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The law makes it a state crime to illegally cross the Texas-Mexico border, a shift from what has long been solely a federal violation. It was approved by lawmakers in November and signed by Texas ...
The location where the Córdova crossing was situated (which used to be the only Texas-Mexico border crossing not at the Rio Grande) now lies on Mexican land, on the campus of the Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez. The crossing closed in 1967 when the new Bridge of the Americas crossing opened, where the new Rio Grande channel and new ...
The Border Patrol also "encountered 530 aliens from special interest countries, which are countries the Department of State has determined to represent a potential terrorist threat to the United States." Additionally, there were over 3,500 drug seizures at southwest border checkpoints in 2008. [2]
FBI investigators are searching for three women who went missing in February after traveling from Texas to Mexico. Four Americans were recently kidnapped by a drug cartel, two of whom were killed.
Texas Border Czar Mike Banks visits Shelby Park in Eagle Pass, Texas where the Texas National Guard has set up infrastructure to prevent asylum seekers from entering U.S. territory on April 16, 2024.
The Presidio Texas Port of Entry is an international border crossing between Presidio, Texas in the United States and Ojinaga, Chihuahua in Mexico. It is located at the Presidio–Ojinaga International Bridge, connecting U.S. Route 67 to the north with Mexican Federal Highway 16 to the south.
LULAC National President Domingo Garcia said the organization believes the bill will lead to widespread racial profiling and plans to file a lawsuit when it takes effect.
It was designed to divert traffic from the congested Hidalgo Texas Port of Entry. The presidential permit under which the bridge was constructed prohibited commercial traffic from using it until 2015, or when the Hidalgo Port of Entry averages more than 15,000 commercial entries per week. [ 2 ]