoys and fencing on his state's border. (breitbart.com)
  • Authorities in Mexico are working to identify the bodies of two migrants reportedly found caught on a series of buoys set in parts of the Texas border. (breitbart.com)
  • A federal district judge ordered Texas to remove the buoys by Sept. 15. (dallasnews.com)
  • The buoys are a symbol of the hate-filled and inhumane policies Gov. Abbott has embraced as he continues to wage war on immigrants seeking to make better lives for themselves, as millions of other immigrants have done for hundreds of years in this country," Immigrant Legal Resource Center Senior Texas Strategist Carolina Canizales said. (kxan.com)
  • A group of open border advocates staged a protest on Friday near one of the busiest border crossing areas along the Rio Grande. (breitbart.com)
  • KCS said the Laredo/Nuevo Laredo rail crossing is the busiest on the border, processing an average of 23 trains in both directions per day carrying products including cars and parts, steel, grain and petroleum. (railwaygazette.com)
  • In Texas' Rio Grande Valley, the busiest corridor for people trying to enter the U.S., Border Patrol officials argue that they have to crack down on migrants and separate adults from children as a deterrent to others. (nbcdfw.com)
  • Recent initiatives have included attempts to dispel the myth of violence spilling over to the Texas side of the Texas-Mexico border and pushing for more personnel and improved infrastructure at land ports of entry. (wikipedia.org)
  • If it is ever built, Trump's US-Mexico border wall would pose a threat to vulnerable wildlife and plants, as well as to the growing ecotourism industry in the border regions of Texas . (inhabitat.com)
  • Currently, Texas has walls along approximately 100 miles of its border with Mexico. (inhabitat.com)
  • The purpose of this study was to describe differences in childhood pesticide exposures between counties on the Texas-Mexico border and nonborder counties. (medscape.com)
  • [ 13 ] One such area is the Lower Rio Grande Valley (LRGV) of Texas, which includes 2 Texas-Mexico border counties, Hidalgo and Cameron, and 1 nonborder county, Willacy (Figure 1). (medscape.com)
  • On both sides of the Texas-Mexico border, the population has increased more than 25% since 1990. (medscape.com)
  • [ 15 ] During this period of growth along the Texas-Mexico border, concerns have been raised about health conditions, including exposure to pesticides. (medscape.com)
  • A proposed bill would allow commissioned peace officers, along with resident volunteers, to apply to join a new law enforcement unit that would be created to assist monitoring along the Texas-Mexico border. (dallasnews.com)
  • HB4 is one of several bills under consideration that aim to deter illegal immigration at the Texas-Mexico border, a top priority for Gov. Greg Abbott . (yahoo.com)
  • In 1992, the Texas Department of Health (TDH), with support from a CDC cooperative agreement, implemented the Texas Neural Tube Defect Project (TNTDP), a program of NTD surveillance and risk-reduction activities in the 14 counties that border Mexico. (cdc.gov)
  • This report summarizes NTD surveillance rates for the 14 Texas-Mexico border counties for 1993-1998 and presents preliminary results of TNTDP efforts to prevent the recurrence of NTDs by providing folic acid to high-risk women. (cdc.gov)
  • For 1993-1998, NTD surveillance rates include cases at all gestational ages for the 14 Texas-Mexico border counties ( Table 1 ). (cdc.gov)
  • The flights are the latest sign of how the Border Patrol is struggling to keep up with large numbers of Central American families that are reaching the U.S. border with Mexico, especially in Texas. (kpbs.org)
  • And our partnership with Mexico on border security is strong. (dhs.gov)
  • If All the Officers Assigned to the Texas-Mexico Border Stood Side By Side, How Far Apart Would They Be? (texasmonthly.com)
  • As a child, I experienced the boundary between Texas and Mexico as its own distinct place. (texasmonthly.com)
  • The tons of contraband lunch meat seized at the U.S.-Mexico border tell us something about the market value of nostalgia. (texasmonthly.com)
  • Most were migrants apprehended at the US-Mexico border with no criminal convictions or charges pending and who were transferred to the ICE. (presstv.ir)
  • Speakers at the conference, co-sponsored by UTEP and the Council of the Americas, discussed improving management of the U.S.-Mexico border and economic integration. (texastribune.org)
  • Last year, Mexico was Texas' largest trade partner and the United States' third-largest overall, behind Canada and China. (texastribune.org)
  • Six million U.S. jobs depend on how much Mexico buys from the U.S. but the most important obstacle is the border, he added. (texastribune.org)
  • Mexico City and Washington are too far away from the border," he said. (texastribune.org)
  • During a brief news briefing, the U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, Earl Anthony Wayne, said that both countries are addressing the contentious issue of a lingering water shortage that Texas officials say costs their state millions of dollars. (texastribune.org)
  • Texas officials said last spring that Mexico is behind about 500,000 acre-feet. (texastribune.org)
  • We'll start this hour looking at the U.S.-Mexico border in Texas, where in recent weeks, we've seen harrowing scenes of thousands of migrants gathered in squalid conditions to seek asylum. (wvia.org)
  • But effective or not, more than 43,000 pairs of eyes are watching the Texas-Mexico border through blueservo.net. (wunc.org)
  • USA: Texas Department of Transportation has a received a US$7m grant from the US Department of Transportation towards a US$16∙2m 'public and private partnership' to replace the bridge connecting Presidio with Ojinaga in Mexico, and upgrade 115 km of the connecting South Orient Rail Line. (railwaygazette.com)
  • The time for Texas to act is long overdue," said Sindelar at the 80th annual assembly and convention of the American Society of Mexico in Mexico City. (naturalnews.com)
  • Texas, which shares the largest portion of the southern border with Mexico at 1,254 miles, received the most illegal immigrants. (naturalnews.com)
  • Sindelar noted how important it is for Texas to maintain its strong economic relationship with Mexico. (naturalnews.com)
  • Sindelar also noted how Texas and Mexico are "bound by a common heritage, a common border and a common future. (naturalnews.com)
  • Some politicians paint such a dire picture of the Texas/Mexico border it's natural to wonder where all this is leading. (tpr.org)
  • If that sounds absurd, that's because life is, too, and what seems so surreal in the ficitional town of MacArthur, seems all too real with Fernando Flores as our guide through a Texas/Mexico border that simply isn't far off the beaten path as his character thinks wistfully of earlier times when life was simpler. (tpr.org)
  • AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - The white Honda Civic sped down Highway 57, a rural two-lane corridor that reaches the U.S.-Mexico border, after a Texas sheriff's deputy tried pulling over the car and gave chase when it didn't stop. (yahoo.com)
  • US border agents have begun expelling planeloads of mostly Haitian migrants from a large makeshift camp they had set up on the Texas border with Mexico, with repatriation flights arriving in Haiti on Sunday. (aljazeera.com)
  • In recent days, more than 15,000 Haitians crossed into the United States from Mexico and found themselves stranded for days in Texas under a bridge spanning the Rio Grande River, blocked from moving onwards. (aljazeera.com)
  • US Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz said the next week the government aims to 'quickly' process 12,662 migrants from underneath the bridge that links Del Rio with Ciudad Acuna, Mexico. (aljazeera.com)
  • In June, 53 migrants were found dead or dying in a tractor-trailer on a back road in San Antonio in the deadliest tragedy to claim the lives of migrants smuggled across the border from Mexico. (fox6now.com)
  • There are 25 land ports of entry (POE) along the 1,969-mile U.S.-Mexico border. (tamu.edu)
  • Since 2009, TTI's Center for International Intelligent Transportation Research (CIITR) has studied freight activities of U.S.-Mexico POEs in Texas, California, Arizona, and New Mexico. (tamu.edu)
  • In particular, knowing which interior U.S. states trade most with Mexico can help inform policy makers and other stakeholders in these states to better prioritize border-related transportation infrastructure needs, thereby maximizing the economic benefits of efficient trade for those states and the nation as a whole. (tamu.edu)
  • Texas enjoys the most trade with Mexico of any state. (tamu.edu)
  • He previously served as sector chief in Maine, and also led the Border Patrol academy in New Mexico. (wshu.org)
  • Our results show that dengue fever is endemic in this area of the southern Texas-Mexico border. (nih.gov)
  • 2007 issue of Emerging Infectious Diseases about the risk for dengue fever along the border between Mexico and the state of Texas. (cdc.gov)
  • Grande from each other on the Texas-Mexico border. (cdc.gov)
  • 2 increased the likelihood that a person had a recent or past dengue infection - whether that person lived in Texas or in Mexico. (cdc.gov)
  • Joan Brunkard] Our results show that dengue fever transmission is occurring on both sides of the Texas-Mexico border in this region and that dengue infections are not being identified by our public health surveillance systems. (cdc.gov)
  • I met many of those "boots on the ground" local public health folks who work on the Texas/Mexico border and who shared with me how the border has been neglected with minimal resources for years. (cdc.gov)
  • We see between 10,000 and 15,000 new cases diagnosed in Arizona each year, but very few cases are diagnosed across the Arizona-Mexico border, even though we know that pathogens don't stop at borders. (cdc.gov)
  • Already, U.S. authorities are moving four buses a day from the Rio Grande Valley to Laredo, Texas, about 100 miles (160 kilometers) away. (kpbs.org)
  • Freight activities at Texas POEs (particularly Laredo) are considerably higher than in the other three states combined. (tamu.edu)
  • Dr. Miranda operates a community cancer center in Laredo, Texas, and is the chairman of the Cancer Committee at Doctor's Hospital Laredo. (cancer.net)
  • In October 2018, Dr. Bertagnolli visited Laredo, Texas, to join a public breast cancer forum and fashion show to celebrate breast cancer survivors and raise breast cancer awareness. (cancer.net)
  • Almost two years into the Southwest Border Initiative and the verdict is in: our approach is working-illegal immigration is decreasing, deportations are increasing and crime rates have gone down. (dhs.gov)
  • Their request for more fridges to put bodies comes as the number of migrants who've died trying to cross the Southwest U.S. border skyrockets to historic highs amid an unprecedented wave of illegal immigration thanks to Biden's lax border policies. (mrctv.org)
  • Moreover, a safe, secure border zone requires vigorous enforcement of our nation's immigration laws in the interior of our country as well. (dhs.gov)
  • Is there a perfect storm brewing along our nation's southern border? (cdc.gov)
  • Under Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's border security initiative, officers have been given orders that put the safety of asylum seekers at risk, the Houston Chronicle reported . (ncja.org)
  • The annual tally of migrants crossing the border increased by 37 percent from 1.7 million arrests the year before, US Border Patrol data shows. (presstv.ir)
  • Authored by Jacksboro Republican Rep. David Spiller , HB 4 represents lawmakers' efforts to empower Texas law enforcement officers to enforce immigration laws. (yahoo.com)
  • Not only does it ignore all of the statistical evidence, it also belittles the significant progress that effective law enforcement has made to protect this border and the people who live alongside it. (dhs.gov)
  • It was clear from the outset of this Administration that we needed a reinvigorated approach to border security and immigration enforcement. (dhs.gov)
  • The US president on Thursday stressed that he was taking the immigration issue seriously, vowing to further tighten the immigration enforcement measures at the US borders by blocking Cuban, Haitian and Nicaraguan asylum-seekers entry into the US. (presstv.ir)
  • The mangled wreckage at the scene near La Pryor, a small town about 100 miles (160 kilometers) west of San Antonio, laid bare the danger of high-speed pursuits undertaken by an ever-expanding presence of law enforcement at the border. (yahoo.com)
  • The U.S. Department of Justice sent a letter to Texas Governor Greg Abbott threatening legal action if the State does not remove the recently installed floating border barrier. (breitbart.com)
  • The soldier is not a member of the Texas National Guard deployed by Governor Greg Abbott, officials stated. (breitbart.com)
  • And sadly, the - you know, the Texas governor and Texas in general - it essentially feels like they're on their own. (wvia.org)
  • They encouraged the governor to use his full authority under the Texas and American constitutions to "take the necessary steps … to secure the Texas border and stop the invasion at the border. (naturalnews.com)
  • The Governor has announced that DOJ has no jurisdiction to prevent Texas from protecting their border when the Federal government not only is NOT doing their job, but they appear to be actively subverting any efforts to protect Americans from this "immigrant" invasion. (freedomist.com)
  • Recent apprehensions include migrants from what Border Patrol classifies as "special interest" nations including East African, Middle Eastern, and Asian nations. (breitbart.com)
  • These apprehensions of foreign nationals add to the 28,111 migrants from more than 50 nations apprehended by Del Rio Sector Border Patrol agents in October - the first month of the new fiscal year. (breitbart.com)
  • Nonborder counties had twice the reported exposure rate of border counties. (medscape.com)
  • The 47 South Texas counties shaded gray from which pesticide exposures among children younger than 6 years (n = 2520) were reported to the South Texas Poison Center, 1997-2000.Note. (medscape.com)
  • The denominator for all percentages was derived from the total number of insecticide exposures reported to the South Texas Poison Center from border (n = 248) and nonborder (n = 1063) counties and from the national average (n = 108 431), obtained from the American Association of Poison Control Centers Toxic Exposure Surveillance System for 1997-2000. (medscape.com)
  • 001) between border and nonborder counties. (medscape.com)
  • The overall NTD rate in the border counties for 1993-1998 was 13.4 per 10,000 live births (6.1 for anencephaly, 6.3 for spina bifida, and 1.0 for encephalocele) ( Table 1 ). (cdc.gov)
  • included in anencephaly) rate in the border counties was 0.5. (cdc.gov)
  • As of Sept. 14, 22 of the 254 counties in Texas have signed declarations that the state is being invaded at the southern border . (naturalnews.com)
  • The four latest counties to pass invasion declarations are Jasper and Madison County in eastern Texas and Throckmorton and Wichita County in northern Texas. (naturalnews.com)
  • The counties cited the constitutional authority of the state and the responsibility of the federal government to protect the sovereignty of Texas and to defend Texans and other Americans. (naturalnews.com)
  • Our southern Texas border is suffering a criminal invasion in the form of illegal human trafficking, as well as drug and weapons smuggling," the counties wrote. (naturalnews.com)
  • Madison, Throckmorton and Wichita counties signed their resolutions between Aug. 29 and Sept. 6 and called for "additional measures to secure the border, stop the invasion at the border and protect our communities. (naturalnews.com)
  • In Starr and Hidalgo Counties - where DPS border operations peak - troopers are parked every few miles along Highway 83, which stretches just blocks from the border line. (texastribune.org)
  • The biggest thing that has been achieved has been stopping DWIs, which is a good thing," said Rep. Ryan Guillen , D-Rio Grande City, whose district spans several border counties. (texastribune.org)
  • Reported autochthonous dengue fever transmission in the United States has been limited to 5 south Texas border counties since 1980. (nih.gov)
  • Recent videos and photographs circulated on social media and by news outlets show Border Patrol agents opening Texas Border fence gates to take custody of migrants making landfall into the United States. (breitbart.com)
  • WATCH: Border Patrol Agents Cut Texas Border Barrier, Let Migrants Enter U.S. (breitbart.com)
  • Border Patrol agents do some processing remotely by videoconference, but Harrison said stations in the Rio Grande Valley had run out of room even to do that. (kpbs.org)
  • At the same time, the ICE deported around 72,000 migrants to more than 150 countries around the world and aided Border Patrol agents in expelling many more from the United States under Trump-era restrictions known as Title 42 policy. (presstv.ir)
  • In the coming months, DHS will continue to deploy additional resources to the Southwest border, including two new forward operating bases to improve coordination of border activities, improved tactical communications systems and 1,000 new Border Patrol Agents, funded through the Emergency Supplemental for Border Security passed and signed into law in August 2010. (dhs.gov)
  • Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended approximately 7,000 migrants during the past four days. (alipac.us)
  • This Weekend, our dedicated #RGV Border Patrol Agents worked tirelessly to keep our border & communities safe. (alipac.us)
  • There was a moment where there were pictures of Border Patrol agents on horseback, whipping reins at Haitian migrants. (wvia.org)
  • So anybody who watched that segment on CNN will know that I said Border Patrol agents are doing God's work by protecting our border and keeping us safe. (wvia.org)
  • Thousands of people are now virtual Border Patrol agents - and they're on the lookout for drug smugglers and illegal immigrants. (wunc.org)
  • FOX News cites border patrol agents who say 10,000 have been 'encountered' in a single 24 hour period - one of the highest numbers ever seen. (dailymail.co.uk)
  • Wingate said federal Border Patrol agents processed the migrants after he left. (ktsa.com)
  • Gov. Abbott laid out the specifics of the border wall plan with Tucker Carlson on October 28. (humanevents.com)
  • Comments were posted to social media sites quickly reacting to the federal judge's ruling, while Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, within minutes issued a statement saying the state will appeal the ruling. (kxan.com)
  • National Guardsmen watch over a fence near the international bridge where thousands of Haitian migrants have created a makeshift camp in Del Rio, Texas. (aljazeera.com)
  • In December 2018, Burnett was invited to participate in a workshop on Refugees, Immigration and Border Security in Western Europe, sponsored by the RIAS Berlin Commission. (wunc.org)
  • A video provided to Fox News shows a Del Rio Sector Border Patrol agent appearing to cut a Texas-erected razor-wire border barrier. (breitbart.com)
  • Over the Thanksgiving week, Del Rio Sector agents apprehended migrants from Eritrea, Lebanon, Syria, and Tajikistan, according to information obtained from Del Rio Sector Border Patrol officials. (breitbart.com)
  • CBP has taken more children into custody at the border in February than at any point in the past 21 months. (thedailybeast.com)
  • The facility's primary purpose is to safely and expeditiously process individuals in U.S. Border Patrol custody. (cbp.gov)
  • HB 4 does not require proper identification of suspects, fingerprints, or a background check and allows illegal border crossers to return whenever they want, time and time again," Patrick said. (yahoo.com)
  • The Border Patrol has said that it will no longer refer border crossers with children for prosecution, though the ultimate decision to prosecute resides with the Department of Justice. (indyweek.com)
  • Norma Fowler and Tim Keitt, scientists at the University of Texas at Austin, have published a letter that outlines the potential ecological damage from such a major project. (inhabitat.com)
  • AUSTIN - A bill establishing a new protection unit that would tap regular residents to help secure the border received its first hearing in front of a House panel Wednesday, drawing sharp criticism from Democrats on the committee. (dallasnews.com)
  • State senators discuss a Point of Order on an amendment to the SJR 1 property tax bill to include a bonus for Texas teachers, with Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick on the Senate floor during the first day of the second special session at the state Capitol in Austin on June 28. (yahoo.com)
  • AUSTIN - The Texas Department of Public Safety renewed the enhanced vehicle inspections this week at two border points of entry, the first time since last year that state police have relaunched the increased efforts. (dallasnews.com)
  • As NPR's Southwest correspondent based in Austin, Texas, John Burnett covers immigration, border affairs, Texas news and other national assignments. (wunc.org)
  • In my life when I moved to Austin, Texas in 2005, I did so knowing that I had no interest in getting a car or getting a job that will pay well, my interest was just to survive however I could so that I could write and read as much as possible. (tpr.org)
  • Our hope is that frequent enhanced commercial vehicle safety inspections will help deter cartel smuggling activity along the border while increasing the safety of our roadways. (dallasnews.com)
  • Only complete fools would argue that a 1,000-foot buoy barrier was going to deter anyone from crossing the border. (kxan.com)
  • The Texas Senate gaveled in and out on Sunday afternoon without discussing pending legislation, dimming the possibility of additional border security bills passing before the third special session concludes in two days. (yahoo.com)
  • The security of the border and the safety of Texans is far too important to be caught up in the Senate's gears of political machinations," Phelan said. (yahoo.com)
  • The last time I was on campus we had just launched the Southwest Border Initiative - an unprecedented effort by the Obama administration to bring focus and intensity to Southwest border security, coupled with a reinvigorated, smart and effective approach to enforcing immigration laws in the interior of our country. (dhs.gov)
  • So I speak from personal experience when I say that the Southwest Border Initiative is the most comprehensive and dedicated effort to strengthen border security that we have ever deployed. (dhs.gov)
  • The Obama administration has engaged in an unprecedented effort to bring focus and intensity to Southwest border security, coupled with a reinvigorated, smart and effective approach to enforcing immigration laws in the interior of our country," said Secretary Napolitano. (dhs.gov)
  • But we'll move on to - I want to talk about border security. (wvia.org)
  • In a controversial program aimed at enhancing border security, Texas sheriffs have erected a series of surveillance cameras along the Rio Grande and connected them to the Internet. (wunc.org)
  • Eliminating the need to stop trains on the cross-border bridge would increase the fluidity of train movements, while improving security and reducing traffic congestion. (railwaygazette.com)
  • In a series of tweets Monday morning, the president blamed Democrats for being "weak and ineffective" when it came to border security and said "children are being used by some of the worst criminals on earth as a means to enter our country. (nbcdfw.com)
  • For 16 years, Border Security Expo has served as the preeminent event for border security and this year won't be any different. (bordersecurityexpo.com)
  • We are committed to bringing the best of border security together-subject matter experts, next-level solutions, and practical applications-to keep the community educated, informed, and in front of tomorrow's threats. (bordersecurityexpo.com)
  • Congratulations to Border Security Expo for winning three coveted Trade Show Executive awards! (bordersecurityexpo.com)
  • Rep. Chip Roy's (R-Texas) push to oppose any bill that funds the Department of Homeland Security unless it is accompanied by changes in border policy gained the support of 14 other House Republicans from Texas on Thursday, signaling further funding headaches for Republicans when they return to Washington next month. (ktla.com)
  • In an open letter to colleagues, the Texas Republicans pledge to vote against any continuing resolution (CR) or Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding bill without taking "necessary steps to secure the border. (ktla.com)
  • But it's not border security, and at what cost did we achieve that? (texastribune.org)
  • Authorities on both sides of the border could not prevent the entry of a steady stream of asylum-seeking migrants hoping to surrender to the Border Patrol. (breitbart.com)
  • Officials on both sides of the border continue searching for victims, the border agency said. (fox6now.com)
  • The main public health implication to emerge from this study is that the high past dengue seroprevalence we identified on both sides of the border places this population at greater risk for outbreaks of potentially fatal dengue hemorrhagic fever if a new dengue strain is introduced into this region. (cdc.gov)
  • Other Democratic lawmakers have raised concerns that the bill could lead to officers mistakenly arresting U.S. citizens who live in border towns if they don't immediately have proof of citizenship. (yahoo.com)
  • Since then, TBC has been an active participant in state and federal policy debates that affect border communities. (wikipedia.org)
  • One video revealed a Border Patrol agent physically cutting concertina wire installed by the state to accept the surrender of a group of migrants. (breitbart.com)
  • Despite the placement of Conex containers, concertina razor wire, and a more significant border wall constructed by the State of Texas, the migrants stubbornly moved around or crossed over the impediments. (breitbart.com)
  • House State Affairs committee going to be hearing HB 20 by Tyler GOP Rep. @RepMattSchaefer that establishes a "Border Protection Unit" allowing for U.S. Citizen to apply to help with border operations. (dallasnews.com)
  • The intent of the bill is to assert the authority of the state of Texas under the United States Constitution," Schaefer said. (dallasnews.com)
  • If that bill is approved, the state would have about 100 additional miles of border barrier by Sept. 2026. (yahoo.com)
  • Nonetheless, it is inaccurate to state, as too many have, that the border is overrun with violence and out of control. (dhs.gov)
  • Texas Is Now a Majority-Minority State. (texasmonthly.com)
  • TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - Texas State Senator Dawn Buckingham spoke again with East Texas Now's Devyn Shea about the state of the race to succeed George P. Bush as Texas' land commissioner. (kltv.com)
  • The head of the Texas Public Policy Foundation believes that it would be a good idea for the state government of Texas to declare an invasion at the southern border to protect its people and the sovereignty of the state "from cartel forces and their allies. (naturalnews.com)
  • Citing news reports, the groups said they had counted 30 deaths and 71 injuries in chases involving state troopers during the first 16 months of Abbott's border mission. (yahoo.com)
  • Simply put, no member of Congress should agree to fund a federal agency at war with his state and people," the Texas Republicans wrote. (ktla.com)
  • In the past decade, state lawmakers have given DPS $1.6 billion for a string of border operations. (texastribune.org)
  • we are confident that when state leaders and the Legislature directed us to implement the ongoing border operation, they did not intend for troopers to ignore other violations of law. (texastribune.org)
  • Lakey pointed out that Texas is second only to California with tuberculosis cases and that these cases are higher near the border than other parts of the state. (cdc.gov)
  • Do you live in a border state? (cdc.gov)
  • The authors express particular interest in the protection of the threatened Tamaulipan thornscrub ecosystem , which once covered much of South Texas. (inhabitat.com)
  • The authors reviewed all pesticide exposures among children younger than 6 years reported to the South Texas Poison Center during 1997 through 2000. (medscape.com)
  • Robert Fahrenkamp, a truck driver in South Texas, is one of them. (wunc.org)
  • Privately, an unnamed veteran agent in South Texas said he's dubious of the program. (wunc.org)
  • Inside an old warehouse in South Texas, hundreds of children wait in a series of cages created by metal fencing. (nbcdfw.com)
  • Eight people died in a South Texas car crash Wednesday while police chased a driver suspected of smuggling migrants, the Texas Department of Public Safety said. (yahoo.com)
  • We present our efforts in community engagement carried out in colonias of the Lower Rio Grande Valley in south Texas for mosquito surveillance, control, and ecological projects. (nih.gov)
  • Speaking on "Fox News Sunday," the Texas Democrat said, "We need to have repercussions at the border. (politico.com)
  • Get the latest breaking news from North Texas and beyond. (dallasnews.com)
  • Learn more about the invasion at the southern border at InvasionUSA.news . (naturalnews.com)
  • The latest news from around North Texas. (nbcdfw.com)
  • US authorities have moved 3,300 migrants since Friday from Del Rio, Texas after nearly 15,000 migrants camped near the border. (aljazeera.com)
  • US authorities have moved 3,300 migrants since Friday from Del Rio, Texas. (aljazeera.com)
  • Thousands of Haitian migrants have been arriving in Del Rio, Texas, as authorities attempt to close the border to stop the flow of migrants. (aljazeera.com)
  • TBC is non-partisan, and seeks to help Texas border communities speak with one voice on areas of agreement, focusing on immigration and ports of entry, transportation, health care and education and workforce development. (wikipedia.org)
  • Crossing the border in between official ports of entry, however, is a misdemeanor. (indyweek.com)
  • Owens will take over when the current Border Patrol chief, Raul Ortiz, steps down at the end of the month. (wshu.org)
  • Texas high school football scores for Friday, Sept. (kxan.com)
  • More than 36,000 migrants, the majority from Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras, requested asylum along the southwest border during the government's 2013 fiscal year, nearly triple the 2012 number. (ticotimes.net)
  • We have strengthened the Southwest border in a way that many would not have thought possible. (dhs.gov)
  • DHS has expanded Secure Communities from 14 jurisdictions in 2008 to more than 1,000 this week-including all jurisdictions along the Southwest border. (dhs.gov)
  • For more information about the Department's unprecedented efforts to secure the Southwest border, visit www.dhs.gov . (dhs.gov)
  • The nonprofit group Grannies Respond held a diaper drive for migrants who crossed the Southwest border. (centralillinoisproud.com)
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  • The email, which the trooper sent to a superior, suggests that Texas has set "traps" of razor wire-wrapped barrels in parts of the river with high water and low visibility. (ncja.org)
  • The trooper also claimed that Texas officials have received directions to withhold water from migrants and to push them back into the Rio Grande. (ktsa.com)
  • Razor wire placed by Texas officials, the trooper also reported, was forcing migrants to cross the Rio Grande in parts that are unsafe, especially for families traveling with children. (ktsa.com)
  • KXAN reviewed all trooper arrests along the border - the 31,786 violations from late June 2014 through September 2016. (texastribune.org)
  • Washington began sending back members of this group on Sunday, with three flights full of Haitian nationals landing in the capital Port-au-Prince after taking off from Texas hours earlier. (aljazeera.com)
  • The Trump administration has proposed adding 60 miles of wall along the southern border, with a price tag of $1.6 billion. (theblaze.com)
  • The authors suggested alternatives if the United States does ultimately go forward in its efforts to strengthen the border. (inhabitat.com)