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• Supreme Court considers letting Trump administration revive restrictive immigration asylum policy

  March 24, 2026 2:48 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court grappled Tuesday with whether the Trump administration should be able to revive an immigration policy that has been used to turn back migrants seeking asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border. Some conservative justices seemed receptive to the Justice Department's push to overturn a lower-court... more »

• Trump faces new pressure on mass deportations as Republicans weigh Homeland Security nominee

  March 16, 2026 3:29 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Homeland Security will soon be under new management, an opportunity to reset President Donald Trump's immigration agenda or to double down on his signature campaign promise to conduct the largest deportation operation in American history. The White House's political director recently encouraged party... more »

• More than $10 million worth of meth found inside bags of oats at Pharr International Bridge Play Video

  December 19, 2025 10:41 AM

  More than $10 million worth of meth was found inside a shipment of oat flakes attempting to enter the United States from Mexico through the Pharr International Bridge. U.S. Customs and Border Protection selected the trailer hauling the shipment for a secondary inspection, according to a news release. ... more »

• DPS: Border Patrol agent injured during Starr County shooting that killed one man Play Video

  December 12, 2025 6:08 PM

  A U.S. Border Patrol agent was injured in a shooting that killed one man on Thursday, the Texas Department of Public Safety confirmed to Channel 5 News. DPS did not say how the agent was injured, but said in a Friday email that the injuries were “nothing life-threatening.” ... more »

• Border Patrol agents find body near Boca Chica Beach

  October 12, 2025 3:44 PM

  U.S. Border Patrol agents found a body Sunday morning near Boca Chica Beach, officials confirmed to Channel 5 News. The man’s body was found at around 9 a.m., shortly after authorities from Mexico alerted Border Patrol of a possible drowning that occurred on a beach near Matamoros, according to... more »

• Progreso police ramping up patrols thanks to Operation Lone Star grant Play Video

  October 10, 2025 5:12 PM

  More police officers in the city of Progreso are on patrol thanks to a new state grant. The Progreso Police Department recently received $75,000 in funding through Operation Lone Star, Gov. Greg Abbott’s border security initiative. Progreso applied for the grant to help them cover more ground. ... more »

• El Paso bishop brings Pope Leo XIV desperate letters from migrants in crosshairs of US crackdown

  October 8, 2025 11:23 AM

  VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Texas bishop on the front lines of the U.S. immigration crackdown met Wednesday with Pope Leo XIV, bringing him a packet of letters from immigrant families "terrorized" by fear that they and their loved ones will be rounded up and deported as the Trump administration's... more »

• Reactions in Starr County after new screwworm case found near US border in Nuevo Leon Play Video

  September 25, 2025 7:16 PM

  Starr County cattle ranchers said they’re worried after Mexico reported a new case of the parasitic New World screwworm. The latest case was detected in the town of Sabinas Hidalgo in the Mexican state of Nuevo Leon. It’s about 70 miles from the Starr County border city of... more »

• A man is halted climbing the US-Mexico border wall. Under new Trump rules, US troops sound the alarm

  July 25, 2025 11:32 AM

  NOGALES, Ariz. (AP) — Inside an armored vehicle, an Army scout uses a joystick to direct a long-range optical scope toward a man perched atop the U.S.-Mexico border wall cutting across the hills of this Arizona frontier community. The man lowers himself toward U.S. soil between coils of concertina... more »

• Texas judge dismisses case against migrant deported to El Salvador for being an alleged gang member

  July 19, 2025 10:58 AM

  " Texas judge dismisses case against migrant deported to El Salvador for being an alleged gang member " was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. Sign up... more »

• Undocumented immigrants from Iraq, China apprehended in Starr County Play Video

  June 28, 2025 5:33 PM

  U.S. Border Patrol, the Texas Department of Public Safety and the Texas Military Department apprehended four undocumented migrants in Starr County, including two 'Special Interest Aliens' from China and Iraq, according to DPS spokesperson Lt. Chris Olivarez. The arrests and seizure occurred on June 23. A Special Interest Alien... more »

• Smugglers to spend life in prison for 53 migrant deaths in 2022 human smuggling tragedy in Texas

  June 28, 2025 1:52 PM

  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Two smugglers convicted of federal charges in connection with the deaths of 53 migrants found in the back of a sweltering tractor-trailer in Texas in 2022 will spend the rest of their lives in prison after being sentenced Friday on the third anniversary of the tragedy.... more »

• After El Paso joined Abbott’s border crackdown, the number of dead migrants in the New Mexico desert surged

  June 16, 2025 12:42 PM

  " After El Paso joined Abbott’s border crackdown, the number of dead migrants in the New Mexico desert surged " was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. ... more »