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News Articles: rio grande

Migrants cross the Rio Grande from Mexico near El Paso, Texas. A new law makes illegal entry into Texas from a foreign country a state crime. It also authorizes a state judge to order someone to return to Mexico after their arrest.

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Texas' illegal entry law will test states' powers on immigration, border enforcement

The latest measure in Republican Gov. Greg Abbott's border crackdown "Operation Lone Star" makes it a state crime to enter Texas illegally from a foreign country.

December 06, 2023
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  • Julian Aguilar
A barrier to deter migrants from crossing from Mexico into the U.S. floats in the Rio Grande at Eagle Pass, Texas.

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The floating border barrier in the Rio Grande must be removed, a federal judge rules

The judge gave Texas until Sept. 15 to move the barrier to shore and barred the state from placing any additional buoys or other structures in the river. Gov. Greg Abbott plans to appeal the ruling.

September 07, 2023
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  • Joel Rose
Migrants who crossed the Rio Grande from Mexico walk past large buoys being deployed as a border barrier on the river in Eagle Pass, Texas, on Wednesday.

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Mexico files complaint over Texas' floating barriers on the Rio Grande

Mexico has sent a diplomatic note to the U.S. expressing concern that barriers on the river may violate treaties on boundaries and water. Mexico has already asked that the barriers be removed.

July 15, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Venezuelan migrants board a U.S. Border Patrol vehicle after crossing the Rio Grande River on May 18, 2021, in Del Rio, Texas.

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Biden names a Border Patrol veteran in Texas to be the agency's next chief

Jason Owens, the head of a busy Border Patrol sector in Del Rio, Texas, will lead the agency, the Biden administration announced. His predecessor is retiring at the end of the month.

June 09, 2023
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  • Joel Rose
Adán Medrano, chef and food writer, savors a beef cheek taco at Vera's Backyard Bar-B-Que in Texas' Rio Grande Valley.

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'Where The Magic Happens': Following A Tasty Taco Trail In South Texas

In Brownsville, Texas, two Mexican restaurants are pushing the envelope of what a corn tortilla can envelop, and an award-winning cafe cooks barbacoa the old-fashioned way.

January 17, 2021
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  • John Burnett
Fisher Industries workers move sections on May 24, 2019 in Sunland Park, N.M., near International Boundary Monument No. 1 where New Mexico, Texas and Mexico come together.

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His Private Border Wall Enraged Neighbors. Then He Landed $2B To Build Walls For Trump

The privately built border wall in Texas teeters on the banks of the Rio Grande with serious erosion problems. The contractor was awarded more than $2 billion in official wall contracts.

October 14, 2020
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  • John Burnett

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