Update: Fifty-Nine On the Run After Nuevo Laredo Jailbreak
At least 59 inmates escaped from a state prison in the Mexican border city of Nuevo Laredo today. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/e6192f23e25477079043e3d2444b00d6/.BD%20Jail)
-
Credit: Bob Daemmerich -
Lawyers, Guns and Money
The Department of Justice's decision this week to require firearms dealers in Texas and three other border states to report the multiple sales of long rifles will come down to a funding battle in Washington. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/LongRifle.jpg)
![Article thumbnail]()
-
Trucking Program Raises Border Policy Questions
Some Texas Republicans are embracing a cross-border trucking agreement between the U.S. and Mexico that labor unions worry could kill jobs and drastically reduce border security. Full Story
Credit: Illustration by Todd Wiseman -
Conditions, Health Risks Sicken Colonias Residents
Along the Texas-Mexico border, colonias residents tell identical stories: of migrating with dreams of safety and prosperity, of getting swindled into buying worthless land, of sticking it out so their children will get educated. And of getting sick. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/Colonias-Children-doorway.jpg)
![Four of the five children who live in this dilapidated one-room home in Mexico Chiquito, a colonia in the Rio Grande Valley.]()
Credit: Callie Richmond -
Video: Health and Conditions in Texas' Colonias
On the Texas side of the U.S. border with Mexico, an estimated half a million people live in colonias, impoverished subdivisions that often lack basic services. Take our video tour of some of the worst — and most improved — conditions. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/videos/Colonias_Health_Children.jpg)
![Article thumbnail]()
-
Red Tape, Catch-22s Slow Progress in Texas Colonias
Conditions have clearly improved in Texas' colonias since devious developers first established them for migrant workers in the 1950s. But many efforts have fallen short, the result of bureaucratic nightmares and a spiral of confusion and fees. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/Colonias-Bike-Boy.jpg)
![A child rides his bike in the Del Mar Heights colonia in the Rio Grande Valley.]()
Credit: Callie Richmond -
Mexico and the U.S. Agree to Terms on Trucking Deal
U.S. and Mexico inked a deal today that marks the end of a years-long dispute over how far past the border long-haul tractor-trailers can travel. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/121509_transporttrucks.jpg)
![Article thumbnail]()
-
Lawmaker to State Troopers: Help Fight Drug Cartels
A border-area lawmaker in Texas wants state troopers to help the federal government stop southbound weapons and funds that are boosting Mexican drug cartels. Hernán Rozemberg of public radio's Fronteras Desk reports. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/041_MarfaSector.jpg)
![Border Patrol Checkpoint on Hwy 118, south of Alpine, Tex.]()
Credit: Spencer Selvidge -
Illegal Re-entry Cases Surge Under Obama
Texans are hammering away at Barack Obama for failing to secure our borders and for refusing to put forward a comprehensive immigration-reform plan, but the number of federal prosecutions for "illegal re-entry" has quietly skyrocketed under his administration. Full Story
Credit: Bob Daemmrich -
Sanctuary Cities Bill Clears Texas Senate
Texas peace officers will be allowed to inquire into the immigration status of any person arrested or legally detained under legislation passed by the Texas Senate early Wednesday morning. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/TxTrib_Immigration_JV-18.jpg)
![Demonstrators stand in front of the Texas Capitol on Feb. 22, 2011 to show their opposition to immigration legislation.]()
Credit: Jacob Villanueva -
DPS: Officers Fired Upon by Gangs in Mexico
U.S. law enforcement officers in Hidalgo County received heavy fire today from alleged drug cartel operatives along the Rio Grande, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/HandGuns.jpg)
![Article thumbnail]()
Credit: Todd Wiseman -
Obama Names Nominee for Ambassadorship to Mexico
The White House announced this evening that President Obama has nominated veteran diplomat Earl Anthony Wayne as the next U.S. ambassador to Mexico, a post that has been vacant since the March resignation of Carlos Pascual. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/20100915-DSC_4143.jpg)
![National pride was in abundance at the Mexican independence day festival at the Emma S. Barrientos Mexican American Cultural Center in Austin, Texas. The holiday celebrates Mexico's war of independence from Spain in 1810.]()
Credit: Caleb Bryant Miller -
Video: The Week in Texas Politics Recap: May 23 to May 27, 2011
Want a quick recap of some of the happenings this week in the Texas Legislature? We've made it easier for you with our weekly video rundown of the action under the dome. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/videos/CapitolNight.jpg)
![Article thumbnail]()
-
Reyes Fires Back at Perry After TV Appearance
A border congressman today lashed out at Texas Gov. Rick Perry after Perry's appearance Tuesday on Fox News, where he proclaimed that the southern border is under siege while the federal government stands idly by. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/Reyes.jpg)
![U.S. Rep. Silvestre Reyes, D-El Paso]()
Credit: Julian Aguilar -
Video: Perry Hopeful On "Sanctuary Cities" Bill
Gov. Rick Perry said Wednesday that "sanctuary cities" legislation is still important to him but is in the hands of the Texas Senate. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/videos/PerryStills_0002_Layer_1.jpg)
![Article thumbnail]()
-
Video: U.S. Border Security Effort is "Puny," Perry Says
The federal government's effort to secure the border is "puny," Gov. Rick Perry said Wednesday, adding, "Texas is being forced to do things that aren't our responsibility." Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/videos/PerryStills_0003_Layer_0.jpg)
![Article thumbnail]()
-
Video: On Fox News, Perry Talks Border Security, Bashes Feds
Gov. Rick Perry appeared on Fox News' "On the Record with Greta van Susteren" Tuesday night to discuss border security. Of course, he also took a few swipes at the federal government for not doing more to help curb illegal immigration. Full Story
Credit: Bob Daemmrich -
Sanctuary Cities Bill Gutted by Senate Committee
In a surprise move that could effectively kill the sanctuary cities bill that Gov. Rick Perry declared an emergency item, a Senate committee today replaced the immigration language with a homeland security bill by state Sen. Tommy Williams, R-The Woodlands. Full Story
Credit: Bob Daemmrich -
Global Travel Alert Issued; No Change on Border
The U.S. State Department is asking U.S. citizens traveling or residing abroad to avoid mass gatherings and demonstrations because of Osama bin Laden's death, but no law enforcement changes are planned along the Texas-Mexican border. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/20100302-20100302-DSC_3109-Edit.jpg)
![Article thumbnail]()
Credit: Caleb Bryant Miller -
Senate Approves Major Homeland Security Bill
You wouldn't know it by the miniscule amount of debate Thursday, but the Senate approved what some lawmakers called the most significant piece of homeland security legislation filed this session, a measure civil liberty groups worry is a major encroachment on civil rights. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/_KCA5938.jpg)
![Texas Department of Public Safety patch worn on a uniform during an April 7, 2011 graduation ceremony in Austin.]()
Credit: Marjorie Kamys Cotera
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/8acedb676aa1182ee34bc4ef58c60472/DONT%20USE%20Truck%20Montage%20Mexican%20Border)
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/a582eb6f373034db41033c6596d68fc2/BD%20INC%20Border%20Patrol%2002%202009)
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/612dc10bb582c2ca06dd81e5c4330bdb/BD%20INC%20Perry%2001%202011)
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/a7d041d350653ac3860644966aea582f/BD%20INC%20Williams%2001%202011)