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The court case, filed in the Southern District of Texas, claimed that the Biden administration failed to use previously allocated funds to build new border walls and instead used them for repair ...

in tracking down criminals in the country illegally. For border sheriffs in Texas, this is a particularly daunting task. Maverick County Sheriff Tom Schmerber said he supports deporting ...

Trump's executive order to declare a national emergency at the southern border shows he is still determined to finish his ...

“Just a simple change of who’s ordering them down there.” State Sen. Huffman also noted Texas pays $200 million per month for Texas National Guard Troops at the border. Huffman did show some ...

Meanwhile, a new bill recently filed in the Texas Senate would make it easier for new border wall segments to be built ... become the first bill to crack down illegal immigration during incoming ...

Immigration has been a fixture of President Trump's agenda since he got into politics and Latin Americans in one Texas ... of border protection and cleaning up the economy, bringing back down ...

JUAREZ, Mexico—Margelis Tinoco broke down ... border wall and deploy personnel to control the border, the reporter said, citing details from three of the orders that Fox obtained. McALLEN, Texas ...

Greg Abbott’s border ... “Texas would like some reimbursement, especially for our efforts building the wall. Of course, a lot of our expenditures were based on increased law enforcement ...

Here’s what’s happening now: • Historic storm underway: Snow is falling ... and far eastern Texas. • Deadly cold: Low temperatures and wind chills from the Canadian border to the Mexican ...

Greg Abbott’s border ... border wall construction that Biden had significantly slowed. In many ways, the new president appeared to be picking up where Abbott left off. The Texas governor ...

End of carousel Trump and his top aides say they plan to bring back the enforcement tools and tactics of his first term by resuming border wall construction ... crossings are down more than ...