The latest border news from The Texas Tribune.
The United States has been in negotiations with Mexico for weeks to reach such an accord, believing that illegal crossings will decline if Central Americans believe the asylum system will no longer offer them a way to avoid deportation. Full Story
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The Catholic Diocese of Brownsville is resisting the government's efforts to take over the historic chapel that gave Mission its name. And a man known as the "cowboy priest" finds himself at the center of a national debate with local implications. Full Story
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“Premature and inaccurate statements undermine the integrity of the investigation,” attorneys for the family of Jakelin Caal Maquin said in a statement Saturday. Full Story
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The Guatemalan child was taken into custody last week after crossing from Mexico into the United States illegally with her father and a large group of migrants along a remote span of New Mexico desert Full Story
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The South Texas county filed suit against Godfrey Garza Jr. and the high-profile Houston-based Dannenbaum Engineering on Wednesday. Full Story
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Keep calm and come on over. That’s the holiday message El Paso city and business officials are sending to their neighbors directly across the Texas-Mexico border. Full Story
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Defense Secretary Jim Mattis visited Base Camp Donna in South Texas Wednesday, weeks after President Trump dispatched thousands of active-duty forces to the border in anticipation of a Central American migrant caravan. Full Story
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After a politically charged September meeting, the State Board of Education meets this week to approve "streamlined" social studies curriculum standards. Teachers' responses are mixed. Full Story
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Homeland security officials blame the growing numbers of arrests on what they decry as a flood of frivolous asylum claims by Central Americans attempting to game the U.S. immigration system. Full Story
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As a caravan of Central American migrants continues to make its way toward the U.S., the Border Patrol held a mobile field force training exercise near the Paso Del Norte international bridge. Full Story
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The Texas Minutemen, according to its president, have 100 volunteers en route to the Rio Grande who want to help stop the migrants, with more likely on the way. Full Story
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A day after federal officials announced that active-duty military will descend on the border to thwart the caravan of Central American asylum-seekers slowly approaching the United States, border lawmakers said they haven't been given details about the estimated 5,200-troop deployment. Full Story
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The Rio Grande Valley has long been a Democratic stronghold. But U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz is trying to tap into an often overlooked conservative base in this stretch of the border in his re-election bid against U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke. Full Story
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Officials say the deployment will include three helicopter units, mobile command and medical units, military police and more. Full Story
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President Donald Trump is weighing a plan to shut the U.S. border to Central Americans and deny them the opportunity to seek asylum, asserting similar emergency powers used during the early 2017 “travel ban,” according to administration officials and people familiar with the proposal. Full Story
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President Donald Trump has raised alarm about a caravan of migrants heading for the border. He tweeted Thursday morning that he is "bringing out the military for this National Emergency." Full Story
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Few would dispute that life has gotten tougher for people who are in the United States without legal permission. But in recent years, it’s grown even more dangerous for immigrants in Mexico — mostly Central Americans trying to make their way to the United States. Full Story
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The White House is considering plans in hopes of reversing soaring numbers of families attempting to cross illegally into the United States. Full Story
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On Wednesday, the Federal Register pre-published a notice by the Department of Homeland Security that outlines plans for about 17 miles of a new barrier in Hidalgo County. Full Story
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On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security gave notice that it plans to waive environmental laws to install gates along a stretch of border fence in the Rio Grande Valley. Full Story
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