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Massive group of migrants hits Texas border as end of Title 42 looms

A massive group of hundreds of illegal immigrants hit just one part of the southern border early Saturday as agents face tens of thousands of illegal crossings each month and as the end of Title 42 enforcement approaches.

Fox News drone cameras showed the group of several hundred migrants who crossed and turned themselves in to Border Patrol agents in Eagle Pass, Texas, Saturday morning.

A Customs and Border Protection (CBP) source told Fox News there have been over 72,000 illegal crossings in the Del Rio Sector, where ... Read more

Trump accelerates border wall construction ahead of election

Molly Hennessy-Fiske

Los Angeles Times

LA ROSITA, Texas -- Nayda Alvarez said she has caught border wall surveyors -- without masks or other protective gear -- sneaking onto her property along the Rio Grande several times th ... Read more

Texas border crackdown is disproportionately targeting Latin

DPS troopers most recently stopped him on July 7 while he was driving his neighbor, who has some dementia, around town in the pickup. He recorded the encounter.

The trooper, who was with a trainee, told Lozano his license plate number wa ... Read more

Hundreds Head to Crystal City Texas to Uncover a Hidden Hist

EMERYVILLE, Calif. — Working out of the J-Sei Community Center in Emeryville, volunteers prepare a mailing for the first Japanese American “pilgrimage” to the World War II-era Crystal City Family Detention Center, located 100 miles south of San ... Read more

Mayor Eric Johnson welcomes Nuevo León governor to Dallas

Speaking at city hall Wednesday, Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson said he's looking forward to strengthening economic and cultural ties with the Mexican state of Nuevo León.

The city of Monterrey in Nuevo León is in a Sister City agreement with Dallas. Johnson told Governor Samuel Garcia that city leaders are working on a "memorandum of understanding" to further encourage commerce.

"We have a real opportunity to enhance trade and tourism between our two jurisdictions," Johnson said. "I look forward to welcoming you back whe ... Read more

Woman killed in explosion in Quemado

QUEMADO, Texas – According to bilingual news medium “Conexion Del Rio,” 69-year-old Lucila Robles was killed in an explosion that happened near Quemado in Maverick County this week.

The explosion happened Monday morning. A tractor- ... Read more

TWU alum becomes first woman to hold chief judge post

Texas Woman’s alumna Alia Moses made history in 2001 when she became the first woman to be named a U.S. district judge in the sprawling Western District of Texas. She made history again on Nov. 18 when she became the first woman to assume the role ... Read more

Rail Insider-Union Pacific devotes vast resources in Texas t

February 2016

Rail News: Union Pacific Railroad

Cross–border traffic into and out of Mexico currently generates about 10 percent of UP's annual volume.

By Jeff Stagl, Managing Editor

There are 12 ... Read more