Federal officials are considering shifting 2.8 miles of border wall directly into the Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge to resolve a property dispute with a local irrigation district.

Federal prosecutors say a Guatemalan man who was extradited to the U.S. to face charges related to a smuggling attempt that left 53 migrants dead was sentenced to 30 years in prison Tuesday. The migrants had been transported through Texas in a sweltering tractor-trailer with no air conditioning in June 2022. Prosecutors say 50-year-old Rigoberto Ramon Miranda Orozco admitted to arranging the travel and accommodations for two of the people who died and one who was seriously injured. Others, including the truck

The U.S. Coast Guard is investigating a September shooting near Garceño as U.S. and Mexican troops deploy to the Starr County border, sparking mixed local reactions in Roma.

A 32-year-old ICE agent from McAllen faces charges of elder abuse, assault, and battery after allegedly attacking a 72-year-old homeowner and his daughter in Fresno, California, before being shot by the homeowner.

In Roma, Texas, Army Lt. Col. Ray Richards showed a formerly busy crossing on the Rio Grande now quiet after the Army shifted hundreds of troops to the area this month, following a surge in cartel activity. Soldiers, a Blackhawk‑deployed infantry unit and Border Patrol boats now patrol the river, and the Coast Guard recently returned fire after gunshots from the Mexican side, a development that local residents see as a heightened security presence.

The Trump administration is pushing a $46 billion border‑wall project across Texas’ Big Bend region, but a federal judge has now paused construction after landowners sued and refused to cooperate with surveyors. The pause halts the government’s plan to force the wall through despite waived environmental protections, giving owners a major boost in their legal fight.