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Sgt. Elijah Ingram/U.S. ArmyThe White House said Tuesday it would expand a move to authorize military control of federally owned border land to include more than 90 miles of land in Texas. Administration officials have so far declined to say where that land is, but most federal border land within the state is located in Big Bend and a complex of South Texas wildlife refuges. -
Carlos MoralesAccording to the U.S. Army, soldiers won't be arresting people suspected of being in the country illegally, and instead will offer "logistical support" to Border Patrol agents.
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The two men were arrested at the Santa Teresa, New Mexico airport, just across the state line from El Paso. -
County officials issued a disaster declaration Tuesday, saying the state’s mass arrests at the border have cost the county millions of dollars and overwhelmed its criminal justice system. -
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton asked the state’s Supreme Court on Monday to allow his office to continue its efforts to shutter Annunciation House, an El Paso-based shelter network that assists asylum seekers and other migrants. -
Historically, men made up the majority of those dying in the border desert. But the balance is shifting.
