Border Report

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

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Nearly 500 homes damaged in Kerr County as community unites to rebuild once again
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Police say a man who works for the GEO Group allegedly shot a woman protesting near the ICE Processing Center in Aurora, Colorado.https://t.co/PA4ijWSuZu

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Ava DuVernay announced Thursday that she has made a documentary for Netflix on the 14th Amendment, which gave liberty and rights to formerly enslaved people following the Civil War.
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The congresswoman from El Paso has introduced legislation aimed at preventing the federal government from using eminent domain to acquire land at Mount Cristo Rey.
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A U.S. citizen allegedly had 20 kilos of fentanyl hidden in spare tire when he tried to cross into the U.S. via the Presidio Port of Entry.
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized more than 40 pounds of cocaine hidden inside a vehicle at the San Ysidro Port of Entry earlier this month, authorities announced.
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Social media influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate will fight extradition to the United Kingdom, their lawyer told a U.S. magistrate in Miami on Monday after the brothers were were arrested to face rape and sex trafficking charges.
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The Trump administration is considering adding a $100,000 bond to green card applications for those seeking lawful permanent residence in the U.S.https://t.co/3GGqF8dTHV

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UPDATE: Three people were injured in New York City after a suspect allegedly started a blaze near a federal immigration building in Lower Manhattan this morning, authorities said.
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UPDATE: The father of an El Paso man whose dog was allegedly shot and killed by a U.S. Border Patrol agent during a home search last year described his family’s “traumatic” experience.
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The giant cylindrical buoys that were pushed into the Rio Grande by flooding made it all they way to the World Trade Bridge in Laredo, Texas, prompting officials to shut down during the weekend.
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Former Mexican drug kingpin Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada was sentenced to life in prison and called for an end to the brand of brutal violence he used to grow the Sinaloa cartel.
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The State Department has issued a warning to Americans living and traveling abroad, urging them to remain cautious in the face of increased threats on U.S. diplomatic facilities.
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Officials have confirmed the first New World screwworm case in the Texas border county of Starr.
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Two undocumented immigrants face human smuggling charges after border agents dismantled a stash house in El Paso.
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UPDATE: The daughter of a woman taken into custody by ICE says her mother is not the person many have portrayed her to be and believes she was unknowingly caught up in a drug-smuggling case.
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Flooding in Eagle Pass sent over 120 buoys from their staging area on banks of the Rio Grande into the river, and many are still making their way downstream.
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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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