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Officials: All migrants are gone from Texas border camp

By MARÍA VERZA and JUAN LOZANO Associated Press DEL RIO, Texas (AP) — No migrants remained Friday at the Texas border encampment where almost 15,000...

Officials: Many migrants from border camp staying in US, some brought to the Valley

By ELLIOT SPAGAT, MARIA VERZA and JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press DEL RIO, Texas (AP) — Many Haitian migrants camped in a small Texas border...

Abbott backpedals on pledge to shut down border crossings

By Uriel J. García and Jolie McCullough, The Texas Tribune Gov. Greg Abbott said on Thursday that he directed state troopers and the Texas National...

Edinburg prison now second in Texas to house arrested immigrants

A state prison in Hidalgo County is now the second unit the state of Texas is using to house immigrants charged with trespassing as...

Immigrants dropped off at bus station after trespassing charges dismissed

By Jolie McCullough, The Texas Tribune After nearly two months in a Texas prison, Ignacio watched through a computer screen last week as a border...

US steps up effort to unite families separated under Trump

By BEN FOX Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is expanding its effort to find and reunite migrant families who were separated at...

Salvadoran boy found alone at Brownsville Walmart

Brownsville Police notified the U.S. Border Patrol of a six-year-old boy found alone at an area Walmart Thursday night. Agents determined the child was a...

State agency recommends firms oversee construction of Abbott’s border wall

By Uriel J. García, The Texas Tribune State officials have recommended that a joint venture between a design firm and an engineering firm be awarded...

Migrants? Unvaccinated people? Who’s fueling a COVID-19 surge on the border?

By Molly Hennessy-Fiske | Los Angeles Times MCALLEN – Hundreds of Central American asylum seekers awaited coronavirus test results under tents in a park on...

Noem says National Guard troops to return from border

By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem announced Friday that National Guard troops that she deployed to...