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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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President Joe Biden is expected to detail the executive order Tuesday afternoon. It would reportedly restrict the number of asylum seekers allowed to cross the border. -
U.S. Customs and Border Protection says a plan to install lighting infrastructure along the Rio Grande in El Paso and Starr counties has been placed on hold because of a legal fight between Texas and the Biden administration over border funding. -
In the beginning, relatives of the people buried in El Cementerio del Barrio de los Lipanes hoped to protect the Lipan Apache burial ground from further decay. Three years later, they’ve created a memorial that helps visitors understand its past — and look to the future. -
Wednesday’s hearing before the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals focused on whether SB 4, Texas’ controversial immigration-enforcement law, is constitutional and was the latest face off in the ongoing back and forth between the state of Texas and the Biden administration over the measure.
