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Texas' border wall: Remote areas, landowners obstacles to …
2 days ago · In December 2021, Gov. Greg Abbott traveled to South Texas to inaugurate the first 880-foot stretch of the state’s newly constructed wall on its border with Mexico. At the news conference, with ...
Southern border migrant surge: December encounters reach most …
Dec 30, 2023 · Border authorities encountered more than 225,000 migrants along the US-Mexico border this month, marking the highest monthly total recorded since 2000, according to preliminary Homeland Security...
Illegal crossings at U.S. southern border reach lowest point ... - CBS News
Oct 7, 2024 · The number of migrants crossing into the U.S. illegally at the southern border reached the lowest point of President Biden's administration in September, three months into his crackdown on asylum...
US-Mexico border: 5 big reasons to pay attention to what’s ... - CNN
Dec 20, 2023 · More than 1,000 migrants wait to be processed by Border Patrol agents after crossing the Rio Grande earlier this month in Eagle Pass, Texas. A surge of as many as 12,000 immigrants per day...
US-Mexico border: Court backs Texas over razor wire | AP News
Nov 28, 2024 · NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court Wednesday ruled that Border Patrol agents cannot cut razor wire that Texas installed on the U.S.-Mexico border in the town of Eagle Pass, which has become the center of the state’s aggressive measures to …
Biden administration doubles down on asylum restrictions - AP News
Sep 30, 2024 · WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration said Monday it is making asylum restrictions at the southern border even tougher, as it’s increasingly eager to show voters uneasy over immigration that it is taking a hard stance on border security.
Border arrests fall more than 40% after Biden's halt to asylum ...
Jun 26, 2024 · TUCSON, Arizona (AP) — Arrests for illegal border crossings have dropped more than 40% during the three weeks that asylum processing has been suspended, the Homeland Security Department said Wednesday.
US authorities say new cross-border strategy led to six arrests in ...
2 days ago · The incoming president’s immigration plans seem more focused on beefing up security at the border and increasing arrests and deportations. In 2019, ProPublica reported that during the first fiscal year of the Trump administration, the number of new human smuggling investigations launched by HSI dropped 60% as efforts shifted from complex ...
Texas Holds The Line Against Border Crisis Throughout 2024
3 days ago · December 23, 2024 | Austin, Texas | Press Release Governor Greg Abbott, the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS), and the Texas National Guard continued to take historic action throughout 2024 under Operation Lone Star to secure the border and stop cartels and criminals from smuggling deadly drugs, weapons, and people into Texas.