The union representing thousands of U.S. Border Patrol agents has endorsed Republican U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz for reelection.
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Covering untold, local stories about those living, working and migrating along the U.S.-Mexico border. #BorderReport#NexstarNation
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- HAPPENING NOW: Hundreds of migrants continue to cross illegally into El Paso, Texas to surrender to agents at the border wall. The Border Patrol has issued a warning to migrants that they risk swift removal if they come in between ports of entry. STORY: bit.ly/406pAW400:00
- The hotline was allegedly ended after it was featured on "Orange Is the New Black," which drew attention to the criticism of detention conditions for immigrants. borderreport.com/hot-topics/mig…
- Texas Gov. Greg Abbott sent multiple busloads of migrants to Vice President Harris’s D.C. residence, leaving migrants on the streets in below-freezing temperatures on Christmas Eve.
- WATCH: Three white buses with no insignia or logos pulled up along 30th Street across from the Iris Avenue Trolley Station in South San Diego, and within minutes, hundreds of men and women started to unload.
- Border officers seized a bunch of bologna at an El Paso port entry this week. Why it's prohibited and what ended up happening to all those cold cuts below.
- Multiple El Paso law enforcement agencies have responded to the Paso Del Norte Bridge to assist U.S. Customs and Border Protection after a group of people forced their way to the top of the bridge and are blocking traffic. Story: bit.ly/3JelR2r00:00
- About 200 migrants, mostly from Venezuela and recently expelled from the United States, rioted at a Tijuana detention facility that also serves as a shelter.
- Republican Sen. Ted Cruz is asking the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to appeal a court ruling that denied permits for a liquified natural gas project in the Port of Brownsville.
- Twenty-six Republican governors, led by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, have announced the creation of the American Governors’ Border Strike Force. #BorderStrikeForcetrib.al/LQ3PfOa
- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, says he will continue busing migrants to “sanctuary cities” around the nation, and he appears to have the support of Texas voters and border agents.
- CBP data shows that migrant crossings are down 94 percent, the lowest number ever.
- Authorities in the Mexican border state of Chihuahua say they have seized a semi and arrested its driver for allegedly transporting 257 migrants from various countries to the U.S. border.
- Juarez is in the middle of a fierce drug war, as cartels not only are fighting for control of smuggling routes to the U.S. but also in-house drug sales and other criminal activities. trib.al/HP2tVsk
