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DEL RIO, Texas — Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem is in Del Rio for an early morning tour on Sunday.Noem arrived in ...

During the first year of President Joe Biden’s tenure, I shook his hand, offering him an olive branch and the opportunity to ...

EAGLE PASS, Texas — Migrant crossings along the southwest border have seen a historic decline in recent weeks, according to U ...

BOCA DEL RIO, Mexico (AP) — A startup in Mexico is trying to help get a handle on one Gulf coast city’s plastic waste problem ...

Agents from multiple federal agencies carried out immigration enforcement operations in various Texas cities including Austin ...

Border security took center stage during a White House meeting with Governor Greg Abbott and President Donald Trump. The ...

The arrests, part of President Trump’s mass deportation offensive, collared a previously deported Mexican cartel hitman.

Dense fog advisory issued for Central and South Texas tonight through Wednesday. Visibility will drop to a quarter mile or ...

El Paso Community College (EPCC) and United Way of El Paso will join a new partnership to offer services to students and the community at each campus, EPCC said in a press ...

Many of President Trump’s executive orders have rattled different communities in Hawaiʻi. That includes those relating to ...

A Venezuelan national wanted in connection with a multiple murder case has been arrested by Del Rio Sector Border Patrol ...