Border Report

Covering untold, local stories about those living, working and migrating along the U.S.-Mexico border. #BorderReport #NexstarNation

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UPDATE: DHS says a woman whose arrest raised concerns about ICE activity is a convicted meth dealer and was targeted for removal.

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A group of Democratic members of Congress fears that the federal government is planning to relocate unaccompanied migrant children to Texas to potentially speed up their removals.
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The Alabama National Guard sent Spc. Derrick Sankey to South Texas with a simple mission: Secure the border. ... When he arrived in McAllen, however, Sankey decided to work for smugglers instead.
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The number of migrants encountered by Border Patrol agents on the Southwest border dropped slightly in June from May, and the Rio Grande Valley Sector continued to report the most encounters.
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Milwaukee’s clash with the Justice Department over masks is the latest battle in a growing effort by states and cities to require ICE agents to identify themselves during enforcement operations.
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The Trump administration is reviving a rule that could deny green cards to immigrants who use public benefits that could include food stamps, Medicaid, housing vouchers and others.
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Live updates: One death confirmed as Flash Flood Emergency continues in Central Texas
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Gov. Greg Abbott, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and House Speaker Dustin Burrows are directing most Texas state agencies to reduce their baseline funding requests by 3% as the state planning its 2028-29 budget.https://t.co/qTuyT9s1Dx

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The Trump administration has added La Linea — remnants of the old Juarez cartel — to its list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations, allowing the U.S to go after its assets and those who help them.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has now confirmed the presence of a multistate outbreak of the parasite-based sickness cyclosporiasis impacting “at least four midwestern states.”
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The Trump administration has added La Linea — remnants of the old Juarez cartel — to its list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations, allowing the U.S to go after its assets and those who help them. https://t.co/oz3LZA3zEr

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WATCH: Dozens of giant orange border buoys have been put near the Roma International Bridge, ready to be placed in the Rio Grande.
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A Mexican woman has been sentenced to prison for smuggling over 500 kilos of meth in the auxiliary gas tank of a pickup.
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Senate Democrats defeated a motion to proceed to the $1.15 trillion annual defense authorization bill, legislation that usually enjoys strong bipartisan support.
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A case of the “diarrhea-causing” parasite, cyclospora, has been confirmed in in the border town of El Paso.https://t.co/Ed1eG5Sbuc

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A woman who claims to be the daughter of a woman stopped by ICE at an Allsup’s Convenience Store in Chaparral, New Mexico, says she is here legally and was on her way to chemotherapy. .
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Former President Joe Biden will publish a memoir, “Promise Me, America,” which he says will touch upon everything from the economy to his decision to drop his bid for reelection. https://t.co/8vNh4xZuU0

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A man who was extradited from Mexico to San Diego was arraigned in federal court Monday for allegedly using a sophisticated underground tunnel to move drugs into the U.S. in 2022.
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John Gihon, an immigration lawyer who was an attorney at ICE from 2008 to 2014 said that during his tenure at ICE he regularly trained deportation officers about vehicle stop policies.
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The outgoing senator from Texas said he remains uncommitted on acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s nomination to lead the Justice Department. https://t.co/dBVpcdNg6t