Jan 27, 2025 · Agents from multiple federal agencies carried out immigration enforcement operations in various Texas cities including Austin, Dallas-Fort Worth and San Antonio on Sunday, federal officials said.

2 days ago · Tags: Politics, criminal justice, politics, immigration, Texas Legislature A migrant from El Salvador and her son take part in a caravan heading to the U.S. border, near Huixtla, Mexico November ...

Jan 27, 2025 · About 1.6 million unauthorized immigrants reside in Texas, according to July 2024 data in a Pew Research Center report. — This story has been updated to change a photo. Featured Weekly Ad

Nov 8, 2024 · Texas has decreased illegal crossings into the state by over 86% due to our historic border security mission. Fewer illegal crossings into Texas means fewer migrants to transport to sanctuary cities. Operation Lone Star continues to fill the dangerous gaps created by the federal government’s refusal to secure the border.

Nov 15, 2024 · Since the launch of Operation Lone Star, the multi-agency effort has led to over 526,600 illegal immigrant apprehensions and more than 48,700 criminal arrests, with more than 41,900 felony charges.

The Texas Tribune and The Associated Press spent 24 hours in five cities on Texas’ border with Mexico to measure the impact of a dramatic drop in migrant crossings.

Mar 15, 2024 · Governor Greg Abbott, the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS), and the Texas National Guard continue to work together to secure the border; stop the smuggling of drugs, weapons, and people into Texas; and prevent, detect, and interdict transnational criminal activity between ports of entry.

Jan 18, 2024 · Texas authorities arrested migrants at Shelby Park in Eagle Pass, Texas, late Wednesday evening and charged them with criminal trespassing, marking the first arrests of migrants since...

Apr 29, 2023 · Shelters in a Texas city are struggling to find space for migrants who authorities say have abruptly begun crossing by the thousands from Mexico. The uptick in the border city of Brownsville is testing a stretch of the U.S. border that is typically equipped to handle the influx of people fleeing poverty and violence.

Jan 17, 2025 · A Texas truck driver charged in the deaths of 53 migrants who rode in a sweltering tractor-trailer with no air conditioning pleaded guilty Thursday over the 2022 tragedy that became the nation’s deadliest smuggling attempt across the U.S.-Mexico border.