At some checkpoints, motorists are stopped by agents who inquire about their immigration status. These agents, stationed with K-9 units, do not need any suspicion to conduct these stops, as long ...

It was at such an inland checkpoint that on Feb. 4 Border Patrol apprehended the parents of five children, four of them U.S. citizens. They were en route from Rio Grande City, Texas, to Houston ...

Border & Immigration Border Patrol Inland Checkpoints Shut Down So Agents Can Help Process Asylum Seekers “It’s really out of control. It’s bad,” said one official of the surge in families ...

The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Texas’ report, Trapped in Texas: How Federal — and Now State — Immigration Enforcement Traps People Trying to Escape Texas’ Abortion Ban, explores ...

Along with federal immigration checkpoints and roving patrols, these Texans and their families also must contend with Texas state police, including troopers with Governor Greg Abbott’s $11.2 ...

7:50 p.m. Feb. 6, 2025: This story was updated with a statement from Alice ISD. A Texas school district warned families this week that U.S. Border Patrol agents may be checking the immigration ...

Border Patrol immigration checkpoints legally operate with judicial authority." What Happens Next Texas school districts are expected to continue monitoring the situation while communicating with ...

In Texas’ Rio Grande Valley, two permanent checkpoints are in Sarita on Highway 69-East and another at Falfurrias, on U.S. Highway 281, where Border Patrol agents stopped the young girl with ...