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SAN ANTONIO (AP) — One of six men charged in Texas over 53 migrants who died last year in a sweltering tractor-trailer has pleaded guilty for his role in the nation's deadliest human smuggling attempt from Mexico, federal prosecutors said Wednesday.

A man wanted in connection with a homicide in Central Texas was arrested after attempting to fake his way through the border into El Paso on Tuesday.

The number of migrants being held in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facilities is at its highest level since the pandemic began, according to new data.

“You cannot cross here. It is illegal. This is a crime. You are committing a crime. You cannot cross anywhere except a legal port of entry."

A South Texas congresswoman has filed legislation that would allow Border Patrol agents to still get paid even if the federal government shuts down at week's end.

The rural South Texas border county of Zapata isn't receiving state funds from Operation Lone Star in Fiscal Year 2024, and the county judge tells Border Report it sorely needs all the money it can get.

Authorities are asking for the public's help in locating four suspects in connection to a deadly shooting in Otay Mesa.

Truck traffic at the Marcelino Serna port of entry in Tornillo shot up since the federal government stopped processing commercial cargo at El Paso’s Bridge of the Americas earlier this month.

A South Texas man has been ordered to serve four years in prison for smuggling undocumented migrants inside water skis at a Border Patrol checkpoint, the U.S. attorneys office said Tuesday.

Some lawmakers from the South Texas border are offering their solutions to deal with the sudden influx of thousands of migrants on the Texas/Mexico border, as lawmakers in Washington differ on border security solutions and debate the upcoming fiscal budget that could lead to a government shutdown at week's end. | Local News from KRQE News 13 in Albuquerque, New Mexico