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The South Texas border town of Mission is known for its citrus industry. It's slogan is "Home of the grapefruit." But groves of grapefruit, lemon and orange trees could soon be a sight no more as water scarcity within the Rio Grande Valley is beginning to significantly affect agriculture here, and towns and communities are having to adjust because of Mexico's inability to pay the United States water it owes. | Local News from KRQE News 13 in Albuquerque, New Mexico

An appeals court ordered late Tuesday that the controversial Texas migrant arrest law remain on hold, leaving the block in place for now.

Advocates marked the anniversary of a fatal fire in a Juarez migrant detention station by demanding answers and calling for more humane policies at the U.S.-Mexico border.

Texas authorities have charged nine migrants for involvment in the assault on National Guard troops and storming of the border in El Paso, Texas, last Thursday a state government source told The Post.

The first tractor trailers rolled southbound Wednesday morning through the Donna-Rio Bravo International Bridge -- under a new bridge expansion that allows empty trucks to cross southbound into Mexico to boost trade and help reduce wait times at other area ports.

Three New Mexico men are facing drug charges in connection with an alleged failed attempt to take 420 pounds of marijuana from the Mexican border to oil-rich Odessa, Texas.

Four family members have been sentenced to federal prison for operating what authorities say was an extensive human smuggling organization in South Texas.

The Catholic bishops of El Paso and Juarez on Monday called on border residents to keep their hearts open to the thousands of migrants who risk life and limb coming to the border.

While most migrants are given court dates after their initial interviews, and are allowed to stay north of the border throughout their asylum cases, Border Report has learned some migrants are getting sent back to Mexico quickly after getting apprehended.

A nonprofit organization is supplying migrants with health care and last-minute supplies before they embark on crossing the dangerous Darién Gap jungle starting in Colombia.