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March 15, 2021

Texas rancher sounds alarm on migrant surge: Smugglers 'driving right through fences' onto property

South Texas rancher Emily Lord King, a border resident, weighed in on what she is experiencing regarding the migration surge under President Biden, telling “The Faulkner Focus” on Monday that law enforcement wasn't prepared for the change “we saw overnight.”

March 15, 2021

US to house up to 3,000 immigrant teens at Dallas convention center

DALLAS (AP) — The U.S. government plans to use the downtown Dallas convention center to hold up to 3,000 immigrant teenagers as sharply higher numbers of border crossings have severely strained the current capacity to hold youths, according to a memo obtained by The Associated Press.

March 15, 2021

Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo moving to Miami for top cop post

Outspoken Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo is leaving the Texas department – the fourth largest in the nation – to take the helm as Miami's top cop, he and officials announced Monday.

March 15, 2021

McCarthy, GOP delegation visiting US-Mexico border Monday amid migration surge under Biden

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and 12 other House Republicans are at the Southern border and will make comments from El Paso, Texas later Monday as the GOP continues to hammer President Biden over immigration. 

March 15, 2021

National weather forecast: Wintry mix heading east

A major winter storm that brought the fourth biggest snowfall to Denver is still bringing wintry weather for sections of the Plains up into the Midwest. 

March 15, 2021

Migrants stuck at Mexico border thought they'd get easier entry: 'Biden promised us!'

The U.S. continues to turn back migrants, forcing Mexico to scramble for a solution to the rising number of people camped at the border.

March 15, 2021

Texas sees decline in new coronavirus cases, data shows

Over the past two weeks, the rolling average number of daily new cases of the coronavirus in Texas has decreased by 42.5%, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.

March 14, 2021

Pet dog returned home after being stolen 13 years ago

Good dogs always make it home.

March 14, 2021

Biden's 'open border' policies enriching drug cartels as migrant crisis escalates: Gov. Abbott

President Biden’s “open border policies” are not only inviting more illegal immigration to the U.S. but also enriching and empowering drug cartels in Mexico who profit from smuggling migrants across the border, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Sunday.

March 13, 2021

Texas sees multiple tornadoes touch down as severe weather rips through

Multiple tornados touched down in northwest Texas Saturday afternoon amid severe thunderstorms.