(The Center Square) – Hundreds of U.S. troops are being repositioned to the Rio Grande Valley after Coast Guard crew in Starr County encountered gunfire from across the Mexican border Sept. 26.. 

(The Center Square) - In less than one week, a U.S. Coast Guard crew seized more than 25,000 pounds of cocaine across three interdictions in the eastern Pacific Ocean.

(The Center Square) – Illegal entries are ongoing in Texas border counties as gotaways continue to be apprehended in residential communities. 

(The Center Square) – Another human smuggling ring has been busted at the U.S.-Canada border. 

(The Center Square) – U.S. Border Patrol in far west Texas is warning rideshare drivers about human smugglers using rideshare apps to organize illegal smuggling activity.

(The Center Square) - U.S. Customs and Border Protection is preparing to begin border wall panel installation in Texas’ Big Bend region, part of which borders Big Bend Ranch State Park, in August.

(The Center Square) – At a recent Congressional hearing, Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement Chairman Michael Guest, R-Miss., and Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence Chairman August Pfluger, R-Texas, both said that because the southwest border was secure under the Trump administration, cartel and transnational criminal organizations had recently shifted focus to the northern border. 

(The Center Square) – In six weeks, 60 people have been prosecuted for border crimes in Vermont.  

(The Center Square) – Illegal entries and apprehensions were slightly up in May compared to April but remain at historic lows and 95% lower than they were under the Biden administration.