New videos on Thursday show a “riot” of illegal migrants attempting to enter the United States from Mexico at the El Paso border in Texas as a reporter said the Texas National Guard was “overrun by migrants.” Crossings on the southwest land border in Texas totaled 68,260 in January, according to U.S. Customs and Border […]
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Could Texas Secede from the United States?
Texan nationalist claimed the Lone Star State breaking away from the Union “could absolutely be closer than we think” amid the ongoing standoff with federal authorities over the Texas-Mexico border. Tensions surged after the Supreme Court ruled on January 22, in a narrow 5-4 verdict, that federal agents can remove razor wire placed along the […]
Texas & Feds in a ‘Powder Keg’ showdown
Tensions between authorities in Texas and the federal government over illegal immigration across the southern border are a “powder keg” according to Oklahoma’s Republican Governor Kevin Stitt, who was asked about the danger of “a force-on-force conflict” between state and federal forces. On Monday the Supreme Court ruled federal agents could remove razor-wire from the […]
Supreme Court rules Feds can remove razor wire
The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Biden administration to remove razor wire barriers that Texas erected along a 29-mile stretch of the Rio Grande meant to block migrants at the Southwest border. The 5-4 ruling was a temporary victory for the Biden administration, giving the federal government the upper hand in its fight with […]
Texas Nat. Guard defies Feds demands to vacate
The attorney general of Texas on Wednesday defied federal officials who demanded state authorities abandon a public park along the U.S.-Mexico border that state National Guard soldiers seized last week, setting up a legal showdown with the Biden administration over the country’s immigration policies. Over the weekend, the Department of Homeland Security called on Texas […]
DOJ sues state of Texas over border enforcement
The Justice Department filed a lawsuit Wednesday against Texas over the state’s implementation of a new immigration law allowing state and local law enforcement officials to arrest, jail and prosecute migrants who may have entered the U.S. illegally. The Biden administration warned Texas that it would file a suit if Texas didn’t assure federal […]
Rogue buses bring 1000’s of migrants to cities
Frustrated by “rogue buses” from Texas dropping off migrants by the thousands, the mayors of New York, Chicago and Denver are trying to slow the surge by requiring the bus operators to coordinate arrivals under the threat of impound, fines and even jail time. Last week, 14 busloads of migrants from Texas made their way […]
Texas Gov signs law allowing arrest of migrants
Republican Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas on Monday signed one of the harshest state immigration laws in modern U.S. history, authorizing state officials to arrest and seek the deportation of migrants suspected of crossing the border with Mexico illegally. The law, known as SB4, gives Texas law enforcement authorities the power to stop, arrest and […]
Human smuggling crash in Texas kills 8
people were killed when a driver suspected of human smuggling tried to evade authorities and crashed head-on into another vehicle, the Texas Department of Public Safety said Wednesday. The crash occurred around 6:30 a.m. on U.S. Highway 57 near Batesville, about 83 miles southwest of San Antonio. The driver, 21, who was in a Honda, […]
Gov. Abbott sends Nat. Guard to border invasion
Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) ramped up security efforts at the Texas-Mexico border on Wednesday evening, sending the Texas National Guard to help with the “invasion” and ordering officials to install more razor wire. Abbott deployed other local law enforcement agencies along with the Texas Department of Public Safety, arguing in a letter sent to the […]
Texas drunk drivers must pay child support if parent killed
A new law in Texas requires convicted drunk drivers to pay child support if they kill a child’s parent or guardian, according to House Bill 393. The law, which went into effect Friday, says those convicted of intoxication manslaughter must pay restitution. The offender will be expected to make those payments until the child is […]
How hot is ‘too hot’ for humans?
It’s 9.15 pm in San Antonio on 17 June. At this time, young children would usually be asleep and their parents enjoying a balmy summer’s evening. But not this year, when temperatures have reached triple figures in parts of Texas, and extreme humidity has made it feel hotter still, even after sunset. Millions of people […]