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• Valley Police Dept. Assisting Federal Agents with Border Security Efforts Play Video

  May 3, 2019 5:44 PM

  LAGUNA VISTA – Humanitarian efforts along the border, as well as a border wall, have been a big focus. Laguna Vista is one of the small towns in the Rio Grande Valley working hard on border security in order to keep communities safe. The police chief of the... more »

• Local Police Dept. Encountering Illegal Immigration Reports Play Video

  March 18, 2019 4:31 PM

  PENITAS – Penitas police say there is an increase of people crossing the border illegally, resulting in an increase police activity in the area. Police Investigator Sergeant Oscar Barron says officers are seeing more surrenders. He explains their numbers tripled what they were experiencing a few months ago.... more »

• Local Media Allowed to Tour Border Patrol Facility Play Video

  June 18, 2018 6:09 PM

  WESLACO – The federal government is offering a window into the facilities where people who recently crossed the border illegally are processed. The Central Processing Center, also known as Ursula, can hold up to 1,500 people. Inside, roughly 22 cells made out of chain link fence line the walls of... more »

• Additional Judges Assigned to Assist in Immigration Cases Play Video

  May 2, 2018 5:06 PM

  WESLACO – The Justice Department announced additional prosecutors and immigration judges for the U.S.- Mexico border; some of those heading to the Rio Grande Valley. South Texas will now have eight more assistant U.S. attorneys. Attorney General Jeff Sessions says this is due to a recent increase in the number... more »

• DHS: Court Backlogs Delaying Deportations Play Video

  December 14, 2017 12:44 PM

  SAN JUAN – The chief of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said backlogs in immigration courts and with asylum claims are setting back deportations by years. DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen toured the border in the Rio Grande Valley on Wednesday. She said immigration court cases are taking an average... more »

• Judge Orders Government to Allow Abortion for Immigrant

  October 18, 2017 4:42 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - A judge has ordered the federal government to allow a pregnant 17-year old immigrant who entered the country illegally to undergo an abortion. U.S. District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan ordered Wednesday that authorities either transport the woman or allow her to be transported by others to the... more »

• Border Patrol's Search for Missing Teen in Southern Texas Continues Play Video

  October 4, 2017 7:44 PM

  WESLACO – The U.S. Border Patrol has been actively involved in the search for a teen that went missing after allegedly being abandoned by a human smuggler. CHANNEL 5 NEWS reported Tuesday that Mary Gomez contacted us after her son, Waldo Plaza Gomez, became ill while being smuggled into the... more »

• Mother Pleas for Help to Find Missing Son in South Texas Brush Play Video

  October 3, 2017 6:23 PM

  WESLACO – A mother from Louisiana is desperate in her search for her missing son. He disappeared after crossing the border illegally with a human smuggler. Mary Gomez said waiting to know what happened to her child is agonizing. For the past 10 days, she’s been waiting to have her... more »