Border patrol agents apprehend an immigrant who illegally crossed the border from Mexico into the U.S. in the Rio Grande Valley sector, near McAllen, Texas, April 2, 2018. Loren Elliott | Reuters Attorney GeneralJeff Sessionsescalated criminal prosecutions for people crossing the border illegally,...
Although increasing numbers of people have been crossing at multiple locations along the US border with Mexico, the Rio Grande Valley in south Texas sees some of the highest crossing rates in the country. Once in the US, migrants pass through urban areas such as McAllen, Harlingen, and Browns...
“It’s all preparation in anticipation of the caravan,” said Manuel Padilla Jr., the Border Patrol’s Rio Grande Valley sector chief. “We’re hoping that these people do not show up at the border. They’re not going to be allowed in.” Conchita Padilla, a volunteer at the Brownsvill...
McALLEN, Texas (AP) — The U.S. government has started requiring migrants without passports to submit to facial recognition technology to take domestic flights under a change that prompted confusion this week among immigrants and advocacy groups in Texas. It is not clear exactly...
McALLEN, Texas (Border Report) — Border officials in South Texas have been warned that a tiger got loose from a zoo in Reynosa, Mexico, and could potentially cross to the United States. How the tiger escaped from Quinta La Fauna zoo is uncertain. Butaccording to the zoo’s Fac...
Border patrol agents apprehend an immigrant who illegally crossed the border from Mexico into the U.S. in the Rio Grande Valley sector, near McAllen, Texas, April 2, 2018. Loren Elliott | Reuters Attorney GeneralJeff Sessionsescalated criminal prosecutions for people crossing the border illegally...