Tag: Texas border

Texas to Deploy Chain of Buoys Across Rio Grande to Deter Illegal Immigrant Crossings

Texas will soon deploy a long chain of large buoys in the middle of the Rio Grande to deter illegal immigrants from crossing the southern border. Gov. Greg Abbott said the first 1,000-foot floating barrier would be placed in the river at one of the crossing hot spots near Eagle Pass in Maverick County. Eagle…


Mexican Cartels Recruiting Women for Smuggling Jobs

Mexican cartels are recruiting women to help smuggle humans and drugs across the Texas border because women often get away without jail time. Over the last two years, at least 140 females have gotten away “scot-free” after being caught smuggling, Kinney County Sheriff Brad Coe said on Tuesday in an interview on NewsNation. According to…


2 Illegal Aliens Dead, 12 Injured in Human Trafficking Accident in Texas

A pickup truck crash in Brooks County, Texas, has left two illegal immigrants dead and another 12 injured, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS). The accident took place at about 1:30 a.m. on Oct. 16 when a Brooks County Sheriff’s Deputy tried to stop a vehicle for a traffic violation. The driver…


Kamala Harris Prepares for Texas Visit, Not Clear If She’ll Visit Border

Vice President Kamala Harris is scheduled to travel to Texas this weekend as part of a Democrat fundraising campaign in the state. However, it is unclear whether she intends to visit the Texas border with Mexico. In June 2021, Harris visited a migrant processing center at the Texas border, which has been her only visit…


Public Safety Officials Interdict Human Smuggling Attempt at Texas Airport

Officials from the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) have busted a human smuggling operation that was underway at an airport located in McAllen, a border city. “WESLACO–A @TxDPS Special Agent & Pilot stopped a human smuggling attempt at McCreery Aviation Co. in McAllen, TX. 19 illegal immigrants (12m/7f) from Central America were being smuggled…


Texas County Ratifies Invasion Declaration

Days after declaring the illegal immigration crisis at the southern border an “invasion,” Goliad County in Texas ratified the declaration this week. The ratification was done by the county’s commissioners court and is part of an effort to get Republican Gov. Greg Abbott to make a state invasion declaration. Rep. Michael Cloud (R-Texas) has backed…


Texas Border Agents Discover 40 Illegal Immigrants Packed Inside Metal Box

Agents from the Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol in Texas recently disrupted multiple human smuggling events, including one in which several migrants were transported in a metal box. On April 26, the Falfurrias Border Patrol Checkpoint agents inspected a truck pulling a flatbed trailer carrying several large metal boxes. On one of the boxes,…


Illegal Immigrant Child Abandoned by Mother Found at Texas Riverbank: CBP

Texas Border Patrol Agents discovered a missing juvenile on a riverbank who had been abandoned by his mother, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said on Monday. CBP said that its Del Rio Sector received a notification from the Guatemalan Consulate about a missing child on Nov. 30, along with a possible location, a picture of…


NTD Evening News Full Broadcast (Oct. 25)

The Biden administration again denies Governor Greg Abbot’s request for help with the Texas border crisis, we speak to an expert about Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ recent offer to help with California’s shipping logjam, and production of the movie ‘Rust’ has been officially halted after actor Alec Baldwin shot a prop gun and killed a cinematographer last week.


NTD Evening News Full Broadcast (Oct. 20)

Unidentified human remains were found near items said to belong to Brian Laundrie, the Biden administration unveils its plan to get 5- to 11-year-olds vaccinated, and one congressman is calling on Texans to defend themselves and their border.