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The U.S. government hopes the threat of deportation will be enough to make Venezuelans reconsider trying to enter the United States illegally and opt instead for the online appointment system to make asylum claims or other legal paths. But some migrants said Friday that it would not stop them from continuing their journey.

The Biden administration has let 99% of migrants who have come over the border since 2021 — over two million people — stay in the country according to a new Congressional report released by House Republicans Monday.

Starr County Judge Eloy Vera borrowed a reporter's phone and tried to decipher a U.S. Customs and Border Protection map showing where about 20 miles of new federal border wall is to be built in this rural county in the Rio Grande Valley. Since learning of the new border wall, several residents and regional leaders also have tried to navigate the black lines in the CBP graphic to decipher where the new 18-foot-tall border wall will be built but the online maps were unavailable this weekend.

Between talking points about agreements and praises for the partners, an apparent contradiction emerged after Thursday’s meeting of Biden administration cabinet members and Mexican officials in Mexico City.

A federal grand jury in McAllen, Texas, has charged two men arrested while allegedly trying to cross 270 concealed firearms to Mexico over the Donna-Rio Bravo International Bridge on Sept. 6.

"Fifty percent of the folks around here would rather shoot these people than feed them," said Schultz, referring to the highly-conservative population in this part of California.

Montejo Peterson is blaming Mexico's National Guard, now in charge of ports of entry in Mexico, for not having adequate technology to process truckers fast enough as they drive out of Mexican territory.

EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – Border commuters endured unusually long waits to cross from Juarez, Mexico, into the United States on Thursday. The U.S. Customs and Border Protection website showed wait times of 200 minutes at Bridge of the Americas port of entry and 180 minutes at Paso del Norte Bridge for passenger vehicles […]

Residents in rural Starr County, Texas, tell Border Report they're shocked and scared and the county judge says "disappointed," after the Biden administration this week waived environmental laws in order to more quickly build federal border wall here.

Residents in rural Starr County, Texas, tell Border Report they're shocked and scared and the county judge says "disappointed," after the Biden administration this week waived environmental laws in order to more quickly build federal border wall here.