The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) has confirmed that border agents were fired upon from the Mexican side of the border.On Monday, Te
Mexican authorities found a camp site Tuesday on a border island where suspected cartel members shot at U.S. border patrol agents in Texas.
According to reports, there were no injuries in the incident near Fronton Island, an uninhabited island in Starr County, Texas.
The state has vowed to assist the president in his efforts to revamp immigration. But Texas' biggest cities and school districts are more reluctant to help.
The warning was issued because of "increasingly frequent gun battles" and the discovery of "improvised explosive devices (IEDs)."
U.S. officials have put several Mexican border towns near Texas under the highest-level travel advisory amid gun battles, kidnappings and IEDs in the area.
Gov. Greg Abbott on Tuesday directed the Texas Department of Public Safety to deploy tactical strike teams to support the Trump administration’s border security and homeland
Officials conducted exercises with Black Hawk and Chinook helicopters, and military trucks, highlighting tactical strength.
Nicholas J. Ganjei has been appointed as the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas, announced Acting Attorney General James McHenry. Ganjei expressed his excitement and
The immigration crackdown has spurred anxiety for some in North Texas, who police officials worry could shy away from reporting crime.
Advocates worry that rapidly shifting federal and state immigration initiatives will prompt more city police to funnel migrants without criminal records to federal agents.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott deployed the troops to the Rio Grande Valley, where he said they'll work side-by-side with U.S. Border Patrol agents to keep migrants from illegally entering the country. Some of those troops left from the U.S. Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base in Fort Worth Monday morning. The others left from a base in Houston.