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Members of the U.S. Army were seen installing concertina wire on the border fence separating the Mexican state of Chihuahua ...

Immigrants in Texas’s Rio Grande Valley are avoiding medical care due to intensified deportation efforts under the Trump ...

Texas Senator John Cornyn faces a strong primary challenge from Attorney General Ken Paxton, who leads in polls despite ...

The U.S. government is building an immense 5,000-person detention camp in west Texas, government contract announcements said, sharply increasing the Trump administration’s ability to hold detained ...

U.S. troops from all branches of the military are sharing command stations and vehicles with civilian immigration authorities ...

Border Report meandered through unmarked dirt trails and roads to locate construction crews completing a section of new ...

A Texas farm owner should receive only the value of land the government took from her to build a US-Mexico border wall ...

Text from the APNews story, As Trump’s raids ramp up, a Texas region’s residents stay inside — even when they need medical ...

As Texas embraces federal immigration database to verify voter citizenship, some experts are worried By Natalia Contreras, Votebeat and The Texas Tribune July 22, 2025 ...