U.S. District Judge Drew Tipton in Victoria wrote in his ruling that Paxton’s office “have not proven that Texas has suffered an injury and therefore do not have standing to maintain this suit.”

The monkeys were turned over to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and will be housed at the Gladys Porter Zoo in Brownsville, Texas.

Local residents felt they were left out of the conversation.

Homeland Security Investigations special agents initiated criminal investigations into all three seizures.

Agents arrived at the residence, and entered the dwelling when they discovered 16 individuals being harbored in deplorable conditions.

All these offenders are facing criminal prosecution under Title 8 and will be formally removed from the U.S.

All three people were left behind in ranches unable to keep up with their smugglers.

On Thursday afternoon, Feb. 15, CBP officers at Donna International Bridge examined a passenger vehicle driven by Pedro de Jesus Garza, 35, a U.S. citizen, and immediately escorted him for secondary inspection following a biographic match to an outstanding felony warrant.

An Austin judge will decide whether Senate Bill 4 will go into effect on March 5. The new law allows police to arrest people suspected of illegally crossing the border.

Brownsville Port of Entry took down two significant loads of cocaine the same day with a combined street value of $459,000.

A Hidalgo police officer arrived to take custody of Madrigal and transported him to the county jail pending extradition to Indiana.

On Feb. 4, at approximately 9 a.m., agents from the Alpine Station noticed a vehicle pulled off on the shoulder of Highway 385 south of the checkpoint.

Border Patrol agents were able to apprehend a total of 19 people.

U.S. Border Patrol Agents from the El Paso Sector kept busy in their humanitarian efforts as they rescued five individuals over the course of the last two weeks.

CBP officers transported Llanas Peyreyra to Webb County jail for adjudication of the warrant.