The Texas Military Department says “union agitators” cannot engage in collective bargaining for members of the National Guard. The statement comes in response to a meeting earlier this week where members of the Texas State Employees Union met with guardsmen in Del Rio. . . . Read more about ‘Union Agitators’ Misleading National Guardsmen, Says Texas Military Dept.

U.S. border agent encounters with illegal immigrants at the U.S.-Mexico border soared in January when compared to the same month in 2021, newly released data show. . . . Read more about Illegal Immigrant Encounters at US-Mexico Border in January Much Higher Than Previous Year

The Biden Administration has agreed to pay farmers and ranchers across the Texas-Mexico border for damages to their property caused by Biden’s border crisis which has seen a massive surge in illegal immigration and drug smuggling. . . . Read more about Feds Agree to Pay for Damage Caused by Illegal Aliens, Provide No Security Solution

The Supreme Court agreed on Friday to hear the Biden administration’s appeal over a Trump-era immigration policy that requires asylum seekers to wait in Mexico until their case is heard, instead of being allowed to await their hearings in the United States. . . .

SAN DIEGO—A man who injured several Border Patrolagents by ramming their vehicles on a state highway near Jamul while he was smuggling 10 migrants has been sentenced to more than three years in federal prison, prosecutors said on Feb. 9. . . . Read more about Smuggler Sentenced to Prison for Ramming 4 Border Patrol Agents With Car

Investigations into human smuggling stemming from illegal immigration reveal that not everyone makes it safely to the U.S.

Open border policies that incentivize foreign cartels’ estimated $100 million in weekly human smuggling operations across the southern border are illegal and inhumane, attorneys general who’ve recently sued the Biden administration argue. . . . Read more about Human Trafficking Across U.S. Borders Results In Murders, Other Atrocities

CBP reports there were a total of 178,840 illegal immigrants apprehended at our southern border in December; that’s more than the combined total apprehensions in December 2018, 2019, and 2020. . . . Read more about Radio broadcast: CBP reports there were a total of 178,840 illegal immigrants apprehended at our southern border in December.

A series of leaked audio and video conversations between rank-and-file Border Patrol agents and Department of Homeland Security leadership reveal that agents have grown tired of the Biden administration’s border policies. . . . Read more about WATCH: Agents Confront Border Patrol Chief, DHS Secretary over Biden’s Border Policies

NORMANDY, Texas — In one large group, more than 170 migrants crossed the Rio Grande near the small West Texas community of Normandy. The group crossed the river early Monday morning and quickly surrendered to the Border Patrol after walking through a Pecan orchard. . . . Read more about Exclusive: Group of 170 Mostly Nicaraguan Migrants Cross Border into Texas

EAGLE PASS, Texas — Border Patrol agents arrested two significant interest aliens at one of the busiest migrant crossing points on the southwest border Wednesday, along with hundreds of mostly Central and South American family units.

According to a source within Customs and Border Protection, the Syrian and Russian migrants are single adult males and their purpose for entering is still under investigation. The source says the Syrian adds to the nearly 50 special interest aliens apprehended in the area since October 2021. . . . Read more about EXCLUSIVE: Syrian, Russian Migrants Apprehended at West Texas Border