Border Patrol Agent Indicted in Sweeping Drug Probe
A U.S. Border Patrol agent has been indicted in a sweeping corruption probe into a drug ring that allegedly recruited law enforcement officials to steal dope from traffickers. Full Story
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![After chasing away the smugglers using rafts to bring drugs across the river, Border Patrol and Texas DPS agents inspect several large packages of marijuana abandoned near the Rio Grande shoreline near Roma, Texas, on March 8, 2016. The packages were later found to weigh 313 pounds, making them worth an estimated $240,000.]()
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Mexico OKs "El Chapo's" Extradition to the U.S.
Mexican cartel kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman is one step closer to facing charges in the United States after Mexico’s secretariat of foreign relations said the Sinaloa cartel boss can be extradited. Full Story
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Judge Orders Ethics Classes for Justice Department Attorneys in Immigration Case
The Brownsville-based judge who halted President Obama’s 2014 executive action on immigration has decided that ethics classes are in order for the attorneys who defended the policy. Full Story
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Lawmakers Rebuke Library of Congress Over Dropping "Illegal Alien" Language
A trio of Texas Republican lawmakers says the U.S. Library of Congress is bowing to political pressure by eliminating the terms “illegal alien” and “alien” from its search and subject heading classifications. Full Story
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Push To Provide Lawyers for Immigrant Children Loses Steam
An ambitious effort by the state's legal community to provide legal representation to immigrant children hasn't had quite the impact some had hoped. Full Story
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Federal Border Officials in El Paso Accused of Coercion, Abuse
Federal officials stationed on the Texas-Mexico border called legal border crossers “whores” and “criminals” and subjected others to unwarranted searches and coercion, according to a complaint a civil liberties group submitted to the Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general Tuesday. Full Story
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Time Running Out for Newly Confirmed Ambassador to Mexico
After a months-long delay, veteran State Department official Roberta Jacobson was finally confirmed as the country's next ambassador to Mexico, and her time could be limited as the Obama administration begins its final months. Full Story
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Roma, Texas: A Smuggler's Paradise
Multiple inflatable rafts on the water. Emotionally shaken kids in the back of Border Patrol vans. Dope dumped on the river’s edge. The Texas Tribune witnessed all that and more during an afternoon with the U.S. Border Patrol. Full Story
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![From Roma, Texas, Border Patrol Agent Isaac Villegas looks out over the Rio Grande and into Ciudad Miguel Alemán, Mexico, on March 8, 2016.]()
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Images From One Day With the Border Patrol
See images from a recent trip that The Texas Tribune took with the U.S. Border Patrol. This is part of the Tribune's "Bordering on Insecurity" series. Full Story
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Bexar Sheriff: ICE "Disingenuous" With Detainer Claims
Bexar County Sheriff Susan Pamerleau says U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is being "disingenuous" by claiming in administrative records that her jail declined 11 "detainers" seeking custody of undocumented immigrants. Full Story
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Texas Tells High Court State Has Right to Stop Immigration Action
Though both Texas and the Obama Administration seemed confident in the way they made their arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court on the controversial DAPA case, the court's decision is unpredictable. Full Story
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Texas to Make its Case in Supreme Court Against Immigration Action
Almost a year and a half after President Obama announced his executive action on immigration, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments Monday over the program. Look back at the various actions and decisions related to the case. Full Story
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Judge Blocks Texas Immigrant Harboring Law
A federal judge has blocked part of the state’s omnibus border security bill that makes harboring undocumented immigrants a state crime. Full Story
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Native American Groups Unite Against Coal Mine
Several Native American tribes who say their ancestral lands are being destroyed by a Maverick County coal mine are joining forces in an effort to stop its operation. Full Story
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El Paso Doesn't Want ID as "Sanctuary City"
An El Paso-based immigrant rights group could see its hopes for a municipal ID card dashed after leaders there determined that issuing the card could prompt immigration hardliners to label the town a sanctuary city. Full Story
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Trump Reveals How He Would Force Mexico to Pay for Border Wall
Donald Trump says he will force Mexico to pay for a border wall as president by threatening to cut off the flow of billions of dollars in payments that immigrants send home to the country. Full Story
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New Effort to Wipe Out Carrizo Cane Reignites Environmental Debate
A state plan to eradicate invasive Carrizo cane along the Rio Grande — cited by Gov. Greg Abbott as a border security priority — is finally getting some funding after sitting dormant for almost a year. Full Story
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![Border Patrol Agent Isaac Villegas makes his way through Carrizo cane, an invasive plant species that lines the banks of the Rio Grande in Roma, TX. while searching for a group of undocumented immigrants reported to have crossed the river on Mar. 8, 2016.]()
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In Texas, "El Bronco" Talks Immigration and Security
Jaime Rodríguez Calderon, the charismatic governor of Nuevo León known as "El Bronco," visited Texas on Thursday to talk immigration, gun running and the future of politics in Mexico. Full Story
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Border Patrol Union Endorses Trump for President
The national union that represents more than 16,000 agents of the United States Border Patrol issued its first-ever endorsement of a presidential candidate on Wednesday by throwing its support behind Republican Donald Trump. Full Story
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Unlike Other States, Texas E-Verify Law Operating Under Honor System
When former Gov. Rick Perry ordered state agencies to use E-Verify in 2014, his plan was criticized for not having an enforcement mechanism. But a senate bill designed to make Perry's mandate a bona fide law also lacks teeth. Full Story
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