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A drug smuggler who cooperated with the government avoided prison Monday. Antonio Ramirez Robledo, 57, of Progreso participated in a conspiracy to ship large ...

The Texas GOP knows the risk. In the 2010s, the Republican-controlled Legislature drew political lines that helped pad the ...

As the Trump administration intensifies deportation activity around the country, some immigrants — including many who have ...

Text from the APNews story, As Trump’s raids ramp up, a Texas region’s residents stay inside — even when they need medical ...

On Tuesday, July 15, U.S. District Judge Drew B. Tipton sentenced Dominga “Penny” Ledesma, 53, of Raymondville — a rural ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – The Rio Grande in Albuquerque at Tingley Beach and Central is bone dry. Farmers, who depend on this water source, will soon be feeling those effects.

Border Report meandered through unmarked dirt trails and roads to locate construction crews completing a section of new border wall in rural Starr County just north of the border town of Roma. A ...

De La Cruz, who entered the House in 2023, represents a majority-Hispanic district that has seen critical shifts to the Right in recent years.

Pedestrians in downtown McAllen on Oct. 31, 2021. Federal funding cuts led to the cancellation of this year’s Operation Border Health, a multi-county free health clinic event that serves thousands of ...

In the three Congressional Districts that make up the Rio Grande Valley, TX-15, TX-28, and TX-34, there are more than 578,000 people who rely on Medicaid for their care, according to KFF. Children ...

Every year since 1999, the Rio Grande Valley has hosted a massive five-day event to offer free health services across several ...