Abbott is in Washington this week to lobby Congress for $11 billion to compensate Texas for money spent on his Operation Lone Star, to secure the border during the Biden Administration.

"As the Department cracks down on human smuggling and illegal immigration, we can expect smugglers to get more desperate, and thus more creative," Ganjei said. "I would like to th ...

But one of the biggest impacts so far has been his crackdown on the border, specifically in Texas. In January ... citizenship Karla Castillo, a 36-year-old Venezuelan making the return journey ...

Vice President JD Vance, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard visited the southern border on Wednesday.