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A leaked report from the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) states that border surge was largely a success. The report cites numbers indicating a reduction in illegal immigrant border crossings and cartel activity. The report lays the foundation for Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s plan to increase the number of permanent DPS troopers along the Texas-Mexico border.

Democrat Texas State Representative Ana Hernandez (D-Houston), has filed a bill that would require a Texas Supreme Court committee to develop an educational guide that would assist judges in determining which children are eligible for “special immigrant juvenile status” (“SIJS”). Federal law gives special protections to eligible unaccompanied immigrant children (“UACs”) who have entered the country illegally.

In a press conference at the Capitol on Tuesday, Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick announced that he is seeking $12 million to continue the border surge of Texas National Guard troops through May. They are currently scheduled to leave next month, and

An El Paso federal court jury convicted an El Paso County Probation Officer and three other Folk Nation/Gangster Disciples on charges of trafficking a minor female in a sex trafficking case. The men were charged with forcing a 16-year-old girl into prostitution where she was forced to have sex for money with as many as six men per day.

MCALLEN, Texas — A man who has been wanted for a Texas murder for 14 years has been arrested near the Texas border with Mexico. Federal agents arrested the man on murder charges.

Federal agents and local law enforcement along the Texas border arrested a major suspected drug trafficker. The accused kingpin had managed to stay away from convictions for almost a decade — despite years of serious accusations against him.

A former U.S. federal agent tasked with investigating cartel-corrupted law enforcement on the Texas border will spend one year and one day in prison for falsifying investigations.

MCALLEN, Texas — After a brief firefight, the Mexican army rescued a kidnapped woman from a group of cartel gunmen near the Texas border.

MCALLEN, Texas – The Mexican military seized an armored vehicle loaded with a grenade launcher and several other drug cartel weapons and ammunition just south of the Texas border.

MCALLEN, Texas – One of the most famous leaders of the Gulf cartel is suing the U.S. government in an effort to have a federal judge determine if he is a U.S. citizen or not.

MCALLEN, Texas — A female bodybuilder is facing federal charges in yet another case involving women injecting liquid rubber into buttocks near the Texas border with Mexico.

MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas – A series of kidnappings in the Mexican border city of Matamoros prompted the U.S. Department of State to issue a security warning to American travelers.

MCALLEN, Texas – As federal agencies continue to look into a series of 911 threats where a suspected Mexican cartel member claimed to have kidnapped a U.S. Border Patrol agent, the agency tasked with securing the borders confirms that none of their agents have been kidnapped.

MCALLEN, Texas — A person claiming to be a cartel member called 911 in the border city of La Joya, Texas stating that they had kidnapped a U.S. Border Patrol agent.

MCALLEN, Texas — A Mexican border teenager is accused of luring a pregnant woman on Facebook for the purposes of murdering her and cutting open her midsection to remove the unborn baby.

Federal agents seized two bottles with more than 8 pounds of liquid methamphetamine hidden inside liquor bottles. The drugs were seized from two men trying to get to Oklahoma from the border city of Laredo, Texas.

MCALLEN, Texas – An illegal alien from Mexico who was working as a choir teacher for a Texas border church has been arrested for allegedly trying to seduce an 11-year-old girl. Authorities believe other girls may have been victimized. Police

BROWNSVILLE, Texas – Birth certificates, food stamps, fake ID’s and even sexual services are all for sale in various Facebook pages from the Texas border. With names like La Pulga Online (No Rules) La New Pulga Online, Las Milpas FB