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Controversial Texas Immigration Law Could Take Effect Today

Texas SB4 Immigration Law will go into effect Wednesday afternoon if the U.S. Supreme Court takes no further action before 4 p.m.  The new law will allow state and local law enforcement officers to arrest and prosecute migrants illegally entering the state. The law would also provide a mechanism for migrants to be removed from the United States as part of their sentencing process for the crime of illegally entering the state.

Texas DPS on Border

Russian Embassy Calls Out Cartel Kidnapping in Mexican Border City

Russian diplomats in Mexico City pressured Mexican authorities and went public with the news that one of their citizens suffered a kidnapping while traveling to the border city of Reynosa. As in prior kidnappings, the Tamaulipas government has tried to take credit for rescuing the victim, while in reality, it was the Gulf Cartel that just released her.

Tamaulipas State Guard

Underage Teen Identified as Gunman Killed in Mexican Border City Shootout

After days of not hearing from their loved one, family members identified the body of a teenager who had just turned 17. The teen was found after several days spent in a city morgue following a shootout with authorities in the Mexican border state of Coahuila. The teen was one of two gunmen killed when a large number of gunmen tried to enter the region.

Coahuila Body

REPORT: Obama-Era DHS Agents Set Up Cartel Money Laundering Operation in Mexico City’s Airport

At least two U.S. federal agents working with a group of informants and straw men in Mexico were allegedly able to set up a sophisticated money laundering operation based out of Mexico City’s airport. The operation reportedly ran during the Obama-Biden administration between 2010 and 2019. The two agents apparently have not faced any prosecution and are reportedly still employed by the U.S. government.

ICE HSI

State Police Intelligence Operative Murdered in Mexican Border City

Authorities in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas are investigating the murder of a man in Reynosa, which at first glance appeared to have been one of many common murders in the city. A deeper investigation revealed the victim was an intelligence operative who worked for state authorities specializing in wiretaps and tracking targets.

Reynosa Murder

Operativo Estatal de Inteligencia Asesinado en Ciudad Fronteriza Mexicana

Las autoridades de Tamaulipas están investigando el asesinato de un hombre en Reynosa que a primera vista parecía haber sido uno más de los muchos asesinatos que se dan comúnmente en la ciudad. Sin embargo, una investigación más a fondo reveló que la víctima era un agente de inteligencia que trabajaba para las autoridades del estado especializándose en intervenir teléfonos y seguir a objetivos.

Reynosa Murder

Migrants Impersonate U.S. Citizens in Illegal Attempt to Enter Country

Customs and Border Protection officers at the Juarez-Lincoln Port of Entry in Laredo, Texas, arrested several migrants attempting to assume the identity of United States citizens. The migrant imposters arrested earlier this month were found to be in possession of valid birth certificates that did not belong to them. In two other incidents in recent days, officers at the Juarez-Lincoln Port of Entry thwarted similar attempts by migrants to use identity documents, either fake or valid, in failed attempts to enter the United States.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection

Texas Immigration Law Paused by U.S. Supreme Court

The U.S. Supreme Court intervened in the legal battle over a new Texas immigration law that would allow state law enforcement officers to arrest migrants who illegally enter the state. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit issued a temporary stay of a previous order blocking the implementation of a newly enacted Texas law. The latest SCOTUS ruling will temporarily halt the law’s implementation until March 13.

A Texas border showdown is building between the State of Texas and U.S. Department of Home

Appeals Court Stays Block on Texas Latest Immigration Law

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued a temporary stay of a lower court order blocking the implementation of a newly enacted Texas law that would allow for the prosecution of migrants illegally entering the state. The new law provides a mechanism for the State of Texas to remove migrants from the country.

Texas immigration law (Randy Clark/Breitbart Texas)

Court Filing Challenges Biden Admin over Detention of Migrant Children in Outdoor Camps

Several human rights groups are asking a federal judge to enforce the terms of an existing court settlement that establishes minimum standards for the treatment of children in federal immigration custody. In a Thursday court filing, the groups assert the Biden administration violated the existing terms of the settlement by detaining migrant children in outdoor camps in California, sometimes for days, in unsanitary and unsafe conditions.

Detained migrant children (Randy Clark/Breitbart Texas)

Trump at Texas Border: ‘This is a Joe Biden Invasion’

Former President Donald J. Trump visited the small Texas border town of Eagle Pass on Thursday, offering his assessment of the current border situation. Trump began by describing the horrible murder of Laken Riley, a nursing student at the University of Georgia at Athens. The former President blamed the murder of Riley and other crime victims on what he referred to as the “Joe Biden Invasion.”

Former President Donald Trump and Texas Governor Greg Abbott speak at the border in Eagle

Trump to Deliver Remarks from Texas-Seized Border Park

Former President Donald Trump will speak on Thursday afternoon at Shelby Park in Eagle Pass, Texas. The GOP presidential frontrunner will find a much more secure border than residents have dealt with in recent months. The former president will witness hundreds of Texas Army National Guard soldiers, and a cadre of law enforcement officers posted along the border in what was once the busiest migrant crossing point along the southwest border.

Trump Visit to Shelby Park (Randy Clark/Breitbart Texas)