The Del Rio–raised law enforcement official chatted with ‘Texas Monthly’ about the situation in his hometown and immigration enforcement across the state.
As El Paso tries to avoid a new COVID-19 wave, most Juárez residents can't travel into the States for the jab.
Governor Greg Abbott has sent a thousand state cops into Texas border communities to combat smuggling. But many locals complain that they are more of a nuisance than an effective crime-fighting force.
A small group fights to save a cemetery and what remains of a Lipan Apache existence in the Big Bend.
Along the border, forensic experts such as Corinne Stern have dealt with a surge in migrant deaths during the Biden administration.
Following the election, many migrants were hopeful the incoming president would quickly ease the U.S. immigration process, but he has to unravel new restrictions imposed by his predecessor.
Many immigration attorneys have called for hearings to be delayed, but cases are nonetheless proceeding by phone and video.
A government agency finds human rights abuses, and a five-year high for abuses by Border Patrol agents.
A pair of Mexico City’s best-known chefs team up to host benefit dinners that shine a light on all that unites this binational community.
Mando Rayo and Jarod Neece connect tacos with community issues in their new show on Robert Rodriguez's El Rey Network.
A revitalized downtown and a new network of hiking, biking, and paddling trails add to the appeal of this border town by the beach.
Art and activism intersected at the Rio Grande Valley’s first Encuentro en la Frontera.
The El Pasoan reflects on violence in her hometown, and why it’s important for the Latinx community to tell their own stories.
The creative duo recently went viral for the pink seesaws they installed at the border wall near El Paso.
Frustrated by the perception of the border as a lawless land, two native sons embarked on a 1,200-mile journey to capture, through a series of images and letters, the region’s untold stories.
Juan is believed to be the first parent separated from a child under Trump’s zero-tolerance policy to win permanent protection against deportation.
Austin native Gabriel Luna will reprise his role as the title character of the just-announced Hulu original.
The Texas Senate has tacitly endorsed President Trump’s threat to shut down the border if necessary—a dangerous move for the economy and the president’s political future.
Following a Friday concert in San Antonio, Ma will travel to the border to celebrate the region’s culture and spark conversations about all that unifies Mexicans and Americans.
Whether I lived in Chicago, Germany, or Dallas, I came to recognize one thing: it’s impossible to leave the borderlands behind.
Told through vignettes, 'Retablos,' a memoir by playwright Octavio Solis, depicts the myths and realities of a childhood along the border.
Her spokesperson claimed 'there was no hidden message.' And it certainly was not hidden.
In the podcast, narrated by ProPublica’s Ginger Thompson, survivors and DEA agents explain living in a town controlled by drug traffickers.
In this second of three installments, we follow a team of filmmakers and adventurers as they travel along the border river.
The 2017 Texas Biennial offers work from Texans around the state and across the border.
They were some of the toughest narcs on the border, known for busting smugglers, staging raids, seizing cartel cocaine—and being dirty.
After a short run of festival dates in 2012, the El Paso rock heroes return with new music and a world tour.
On guard against those Labatt-drinking invaders from the north.
The U.S.-Mexico border provides plenty of economic benefits for Texas cities. Trump doesn’t want to see that.
On Thursday, the president said that Congress had left him no choice but to act alone. Conservatives can argue otherwise.
The border surge, extended. Immigration action, executed. Hispanic voters, considered. And more!
How producers of "The Bridge" make entertainment out of grim news.
Edras, a sixteen-year-old unaccompanied minor I met in Brownsville, on the 1,400-mile journey from Guatemala.
It is one thing to institute a DPS “surge” on the border; it is quite another to send the National Guard there, a thousand strong, as Perry intends to do. What is the purpose of sending the Guard to the border? The National Guard is a military force. Is its
Vargas visited the Rio Grande Valley last week to learn about the border crisis—then realized he might not be able to leave.
One of the few politicians who has directly taken action in securing the border.
The City of McAllen’s Emergency Management Coordinator works with local charity organizations to try and minimize the local impact of the increased surge of undocumented immigrants.
One of the immigration crisis’s indispensable leaders is Sister Norma Pimentel, executive director of the Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley.
An influx of illegal immigrants from Central America to the Rio Grande Valley is a humanitarian crisis with serious implications for border security.
If the Border Patrol really wants to be more transparent, it should release key surveillance footage of questionable shooting incidents.
The top law enforcement official in Hidalgo County pled guilty to money laundering charges—here's what that means for the Valley.
Attorney general Greg Abbott’s $345 million border security plan is almost certainly doomed to fail. The border region is so huge and comprises so many millions of acres that it defies the ability of state government to enforce whatever security issues may arise. Every Republican candidate this election cycle has
McAllen and Brownsville occupy the no. 1 and 2 slots on a new list based on data from the U.S. Census Bureau's 2011 American Community Survey.
Writing in the Austin American-Statesman, the governor says the U.S. is "through the looking glass in terms of border policy," and revives talk of forbidding so-called "sanctuary cities."
Photos of five Texas news stories that captured the nation's attention this month.
Why a lavish two-volume attack on the border fence, with photos by Maurice Sherif, misses the mark.
What’s the deal with the border fence? Are green cards really green? How many undocumented immigrants live in Texas? Any more questions?
On their new book, Desert Duty: On the Line With the U.S. Border Patrol.
