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Feds intend to seize Valley landowner’s property

BROWNSVILLE — Although President Joe Biden earlier this year suspended the construction of the border wall so his administration could review the project, this...

U.S. immigration attorneys provided legal counsel to Reynosa migrants   

American immigration attorneys crossed into Reynosa Monday to help offer legal guidance to hundreds of migrants who have been waiting on the border for...

MPP courtroom tents under construction in Brownsville

Tent courtrooms in Brownsville are under construction ahead of the administration’s expected rollout of a federal program that sends asylum seekers to wait their...

Internal Border Patrol emails offer glimpse into record-setting week

Amidst the largest migrant shelter reaching capacity, a record number of migrant apprehensions, transportation shortages and a disastrous state order threatening to endanger lives...

CBP: Non-essential trips to resume with restriction

During a Friday press conference hosted by U.S. Customs and Border Protection at Veterans International Bridge in Brownsville, Port Director Tater Ortiz announced that...

Hidalgo County to get $6 million to continue border operations

Hidalgo County law enforcement agencies received an increase in federal funding this year to continue an operation that allows officers to work overtime and...

Charges dropped against migrants arrested in Abbott’s border crackdown

By Jolie McCullough, The Texas Tribune Trespassing charges filed against dozens of migrants arrested under Gov. Greg Abbott’s “catch and jail” border security initiative were...

How Biden’s border plans went from hopeful to chaotic

By ELLIOT SPAGAT and VALERIE GONZALEZ Associated Press and AIM Media Texas McALLEN — For about four months before President Joe Biden took office, advisers engaged...

White House renews bid to end ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy

By ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press (AP) — The Biden administration on Friday launched a second bid to end a Trump-era policy to make asylum-seekers wait...

1.73 million apprehended: Record set for immigrant apprehensions as Valley sees bulk

Immigrant apprehensions nationwide in fiscal year 2021 broke a historic record, reflective of a change in policies, administration and tensions during a global health...