Last week, Texas Rep. Matt Schaefer (R–Tyler) introduced House Bill 20, also known as the Border Protection Unit Act. The bill would expand the mandate of state law enforcement into the federal realm ...

Republican lawmakers in Texas are pushing legislation that would make it a state felony to cross the border from Mexico illegally and establish a state unit of officers to assist with the arrests of ...

A Texas bill creating a state-run “border protection unit” has been brought back to life. H.B. 20 would create a state immigration unit to “arrest, apprehend or detain persons crossing the ...

House Republicans Refer John Brennan to DOJ for Allegedly Lying to Congress About Steele Dossier U.S. Marshal, Illegal Immigrant Shot During Immigration Enforcement Operation Oxford Union ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – President Trump is reportedly working on a plan to create a military buffer zone along the border, specifically in New Mexico. The plan would turn a section of the border in New ...

Genesis Bonilla keeps several hundred dollars hidden in her ponytail, tucked behind a layer of hair between the rubber band and her scalp. Along her journey through Mexico, Bonilla has been robbed on ...

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On the eve of the year's first presidential debate, a new media firestorm has been ignited over reports that 400 migrants crossed the U.S.-Mexico border with the aid ...