Most of the construction replaced or updated already-existing barriers, and today 140 miles of barrier – mostly built before the Trump administration – lines the Texas-Mexico border.

In December 2021, Gov. Greg Abbott traveled to South Texas to inaugurate the first 880-foot stretch of the state’s newly constructed wall on its border with Mexico. At the news conference ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Over the past half-decade, the state of Texas has been pushing an evolution in the administration and enforcement of immigration law. Stepping into a traditional federal role, state ...

Ahead of the inauguration, migrant shelters south of the Rio Grande are far from full, a reflection of the tougher measures ...

The flurry of attempted illegal crossing along the U.S.-Mexico border comes just 72 hours before Trump's inauguration. Border ...