Border patrol

  • Texas to station soldiers at new base near Mexico border

    Texas will open a military base capable of housing up to 2,300 soldiers, in a bid to slow illegal migrants streaming across the Mexican border. To be located in the city of Eagle Pass near the U.S.-Mexico border, the facility will spread over 80 acres along the Rio Grande River, according to Texas Governor Greg…

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  • White House calls Texas out for blocking US Border Agents’ Patrols

    The Justice Department on Friday asked the Supreme Court to order Texas to stop blocking Border Patrol agents from a portion of the U.S.-Mexico border where large numbers of migrants have crossed in recent months, setting up another showdown between Republican Gov. Greg Abbott and the Biden administration over immigration enforcement. The request comes after…

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  • Texas border counties are facing a migrant “invasion” and Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, must expel people suspected of entering the U.S. illegally, local officials said. Several local leaders and activists said Abbott would be justified to expel migrants because the Biden administration has failed to do so, the San Antonio Express-News reported. Kinney, Goliad, Terrell, and Uvalde…

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