By Acacia Coronado and Lindsay Whitehurst | Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday temporarily halted a new Texas law that allows police to arrest migrants who enter the country illegally and set up another legal showdown over the federal government’s authority over immigration. Hours after the Justice Department asked the … Read more
By Sean Murphy and Jim Vertuno | Associated Press STINNETT, Texas — Wildfires may have destroyed as many as 500 structures in the Texas Panhandle and that number could rise as damage assessments continue, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott said Friday. The Smokehouse Creek fire, the largest blaze in state history hat began Monday, has burned … Read more
By Mark Sherman and Paul J. Weber | Associated Press WASHINGTON — A divided Supreme Court on Monday allowed Border Patrol agents to resume cutting for now razor wire that Texas installed along a stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border that is at the center of an escalating standoff between the Biden administration and the state … Read more
By Valerie Gonzalez | Associated Press McALLEN, Texas — The Justice Department on Friday asked the Supreme Court to order Texas to stop blocking Border Patrol agents from a portion of the U.S.-Mexico border where large numbers of migrants have crossed in recent months, setting up another showdown between Republican Gov. Greg Abbott and the … Read more
By Valerie Gonzalez and Paul J. Weber | Associated Press BROWNSVILLE, Texas — Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday approved sweeping new powers that allow police to arrest migrants who illegally cross the U.S. border and give local judges authority to order them to leave the country, testing the limits of how far a … Read more