Texas Border

Due to a drop in apprehensions at the border, U.S. Customs and Border Protection says it’ll remove five soft-sided facilities (SSFs) along the U.S.-Mexico border that it no longer needs to process migrants. The CBP said Friday nationwide apprehensions dropped to an average of about 330 per day in February, the first full month since President Donald Trump signed...

Vice President JD Vance will visit the Texas-Mexico border later this week.

NBC 5 Investigates goes inside Texas’ border operations as crossings hit a 15-year low. With cartels raising fees and federal troops increasing, questions grow over Texas’ billion-dollar border spending.

Illegal border crossings have declined as the Trump administration surges resources to the southern border. Migrants caught crossing the border tell Texas state troopers that Mexican cartels are responding by raising their fees for smuggling people across.

As the Trump administration aims to deport more migrants, there are new questions about whether a wave of additional cases could crush overwhelmed immigration courts and slow the administration’s plans.

Border security took center stage during a White House meeting with Governor Greg Abbott and President Donald Trump. The governor aimed to achieve two goals: seek reimbursement for the billions Texas has invested in border security and assist the president in his commitment to addressing illegal crossings. NBC 5’s Allie Spillyards has more.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) is sending hundreds of soldiers in the Texas Military Department to work with the U.S. Border Patrol in the Rio Grande Valley.

The Texas National Guard works to secure the Rio Grande Valley border with barriers and patrols as migrants face risks in search of a better life.

The Trump administration is making good on hardline illegal immigration policy. NBC 5’s Maria Guerrero and photojournalist Mike Heimbuch traveled to South Texas earlier this month to see what’s changed, the ongoing challenges and the people at the heart of the debate.

We know now stronger immigration measures are already being taken at the Texas-Mexico border. The ACLU has already filed a lawsuit to stop some of President Trump’s new executive orders.

Trump takes action on immigration, CBP One app shuts down, birthright citizenship threatened.

A wide-ranging series of steps that President Donald Trump has promised to take to beef up security at the southern border began taking effect soon after he was inaugurated Monday, making good on his defining political promise to crack down on immigration.

Texas taxpayers will fund a $100,000 billboard campaign in Central America and Mexico, cautioning migrants about the dangers of crossing the U.S. border illegally. Messages from Governor Greg Abbott and the Department of Public Safety highlight risks such as arrest, violence, and sexual assault. NBC 5’s Phil Prazan has more.

Governor Abbott is expected to release a new plan regarding border security later on Thursday. NBC 5’s Evan Anderson has the details.

The U.S. still separates some migrant children from their parents while holding them after they cross the border despite broad improvements at detention centers in Texas.

The Texas General Land Office says incoming border czar Tom Homan has agreed to lease a parcel of rural Texas ranchland for upcoming federal border security operations.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing federal officials after a rare lizard that lives on some of the state’s biggest oil and gas fields was declared endangered.

The Texas-Mexico border and who is crossing it was part of discussions at the Texas Senate Committee hearing on border security Thursday. Concerns were raised over the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua or TdA coming into the United States.

A Venezuelan gang was a topic of discussion during a Senate committee meeting on border security. NBC ‘s Vince Sims tells us more about the gang known to be in the state and even in North Texas.

Several people have been charged in Guatemala after 53 migrants were found dead in San Antonio, Texas, in 2022. NBC 5’s Alanna Quillen has the details.