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• Senators clash over Trump's National Guard deployments as military leaders face questioning

  December 11, 2025 1:44 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) — Members of Congress clashed Thursday over President Donald Trump's use of the National Guard in American cities, with Republicans saying the deployments were needed to fight lawlessness while Democrats called them an extraordinary abuse of military power that violated states' rights. Top military officials faced questioning... more »

• Brownsville daycare employees indicted in hot car death of 4-year-old boy

  October 21, 2025 5:47 PM

  Two women accused of causing the death of a 4-year-old boy in Brownsville were indicted, Cameron County court records show. Karen Silva and Sendy Ruiz were each formally charged on Oct. 1 with injury to a child, elderly, or disabled individual with reckless serious bodily injury and mental impairment.... more »

• Chicago and Illinois sue to stop Trump's Guard deployment plan after Portland ruling

  October 6, 2025 12:53 PM

  CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois leaders went to court Monday to stop President Donald Trump from sending National Guard troops to Chicago, escalating a clash between Democratic-led states and the Republican administration during an aggressive immigration enforcement operation in the nation's third-largest city. The legal challenge came hours after a... more »

• Trump asks Supreme Court to uphold restrictions he wants to impose on birthright citizenship

  September 27, 2025 11:57 AM

  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump 's administration is asking the Supreme Court to uphold his birthright citizenship order declaring that children born to parents who are in the United States illegally or temporarily are not American citizens. The appeal, shared with The Associated Press on Saturday, sets in... more »

• What Americans think about legal immigration, according to a new poll

  September 23, 2025 2:32 PM

  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — As President Donald Trump's administration imposes new restrictions on the legal immigration system, U.S. adults are more likely than they were a year ago to think these immigrants benefit the country, according to a new poll. The survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for... more »

• 2 men arrested for allegedly smuggling more than 50 undocumented migrants from Mission stash house

  September 23, 2025 12:21 PM

  A Houston man and a Honduras national were arrested for allegedly transporting 55 undocumented migrants from Mission to Zapata, according to a news release from the office of U.S. Attorney Nicholas Ganjei. The news release said 43-year-old Brandon Lajohn Hargrove and 21-year-old Jose Luis Castellanos-Hercules attempted to smuggle the... more »

• After rescinding protections, ICE is moving to deport more immigrants who were victims of crime

  September 16, 2025 9:52 AM

  MUSCATINE, Iowa (AP) — Days after he nearly died when an assailant shot him during a robbery attempt, Felipe de Jesus Hernandez Marcelo went to an Iowa police station hoping to get his belongings back. The police in Muscatine, Iowa had his car and the cash he was carrying... more »

• Pentagon authorizes up to 600 military lawyers to serve as temporary immigration judges

  September 2, 2025 4:07 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has approved sending up to 600 military lawyers to the Justice Department to serve as temporary immigration judges, according to a memo reviewed by The Associated Press. The military will begin sending groups of 150 attorneys — both military and civilians —... more »

• ICE arrests 9 Mexican nationals at construction sites in Harlingen Play Video

  September 1, 2025 6:21 PM

  U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Rio Grande Valley conducted a "worksite op" at two construction sites in Harlingen. ICE arrested nine Mexican nationals that were in the United States illegally. The arrests were made on Wednesday. more »

• Employers have used E-Verify for years. ICE's arrest of a Maine police officer raises new questions

  August 29, 2025 3:39 PM

  OLD ORCHARD BEACH, Maine (AP) — The case of a Maine police officer arrested by immigration authorities even though he was vetted by a government system called "E-Verify" has raised questions about what employers can do to make sure they're employing people who can legally work. E-Verify is an... more »

• DHS Secretary says entire southern border wall to be painted black to stop people from climbing it

  August 19, 2025 7:27 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) — Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Tuesday that the entire border wall along the southern border with Mexico is going to be painted black to make it hotter and deter illegal immigration — and she credited President Trump with the idea. Noem spoke during a visit... more »

• New Trump rule barring undocumented students from Head Start may not affect Valley programs, director says Play Video

  August 7, 2025 2:50 PM

  While some Head Start programs are worried over a potential drop in enrollment due to a new rule from the Trump administration, a program director in the Rio Grande Valley said his students will be largely unaffected. In July, the Trump administration made a rule saying children without legal... more »

• Deportation flights from Florida's 'Alligator Alcatraz' detention center have begun, DeSantis says

  July 25, 2025 11:41 AM

  Deportation flights from the remote Everglades immigration lockup known as " Alligator Alcatraz " have begun and are expected to increase soon, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Friday. The first flights operated by the Department of Homeland Security have transferred about 100 detainees from the immigration detention center to... more »

• New Hampshire judge decides to pause Trump's birthright citizenship order

  July 10, 2025 12:02 PM

  CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A federal judge in New Hampshire issued a ruling Thursday prohibiting President Donald Trump's executive order ending birthright citizenship from taking effect anywhere in the U.S. Judge Joseph LaPlante issued a preliminary injunction blocking Trump's order and certified a class action lawsuit including all children... more »

• A US judge halts the deportation of the Egyptian family of the Boulder firebombing suspect

  June 4, 2025 5:29 PM

  BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday ordered the government to immediately halt deportation proceedings against the family of a man charged in the firebombing attack in Boulder, Colorado, to ensure the protection of the family's constitutional rights. U.S. District Judge Gordon P. Gallagher granted a request... more »

• Suspect posed as a gardener in Boulder attack and planned to kill all in group he called 'Zionist'

  June 2, 2025 4:14 PM

  BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — A man posing as a gardener to get close to a group in Boulder holding their weekly demonstration for the release of Israeli hostages in Gaza planned to kill them all with Molotov cocktails, authorities said Monday. But he had second thoughts and only threw... more »

• 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 »