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Immigration agency deports highest numbers since 2014, aided by more flights

Posted 1:56 PM 12/20/2024 by VALERIE GONZALEZ AND ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press

McALLEN, Texas (AP) — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement deported more than 270,000 people to 192 countries over a recent 12-month period, the highest annual tally in a decade, according to a report released Thursday that illustrates some of the financial and operational challenges (More)

Cartels turn to social media to lure Americans into human smuggling as Texas enforces stricter laws

Why were border wall materials put up for auction? Here's what you should know.

As landowners resist, Texas’ border wall is fragmented and built in remote areas

12/18/2024

Trump’s promise of mass deportation throws undocumented Texans into fear, uncertainty

Posted 4:25 PM 12/19/2024 by Alejandra Martinez, Berenice Garcia and Alejandro Serrano, The Texas Tribune

"Trump’s promise of mass deportation throws undocumented Texans into fear, uncertainty" was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that (More)

Texas Republicans want voters to provide proof of citizenship. Arizona’s law holds lessons.

Texas’ latest effort to deter migrants is a billboard campaign in Mexico, Central America

12/16/2024

US border facilities for migrant children are improving but still need work, court monitor says

Posted 2:04 PM 12/17/2024 by VALERIE GONZALEZ Associated Press

McALLEN, Texas (AP) — The U.S. still separates some migrant children from parents while holding them after they cross the border despite broad improvements at detention centers in Texas, according to a court-ordered monitor's final report.

The heightened scrutiny of the Border (More)