RGV Large Group Encounters Continue
In recent days, Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol agents encountered 414 migrants in three large groups.
Harbor Bridge Project Long-Term Closure
Beginning Wednesday, June 8, until Wednesday, June 15, Comanche Street will be closed at the Mexico Street intersection. The long-term closure is necessary for utility work related to the Harbor Bridge Project.
Groundbreaking for the Beau Best Memorial Garden
A public prayer walk/garden that will includes a 1/10th mile seven-foot-wide concrete walkway garnished with twelve Scripture stones, eleven sitting benches, and beautiful landscaping will be included at the Beau Best Memorial Garden.
Agents Arrest Convicted Sex Offender
U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Eagle Pass South Station arrested a convicted sex offender, May 29.
TAMUK Receives Grant for Two Upward Bound Programs
The Upward Bound programs offer weekly individual and group tutoring and mentoring at the high schools, monthly Saturday Academies held at Texas A&M-Kingsville and a six-week summer component held on campus.
CBP Officers Apprehend Fugitive at Hidalgo International Bridge
Gonzalez had this outstanding warrant stemming from allegations from an incident in December of 2021. He is charged with a first-degree felony for alleged sexual assault.
RGV Agents Keep Criminals Off the Streets
Rio Grande Valley Sector agents arrested four criminal migrants and four gang members.
Chase Lands Truck in Nueces River
The vehicle drove off an embankment during the chase and sank into the Nueces River.
A Teacher and her Heartbroken Husband Buried Together in Uvalde
They were high school sweethearts. Irma Garcia taught at Robb Elementary for her entire 23-year career. Her husband died of a heart attack two days after she was shot.
Uvalde Offers Mental Health Resources for the Victims
For the children who survived the Uvalde shooting uninjured, trauma will take time to heal.
Area Law Enforcement Travel to Uvalde
Officers provided security for about 30 locations in the area.
Court Green-Lights Texas Suit Against Biden Administration
The suit challenges EEOC’s guidance mandating mixed-use bathrooms, gender pronouns, and dress codes in the workplace, as well as the Health and Human Services’ guidance against Texas’s child abuse laws and so-called sex-change procedures.
Preserving History of Austin State Hospital
Archaeologists Excavated More Than 6,500 Artifacts on Hospital Campus.
Smugglers Continue to Place Migrants in Danger
Falfurrias Border Patrol Checkpoint agents rescued 88 migrants, to include three unaccompanied children, from a sealed tractor trailer on May 28.
Prayer Vigil for High School Seniors Involved in Fatal Accident
A prayer vigil will be held for the W.B. Ray High School students who tragically lost their lives in a car accident this week. The classmates were leaving their high school graduation rehearsal at the time of the incident.
U.S. Supreme Court Blocks Texas Law Limiting Content Moderation
The 2021 law sought to prohibit social media companies from banning users based on their viewpoints.
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