Texas authorities report a South Texas SIA smuggling stop, a Houston arrest of a convicted murderer, and charges in a Dallas ...

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An illegal alien has been indicted and charged with injuring federal immigration agents in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Jay R. Combs. Jerson Lopez-Sanchez, 28, a citizen and ...

Perspective: What could the "special security reasons' be behind the unprecedented 10-day closure of El Paso airport.

U.S. Rep. Joaquín Castro wants the federal government to drop the word "alien" from its laws and other official documents, NBC News reported. Castro, a Texas Democrat, has introduced a bill to strike ...