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A second body was found about three miles upriver. DPS claimed the barrier was not to blame for the deaths. The buoys were installed in the Rio Grande near Eagle Pass last month to deter migrant crossings.
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Wednesday marks four years since a white supremacist opened fire at an El Paso Walmart and killed 23 people.
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The Texas Border Coalition is throwing up a Hail Mary and asking the president and the governor to resolve their differences on border policies and work together.
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Operation Lone Star originally targeted single men suspected of crossing the border illegally in mass trespassing arrests, but some claimed that not arresting women violated equal protection laws.
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Gov. Greg Abbott’s defiance of a Department of Justice deadline is the latest in the escalating battle over how far the state will take its border security mission.
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The Justice Department has notified the state of Texas that it will file suit over Abbott's floating buoy barrier in the middle of the Rio Grande. Abbott welcomed the legal challenge.
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The Mexican president is the latest North American official to slam Gov. Greg Abbott’s Operation Lone Star after reports surfaced this week alleging some migrants were denied water and even pushed back into the Rio Grande.
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Emails from the Texas Department of Public Safety alleged state troopers witnessed several incidents of abuse against migrants in Eagle Pass as part of Operation Lone Star, Gov. Greg Abbott's controversial border security initiative.
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The dashboard tracks fatalities related to the powerful, synthetic opioid dating back to 2014 and compares those to overall drug deaths in Texas.
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About 40 migrants were transported to Los Angeles from Texas earlier this week as part of Gov. Greg Abbott’s ongoing effort to have so-called sanctuary cities take the burden off Texas border towns.
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The vote on House Bill 7 came after midnight and just a day before the Senate’s deadline to advance legislation.
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The additional language in House Bill 7 would also increase penalties for human smuggling and create a new state crime for unauthorized entry.