Laredo to study whether border patrols caused pipe to burst, …
Dec 5, 2024 · City officials on Friday are scheduled to tour the area to see if the Nov. 25 bursting of a pipe — which carries raw sewage over a section of Zacate Creek — could be caused by old age and erosion or other factors, like repeated law enforcement patrols in the area, Laredo City Councilwoman Melissa Cigarroa told Border Report on Thursday.
ICE released over 435,000 migrants with criminal convictions, data ...
Sep 27, 2024 · The head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement told a Texas border lawmaker this week that 435,000 undocumented migrants with criminal convictions have been released by the agency on its non-detained docket (NDD) to cities within the United States.
South Texas Border Patrol sectors saw big drops in migrant …
Oct 23, 2024 · McALLEN, Texas (Border Report) — The three Border Patrol sectors in South Texas saw huge drops in migrant encounters in Fiscal Year 2024 from Fiscal 2023, according to new data from U.S. Customs and Border Protection.The Rio Grande Valley Sector, which includes McAllen and Brownsville, saw a decrease of 60 percent in migrants encountered between legal ports of entry in Fiscal Year 2024.
Mexico opposes truck ban at Bridge of the Americas
Dec 2, 2024 · EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – The mayor of Juarez says Mexico is sending a diplomatic note to the U.S. State Department relaying concerns from industry leaders about the proposed banning of commercial trucks at El Paso’s Bridge of the Americas port of entry. “These are matters between national governments (but) they authorized us to inform (the public) about the note,” Mayor Cruz ...
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Border Report Live: Where illegal immigration is trending up
Sep 27, 2024 · EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) — The number of arrests for illegal border crossings has fallen from an all-time high to some of the Biden administration’s lowest this fiscal year alone. Yet some areas of the border are seeing encounters going up. In this week’s episode of “Border Report Live” (Fridays at 11 a.m. ET), host Chip Brewster and Border Report correspondents Sandra Sanchez ...
Newsom visits border, slams Trump on planned deportations, tariffs
Dec 6, 2024 · SAN DIEGO (Border Report) — During a brief stop in San Diego on Thursday afternoon, California Gov. Gavin Newsom did not mince words when describing how Trump’s proposed mass deportations and planned tariffs on Mexico will “hurt California.”He made those comments during a news conference in Otay Mesa, just a few feet from the border barrier.
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Border agents nab alleged ‘red sweatpants’ teenage smuggler
Dec 6, 2024 · EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – A law enforcement pursuit spanning two states has led to the arrest of a pair of U.S. citizens allegedly working for a teenage migrant smuggler from Juarez, Mexico.. The pursuit began in New Mexico, as U.S. Border Patrol agents monitoring a busy smuggling corridor in Santa Teresa on Sunday saw a silver Ford F-150 drive near some bushes and stop.
Legal border crossings up 3.3% at California ports of entry
Aug 21, 2024 · SAN DIEGO (Border Report) — The Smart Border Coalition says close to 18 million people, on foot and in cars, legally crossed the border through California’s seven ports of entry during the second quarter of 2024.Joaquin Luken, the group’s executive director, says overall stats show a 3.3% increase from 2024’s first quarter. “Just passed over 200,000 daily crossings in the entire Cali ...