Another large migrant caravan departed from southern Mexico with the goal of entering the U.S. before President-elect Donald J. Trump’s inauguration on January 20. The migrants will likely make their way to Mexico City before breaking up and heading for various U.S. border crossing points.
Texas General Land Office (GLO) Commissioner Dawn Buckingham offered to lease the incoming Trump administration a 1,400-acre tract of land near the state’s border with Mexico. The land would be used to build a facility for the processing, detention, and deportation of violent criminal migrants.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott continues to apply Operation Lone Star resources to the state’s border with Mexico in anticipation of a final Biden-era mass migration event. On the other hand, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker vowed this week to “do everything I can to protect our undocumented immigrants.”
A former Dallas salon owner who was jailed for re-opening her salon during COVID-19 will now be the next state representative for Texas House District 62. Shelley Luther won the election with nearly 80 percent of the vote.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized approximately 11,000 rounds of 7.62mm ammunition being smuggled into the United States from Mexico.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ordered the recall of nearly 80,000 pounds of butter produced in Texas for Costco. The agency ordered the recall because the product packaging contained no “Contains Milk” allergy statement.
CBS News inaccurately reported that the Mexican Navy seized 3.6 tons of cocaine from a “narco sub.” The Government of Mexico reports the drugs were found on a twin-engine “Go Fast” type vessel.
Reports indicate that President-elect Donald J. Trump flipped a Texas border county that has voted Democrat in every presidential race since 1896. At 97 percent, the county is said to be the most Hispanic county in the nation.
Following a decisive victory by Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) and an expanded majority in the Texas House of Representatives, Republicans lived up to their pledge to “Keep Texas Texas.”
Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) told Breitbart Texas that his opponent, Colin Allred (D-TX), co-sponsored a bill that would mandate that boys be allowed to compete in girls’ sports. He said his opponent also voted against the “Protecting Girls’ and Women’s Sports Act.”
A Border Patrol report reviewed by Breitbart Texas revealed that migrant arrests at the nation’s borders jumped to more than 58,000. This is the largest month since August, when approximately 60,000 migrants were arrested after illegally crossing the borders into the United States.
The Texas Department of Public Safety released a video showing the chaos occurring along the U.S.-Mexico border resulting from the open-border policies of the Biden-Harris administration. The video shows multiple human smuggling operations, drug seizures, and cartel gun battles near the border.
Border Patrol agents in South Texas found four unaccompanied minors floating on a raft in the middle of the Rio Grande. Callous cartel-connected human smugglers abandoned the migrant children.
Swanton Sector Border Patrol agents arrested a record-shattering 19,385 migrants who illegally crossed the Canadian border into the U.S. during Fiscal Year 24. This represents a near 180 percent increase over the prior year’s record apprehensions.
Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) told Breitbart Texas that his opponent, U.S. Representative Colin Allred (D-TX), is hiding from his “radical open-borders record.” He said Allred’s campaign mirrors Vice President Kamala Harris’s candidacy by running away from their well-documented voting records.
Social media reports indicate that another migrant group of up to 2,500 migrants departed from southern Mexico on Sunday. The group departed from Tapachula, Chiapas, to reach the U.S.-Mexico border before the upcoming presidential election.
By a unanimous vote, the Texas House Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence Committee voted to subpoena a death row inmate in an apparent effort to delay the man’s execution. The committee voted to subpoena Robert Roberson, who is scheduled to be executed on Thursday in connection to a shaken baby death.
An alleged member of the Tren de Aragua is facing human trafficking charges after she reportedly prostituted a passed-out woman after giving her drugs. The suspected gang member is one of several Venezuelan migrants arrested after the takeover of the Gateway Hotel in El Paso, Texas.
Texas Department of Public Safety troopers arrested a Venezuelan migrant for allegedly recruiting middle school students into the violent Tren de Aragua (TdA) gang.
An Arkansas man is free on a $150,000 bond after he allegedly shot and killed a man who reportedly took his daughter from their home in the middle of the night on Tuesday morning. The decedent was charged earlier this year with the sexual assault of the 14-year-old girl the father rescued.
The father of an allegedly kidnapped 14-year-old girl is in jail in Lonoke County, Arkansas, after a shooting that left the reported kidnapper dead. The father said he found the man with his daughter, and a confrontation broke out as he tried to rescue her.
A Border Patrol sector chief reported a rise in the number of large migrant groups crossing into Texas from Mexico. The report confirms a Breitbart Texas report from September detailing large migrant groups entering the Del Rio Sector near Eagle Pass, Texas.
Multiple sources report that a large group of mostly Central and South American migrants departed the southern Mexican state of Chiapas, intending to reach the U.S. border. The group reportedly demanded faster processing of transit permits from the new Mexican government under President Claudia Sheinbaum.
A multi-agency raid on an apartment complex in San Antonio, Texas, led to the arrest of a known Tren de Aragua gang enforcer, according to San Antonio Police Chief Bill McManus. Police arrested four other confirmed TdA gang members and 15 suspected members.
San Antonio firefighters received a warning from their union officials to “watch your six” after increasing criminal activity by the Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang on the city’s north side.
A police manhunt is underway in the Texas Panhandle region as officers search for a man accused of shooting a small-town police chief. The shooting occurred as Memphis, Texas, police officers attempted to serve an arrest warrant on Seth Altman, a local resident.
Alexis Nungaray wants justice for the rape and murder of her 12-year-old daughter, Jocelyn Nungaray. The two Venezuelan migrants who were illegally in the United States are suspected to be members of the violent Tren de Aragua (TdA) gang.
Nearly 20,000 migrants illegally crossed the border from Canada into the Swanton Border Patrol Sector. Officials report this is more than the prior 17 years combined.
Governor Greg Abbott told Breitbart Texas that the apprehension of migrants in the five Texas-based border sectors has dropped by 85 percent since he launched the Operation Lone Star border security mission in March 2021.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott told Breitbart News he is making all available tools available to law enforcement to take action against the violent Venezuelan Tren de Aragua (TdA) gang. The governor said the gang members will find their operations in Texas will become unprofitable, forcing them to leave the Lone Star State.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott told Breitbart Texas that American voters will not be fooled by Vice President Kamala Harris’ sudden interest in the U.S.-Mexico border. Harris is scheduled to visit the border near Douglas, Arizona, later on Friday.
Texas Department of Public Safety troopers arrested more than 20 suspected Tren de Aragua gang members. The members of the violent Venezuelan gang are charged with a variety of state crimes, including human smuggling, prostitution, and drug possession in connection with operations at the Gateway Hotel in El Paso, Texas.
Texas Department of Public Safety troopers arrested a Pakistani migrant who illegally crossed the border near Eagle Pass, Texas, this week. The single adult male is one of several Special Interest Aliens detained this week in Texas under Governor Greg Abbott’s Operation Lone Star. Other Special Interest Aliens were also arrested in the past two weeks, including one with possible terrorist ties.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott offered a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of Tren de Aragua (TdA) gang members. The reward offer follows the governor’s designation last week of the TdA as a “Foreign Terrorist Organization.”
A Venezuelan migrant in Chicago is facing a murder charge after allegedly gunning down a man as he begged for his life. The alleged shooting took place on a public street in front of witnesses.
A former Drug Enforcement Administration special agent says the activities of the violent Venezuelan prison gang, Tren de Aragua (TdA), in Texas, could be “just the beginning.”
A Houston man is charged with human smuggling after a Texas Department of Public Safety trooper found 16 migrants locked behind a fake wall in a cargo trailer.
An explosion and massive fire broke out after an as-yet unidentified driver of an SUV plowed through a fence, striking a LNG pipe valve in Deer Park, Texas, on Monday. Authorities have not disclosed the intent of the driver who allegedly caused the crash and explosion.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott designated the Venezuelan Tren de Aragua (TdA) gang as a foreign terrorist organization on Monday. The move gives Texas law enforcement officials additional tools and resources to attack the gang and “disrupt their criminal operations and deny their foothold in the state,” the governor stated.
San Diego Sector Border Patrol agents are reporting an increase in migrant apprehensions over the past couple of weeks. The near 25 percent increase from two weeks ago comes as the 2024 presidential election nears.
