Greg Abbott sent letters to Congress, urging federal support to cover Texas' multibillion-dollar Operation Lone Star ...

In the fields south of this farm town, unfinished segments of the U.S. border wall jut from the ground with gaps between them as wide as a house. The steel structures, painted jet black at the ...

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Border Patrol and Rio Grande Valley residents respond to policy changes under the Trump administration amid ongoing ...

DONALD Trump is forging a “Fortress America” with thousands of troops at the southern border, a bigger and better wall, and stronger deportation measures to toughen the boundary. The ...

Walls built along the U.S.-Mexico border over the past several decades are a blight ... and cut communities off from the Rio Grande, robbing them of their access to nature. The Center and our allies ...

There’s no wall here. The only thing separating the US from Mexico is a narrow, winding spit of the Rio Grande. The Rio Grande is a natural border, has been since 1848, and the ties between ...

The border wall was one of Trump's signature campaign promises and he spent his time in the Rio Grande Valley making his argument for getting it funded and built. His visit included a stop at a ...

Ahead of the inauguration, migrant shelters south of the Rio Grande are far from full, a reflection of the tougher measures ...

Jay Pena, an attorney Rio Grande City in Starr County ... for that reason, the border wall really is the only necessary solution," he added. When asked what she would like to see from the Trump ...

DEL RIO, Texas — Sheriff Joe Frank Martinez of Val Verde County is urging the Trump administration to complete the border ...