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Nonprofit at Texas State University works to identify unknown remains along Texas-Mexico border
Read full article: Nonprofit at Texas State University works to identify unknown remains along Texas-Mexico borderScholars at Texas State have identified more than 150 unknown human remains in order to bring their families closure after years of waiting.
Eagle Pass residents have mixed feelings about sharing their city with the National Guard
Read full article: Eagle Pass residents have mixed feelings about sharing their city with the National GuardTexas has sent thousands of soldiers to the border as part of Gov. Greg Abbott’s multibillion-dollar initiative Operation Lone Star. No border town has felt their presence more than Eagle Pass.
In Eagle Pass, a tense border standoff between Texas and the federal government is reaching a crescendo
Read full article: In Eagle Pass, a tense border standoff between Texas and the federal government is reaching a crescendoA park on the Rio Grande is the new focus of a long battle over border enforcement that’s reached the U.S. Supreme Court.
Eagle Pass residents sour on Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s Operation Lone Star
Read full article: Eagle Pass residents sour on Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s Operation Lone StarAfter initially supporting the governor’s efforts to stem illegal immigration, many residents say Operation Lone Star has gone too far.
Texas trooper's accounts of bloodied and fainting migrants on US-Mexico border unleashes criticism
Read full article: Texas trooper's accounts of bloodied and fainting migrants on US-Mexico border unleashes criticismThe White House is criticizing Texas’ operation to stop migrants along the U.S. border with Mexico after a state trooper told a supervisor that the mission has become inhumane.
In a border graveyard, volunteers exhume migrants’ bodies and search for their families
Read full article: In a border graveyard, volunteers exhume migrants’ bodies and search for their familiesIn Maverick County, 26 bodies pulled from the Rio Grande were buried, some without attempts to identify them. Teams of Texas State students are trying to learn their names so their families can be notified.
All election results in Texas, San Antonio area for general midterm election on Nov. 8, 2022
Read full article: All election results in Texas, San Antonio area for general midterm election on Nov. 8, 2022Find all Texas races, including statewide offices like governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, comptroller, land commissioner, ag commissioner and railroad commission; as well state legislative seats in the Texas House and Texas Senate; Congress and local San Antonio-area races, including Bexar County Judge, District Attorney, judicial seats and more.
‘PVC cemetery’: Border residents upset over ‘inhuman’ burial for unidentified migrants
Read full article: ‘PVC cemetery’: Border residents upset over ‘inhuman’ burial for unidentified migrantsSunken graves, “John Doe” markers and PVC crosses makeup the corner lot for unidentified migrants in Maverick County Cemetery. Who is responsible?
Along the Texas-Mexico border, GOP enthusiasm mounts as Democrats defect over immigration concerns
Read full article: Along the Texas-Mexico border, GOP enthusiasm mounts as Democrats defect over immigration concernsAmong voters near the Texas-Mexico border, immigration and border security are a leading cause for flipping from Democrat to Republican.
Migrants cross into US amid Governor Abbott’s visit to Eagle Pass
Read full article: Migrants cross into US amid Governor Abbott’s visit to Eagle PassMinutes before Governor Greg Abbott arrived to Eagle Pass’ International Bridge II Wednesday, a group of undocumented immigrants defied Operation Lone Star efforts and crossed the Rio Grande River into the U.S.
Edgewood ISD police officer charged with wire fraud, accused of taking bribes while working as Maverick County deputy
Read full article: Edgewood ISD police officer charged with wire fraud, accused of taking bribes while working as Maverick County deputyA former Maverick County sheriff’s deputy accused of accepting multiple bribes in exchange for removing criminal warrants had recently been hired by the Edgewood Independent School District Police Department, a district official confirmed Tuesday.
Maverick County sheriff worried about out-of-state law enforcement assisting on US-Mexico border
Read full article: Maverick County sheriff worried about out-of-state law enforcement assisting on US-Mexico borderStates like Nebraska and Florida could soon be sending law enforcement to Texas to help patrol near the U.S.-Mexico border.