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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

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

Searching the Sky: 2024 total solar eclipse

David Baumgartner writes about his plan to go to Texas in 2024.

This column was provided by San Benito resident and amateur astronomer David Baumgartner as part of a local series on astronomy.

My first total solar eclipse I ... Read more

Kinney, several other counties on Texas border declare immig

Kinney County and several other counties have declared an “invasion” in Texas by illegal immigrants, and they want Gov. Greg Abbott to act to end the surge.

BRACKETTVILLE, Texas – Kinney County and several other counties have decla ... Read more

Crystal City HS students stage walkout; principal placed on administrative leave

CRYSTAL CITY, Texas – The principal of Crystal City High School has been placed on administrative leave as authorities investigate a complaint lodged against the principal.

Crystal City Independent School District Superintendent Imelda A. Salinas said the Crystal City Police Department, along with the human resources department at Crystal City ISD, is investigating the complaint.

Salinas said the principal was gone when the allegations first arose and that police had started their interviews with adults and students, ... 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

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