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Eagle Pass residents have mixed feelings about sharing their city with the National Guard
Read full article: Eagle Pass residents have mixed feelings about sharing their city with the National GuardTexas has sent thousands of soldiers to the border as part of Gov. Greg Abbott’s multibillion-dollar initiative Operation Lone Star. No border town has felt their presence more than Eagle Pass.
In Eagle Pass, a tense border standoff between Texas and the federal government is reaching a crescendo
Read full article: In Eagle Pass, a tense border standoff between Texas and the federal government is reaching a crescendoA park on the Rio Grande is the new focus of a long battle over border enforcement that’s reached the U.S. Supreme Court.
Eagle Pass residents sour on Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s Operation Lone Star
Read full article: Eagle Pass residents sour on Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s Operation Lone StarAfter initially supporting the governor’s efforts to stem illegal immigration, many residents say Operation Lone Star has gone too far.
Texas trooper's accounts of bloodied and fainting migrants on US-Mexico border unleashes criticism
Read full article: Texas trooper's accounts of bloodied and fainting migrants on US-Mexico border unleashes criticismThe White House is criticizing Texas’ operation to stop migrants along the U.S. border with Mexico after a state trooper told a supervisor that the mission has become inhumane.
More than 300 miles from home, Galveston County deputies continue working in border communities
Read full article: More than 300 miles from home, Galveston County deputies continue working in border communitiesWith the number of people illegally crossing our southern border steadily increasing each month, according to Customs and Border Protection data, many rural counties are seeing their resources drained.
In a border graveyard, volunteers exhume migrants’ bodies and search for their families
Read full article: In a border graveyard, volunteers exhume migrants’ bodies and search for their familiesIn Maverick County, 26 bodies pulled from the Rio Grande were buried, some without attempts to identify them. Teams of Texas State students are trying to learn their names so their families can be notified.
Along the Texas-Mexico border, GOP enthusiasm mounts as Democrats defect over immigration concerns
Read full article: Along the Texas-Mexico border, GOP enthusiasm mounts as Democrats defect over immigration concernsAmong voters near the Texas-Mexico border, immigration and border security are a leading cause for flipping from Democrat to Republican.