In the 2022 fiscal year, 2,176 Chinese nationals were encountered at the southern border, while in the 2023 fiscal year, in just the first three months, southern border patrol agents reported 1,915 Chinese migrants attempting to enter the country.
ICE underreported the number of illegal immigrants released into the country without tracking technology by over 18,000% and misreporting the number of illegal immigrants tracked with GPS technology by approximately 600%.
Governor Greg Abbott announced the new position of Texas Border Czar to oversee security as the state faces a record number of illegal immigrants at the border.
A Texas Department of Public Safety trooper arrested a Venezuelan migrant for allegedly smuggling a group of 28 migrants, including a juvenile into the interior of Texas.
Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee Jim Jordan (R-OH) will begin the hearings relating to the Biden administration's handling of the U.S-Mexico border.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection recorded 880 illegal migrant deaths last fiscal year under the Biden administration, marking the highest number of deaths since data became available, according to data obtained by a Freedom of Information Act request.
America's southern border continues to be inundated by a massive flow of migrants, with U.S. Customs and Border Protection reporting a whopping 251,487 southwest land border encounters during the month of December 2022.
Article IV, Section 7 of the Texas Constitution authorizes the governor to “call forth the militia to execute the laws of the state, to suppress insurrections, and to repel invasions.”