Illegal border crossings shift from Texas to California and Arizona, CBP says
New numbers suggest more asylum seekers and illegal immigrants are crossing the southern border in Arizona and California than in Texas. It's happening as a coalition of Republican governors prepare to head to the Texas border this weekend.
Groups headed to southern border in Texas for what organizers say will be peaceful protests
A convoy of vehicles is headed to locations near the border this weekend for what organizers call peaceful protests.
House Republicans take party-line vote toward Mayorkas impeachment with border becoming 2024 campaign issue
The Homeland Security Committee voted after midnight Wednesday to recommend the two articles of impeachment to the full House. But Alejandro Mayorkas argues the GOP should instead be working with the Biden administration on U.S.-Mexico border issues.
Texas' border battle with White House takes center stage at congressional hearing
A congressional hearing was held on Tuesday focused on the rights of states when it comes to immigration. A partisan tone dominated the debate over Governor Abbott's standoff with the White House on razor wire and other deterrents.
Texas-bound 'Take Our Border Back' convoy to 'shed light' on migrant crisis, 'send a message' to leaders
The multi-state convoy is set to begin on Feb. 3 and will branch off and hold rallies in Arizona, California and Texas, according to a news release.
Texas retains control of Shelby Park; GOP governors offer National Guard resources to Abbott
Border Patrol agents say there are no plans to remove razor wire even though a court ruling allows it do so. Meanwhile, more Republican states say they will send National Guard resources to the border.
Speaker Johnson warns Senate against border deal, suggests it will be 'dead on arrival' in House
House Speaker Mike Johnson is taking a strong stand against a bipartisan Senate deal to pair border enforcement measures with Ukraine aid.
Texas leaders refuse to give feds access to Shelby Park amid border standoff
Top Texas officials say they will not comply with a deadline to allow federal border agents access to a park along the Rio Grande. The tensions between the state and federal government have led to some calls for the president to take control of the Texas National Guard.
Texas ignores Supreme Court ruling, continues adding razor wire along border
The high court threw out a lower court decision, meaning federal agents can resume cutting razor wire. But Gov. Greg Abbott says the state will keep adding more wire, saying Texas' constitutional right to defend itself outweighs federal law.
Supreme Court allows federal agents to cut razor wire Texas installed on US-Mexico border
A divided Supreme Court on Monday allowed Border Patrol agents to cut razor wire that Texas installed on the U.S.-Mexico border, while a lawsuit over the wire continues.
Texas’ floating barrier between US, Mexico can stay for now, court rules in reversal
Texas Governor Greg Abbott's floating border barrier will remain in place in the Rio Grande for now. A majority of the 17 justices who make up 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals have agreed to hear the buoy barrier case.
Biden administration asks Supreme Court to intervene in its dispute with Texas over border land
The drowning deaths of three migrants have brought new urgency to an extraordinary showdown between the Biden administration and Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, who has seized a city park in a major corridor for illegal crossings and denied entry to Border Patrol agents.
US says Texas blocked border agents from entering park to try to save 3 migrants who drowned
The U.S. Homeland Security Department said that Texas denied federal agents access to a stretch of border when they were trying to rescue three migrants who drowned.
House GOP launches effort to impeach Mayorkas as Senate tries to strike border deal
House Republicans on Wednesday will march ahead with impeachment plans targeting Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas as “derelict in his duty" over handling of the U.S.-Mexico border.
New York City suing charter bus companies for transporting migrants from Texas
New York City is suing more than a dozen charter bus companies for their role in Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s operation to send tens of thousands of migrants to urban areas.
NYC Mayor Adams sues Texas bus companies for transporting migrants to sanctuary city, seeks $700 million
New York City has feuded with Texas over the bussing of migrants to the city
Justice Department sues Texas over law that would let police arrest migrants who enter US illegally
The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Austin, asks a court to declare the Texas law unconstitutional, alleging that it interferes with the federal government’s right to regulate foreign commerce and prohibits the state from enforcing it.
Republican lawmakers visit Texas border; say we're at a 'breaking point'
Republican leaders of Congress went to see the border problem for themselves, and the evidence was easy to find. They repeated their call for President Joe Biden to take immediate action on the border.
Biden administration asks Supreme Court to allow border agents to cut razor wire installed by Texas
The Justice Department filed an emergency appeal Tuesday, asking the justices to put on hold last month’s appellate ruling in favor of Texas, which forced federal agents to stop cutting the concertina wire the state has installed along roughly 30 miles of the Rio Grande.
U.S. says it will sue Texas over SB4 enforcement
The U.S. Department of Justice has threatened to sue to stop a new Texas law that allows state police to arrest people suspected of illegally crossing the border — unless Gov. Greg Abbott backs off of enforcing the law.