Texas Governor Greg Abbott's controversial floating barriers designed to deter migrants from crossing the Rio Grande was found to be unlawful by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Texas is being accused of even more human rights violations as critics of Gov. Greg Abbott's floating barriers say that chainsaws have been installed in the Rio Grande barriers.
A Texas state trooper-medic blew the whistle on the inhumane treatment of migrants as part of Gov. Greg Abbott's efforts to stop migrants from crossing the US-Mexico border.
Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott is constructing floating barriers around the Rio Grande to stop migrants from crossing. However, these may have broken the border boundaries treaty between Mexico and the US.
Eight lifeless bodies of migrants were found in the Rio Grande in Texas on Thursday after the CBP responded to a large group of people crossing the river.
In an unsuccessful attempt to enter the United States from Mexico, a seven-year-old Venezuelan girl drowned in the Rio Grande after a rip current separated her from her mother.
Border agents saved abandoned migrant children on the banks of the Rio Grande. Border Patrol agents saved two migrant children - who are siblings - on Tuesday, after they were abandoned on the banks of the Rio Grande in Texas.
The building of the U.S.-Mexican border is predicted to face some problems as a treaty along the Rio Grande prevents the installation of the border fence.
The U.S. claims that Mexico owes a lot of water from the Rio Grande A nearly seven-decade-old agreement between the U. S. and Mexico over water sharing has people in the Texas borderlands upset, claiming that Mexico has not been giving its share of water.
Texas congressman Henry Cuellar visited the McAllen Border Patrol Station at the Rio Grande Valley border on Saturday, where about 1,000 undocumented immigrants, mostly unaccompanied minors from Central America, are being sheltered. After seeing the facility, the Democrat was very outspoken about his opinion on the Obama administration's handling of the recent influx.
Smugglers have changed their target, and as a result, Texas is seeing a growing number of undocumented immigrants through its border, The Associated Press reported. Now, Border Patrol is looking for ways to fight back.
