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At The Border
'I don't think it's going to stop' | Human smuggling cases spike along border
At The Border
Human smuggling cases spike along border
Brewster County Sheriff Ronny Dodson spoke with NewsWest 9 about the reasoning behind the spike in human smuggling cases in counties along the border.
Texas News
Abbott says Texas will still arrest people at the border despite SB 4 being blocked
Just hours after the U.S. Supreme Court allowed SB 4 to go into effect, a lower court blocked it. But Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says he’s not done fighting.
At The Border
How Texas' plan to arrest and deport migrants for illegal entry would work
The Justice Department is challenging the law, saying Texas is overstepping the federal government’s immigration authority.
At The Border
What's next after Texas immigration law SB4 blocked again
In a late-night ruling, a federal court stopped the state from enforcing the immigration law, hours after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Texas could.
At The Border
Supreme Court extends block on Texas law that would allow police to arrest migrants
A one-page order signed by Justice Samuel Alito indefinitely prevents Texas from enforcing a state immigration enforcement law that had been set to take effect.
Texas News
Gov. Greg Abbott praises state accomplishments in ‘Report to the People of Texas’ | Read the full report
The report is released every other year when the legislature is not scheduled to meet and there’s no formal State of the State delivered.
Texas News
Helicopter carrying National Guardsmen and Border Patrol agent crashes in Texas, killing 3
A similar incident happened in January, when a Texas DPS helicopter patrolling the border lost power and crashed.
At The Border
Supreme Court allows federal agents to cut razor wire installed by Texas on US-Mexico border
A lower court ruling forced federal agents to stop cutting the concertina wire that the state has installed along roughly 30 miles of the Rio Grande.
At The Border
Homeland security secretary visits Eagle Pass as border crossings reach all-time high and another caravan makes its way to Texas
Nearly 13,000 migrants were apprehended in the Del Rio sector in the last week of December, according to the federal government.
At The Border
US Department of Justice says it’ll sue if Texas enforces new law punishing illegal border crossing
The state has until Jan. 3 to say it won’t arrest people accused of unauthorized entry from Mexico. If not, the Biden administration will sue.
At The Border
Texas governor signs bill that lets police arrest anyone suspected of entering the US illegally
Immigration enforcement is a federal responsibility. But Texas Republicans have increasingly blurred those boundaries under President Joe Biden.
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