As the Trump administration prepares to deploy National Guard units to the border, a look at the federal government’s own statistics show that, despite a recent spike, overall border crossings are at historic lows.
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Immigration
Trump to sign proclamation sending National Guard units to U.S.-Mexico border
The Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday announced the National Guard will once again be deployed to the country’s southern border in an effort to stop illegal immigration into the country.
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Immigration
Trump says he’ll send military to guard U.S.-Mexico border, threatens foreign aid to Honduras
President Donald Trump said Tuesday he would soon meet with Defense Secretary Jim Mattis to discuss having the U.S. military deployed to the border with Mexico. “I think it is something we have to do,” he said.
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Immigration
After testy call with Trump over border wall, Mexico’s president shelves plan to visit White House
Tentative plans for Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto to make his first visit to the White House to meet with President Trump were scuttled this week after a testy call between the two leaders.
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Texas Elections 2018
Vice President Mike Pence to visit Texas for border tour, fundraising
Vice President Mike Pence is coming to Texas this weekend to tour the state’s border with Mexico and raise money for fellow Republicans.
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Immigration
After FBI report on agent’s death, Cornyn warns against jumping to conclusions
U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, on Thursday said that the results of an FBI investigation into the death of a Border Patrol agent should serve as a reminder that people should not draw conclusions before having all the information.
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FBI: No evidence of homicide in border agent’s death cited by Trump
A Border Patrol agent whose death last November fueled President Trump’s calls for a border wall appears to have died in an accident, according to FBI findings released Wednesday.
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Immigration
To curb border crossings, Trump administration weighs measures targeting families
The Trump administration is considering measures to halt a surge of Central American families and unaccompanied minors coming across the Mexican border, including a proposal to separate parents from their children.
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The Taking
How the border fence cut through one Brownsville neighborhood (video)
An investigation by The Texas Tribune and ProPublica revealed that landowners were paid unevenly for similar plots of land when the federal government began taking property to build a border fence in the Rio Grande Valley. Hear the stories of a few of those landowners.
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Politics
After years of seeking asylum in U.S., a Mexican reporter and his son just narrowly escaped deportation
A Mexican reporter who has sought asylum in the United States for nearly 10 years was, along with his son, abruptly handcuffed and nearly sent back to Mexico on Thursday. Their attorney eventually halted the deportation.
