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Venezuelans replaced Mexicans for the first time on record, according to new figures that show September was the second-highest month for arrests of all nationalities.

Rolando Salinas Jr. said authorities are expecting between several thousand more migrants to cross through the city in the coming days.

A visit to the Rio Grande in Eagle Pass, Texas, by kayak. That's where Gov. Greg Abbott has installed a floating barrier made of giant buoys to deter migrants

NPR's Michel Martin talks to Democratic Rep. Veronica Escobar of Texas, who represents the 16th Congressional District in El Paso, about U.S.- Mexico border concerns and immigration reform.

The Biden administration's efforts will include new immigration processing centers in Latin America and other measures to discourage illegal border crossings.

The National Butterfly Center in Mission, Texas closed its doors for the "immediate future" for the safety of staff and visitors after reports of credible threats from a nearby right-wing rally, which happened this past weekend.

A federal judge in El Paso on Thursday issued an injunction blocking Gov. Greg Abbott's executive order restricting the transportation of migrants in the state. The Department of Justice asked for a restraining order to keep Abbott from using state troopers to stop vehicles suspected of transporting migrants.

Immigration authorities encountered migrants more than 212,000 times at the border in July, the highest in 20 years — including nearly 19,000 unaccompanied children, the most ever in a single month.

"Operation Lone Star," as it's called, relies on a force of state troopers, National Guard and reinforcements from other red states. The mission is to curtail the migrants surging into the Rio Grande.