EAGLE PASS, Texas — More than a year after Texas soldiers fenced off and locked out Border Patrol agents from accessing the United States-Mexico border as thousands of illegal immigrants surged across, state authorities have unchained the gate and reopened the door to their federal partners, the Washington Examiner has learned.
The cries of a mother watching from Venezuela through a cellphone pierced through the somber Christian music and gusts of wind as her son's casket was lowered into the ground
Mexican national Federico De Los Rios Rios pleaded guilty to drug smuggling, facing 10 years to life in prison after trying to smuggle fentanyl and cocaine into the US.
"This is a long-term, sustained operation... I think you're going to see this is the new norm," Congressman Tony Gonzales said.
The vice president, joined by two other top Trump administration officials, took an aerial tour of the border and met with law enforcement officials.
Officials in Texas discuss strategies to enhance border security, critiquing previous administration's policies.
LUKE Holdings, a contractor for Customs and Border Protection's migrant camps along Texas' southern border, laid off 666 workers last week.
EAGLE PASS, Texas — Vice President J.D. Vance is scheduled to make a visit to the Texas/Mexico border on Wednesday. He's planning to visit Eagle Pass and Laughlin Air Force Base near Del Rio.