Two weeks into their mission in Eagle Pass, Texas, New Hampshire National Guard soldiers said they are seeing more attempts to cross the border illegally than expected. That’s true even for ...

Since 2021, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has been using state resources and national guard to patrol the border, with many of his efforts focused on Eagle Pass.

Abbott and Biden share the same goal in Eagle Pass: arresting migrants. But now Abbott has placed Texas troops between migrants and the Border Patrol agents, and has stood defiant when the feds ...

The small border city of Eagle Pass has become a front line in the increasingly tense battle between Texas and the Biden administration over immigration.

The dispute intensified on January 10, when Texas authorities effectively blocked US Border Patrol agents from a 2.5-mile area in Eagle Pass, which had seen a surge of migrant crossings.

Texas and the Biden administration are fighting over border security in Eagle Pass.

In the Del Rio Border Patrol Sector, which includes Eagle Pass, about 750 migrants are apprehended a day compared to about 2,400 per day in mid-December, according to another law enforcement source.

Last Wednesday, Texas troopers took control over Eagle Pass’s 47-acre Shelby Park along the Rio Grande, denying federal Border Patrol agents entry to the park.

Border Patrol has been overwhelmed by the sheer number of people crossing through the Del Rio sector, which includes Eagle Pass, in recent days.

For Eagle Pass residents, the crisis is provoking a complex range of emotions. Border security is a necessary piece of local law enforcement here, especially in recent years.