Rio Grande

Paxton sued the Biden administration last month after reports of U.S. Border Patrol agents cutting portions of wire along the Rio Grande in Eagle Pass. On Thursday, a judge denied Paxton’s request to halt the practice. Paxton’s office said it has already filed an appeal.

In 2020, rebellious Mexican farmers occupied a dam in parched Chihuahua state to prevent the federal government from sending its reservoir water to Texas under a 1944 treaty. With the clock ticking toward another treaty deadline, the two sides are struggling for a solution.

The International Boundary and Water Commission released a detailed survey on Tuesday and concluded that of the 995-foot barrier, about 787 feet of it is south of the international boundary line — nearly 80% on the Mexican side.

A second body was found about three miles upriver. DPS claimed the barrier was not to blame for the deaths. The buoys were installed in the Rio Grande near Eagle Pass last month to deter migrant crossings.

The riverside city, sometimes referred to as 'La Puerta de Mexico' or 'Mexico’s Door,' 'is at the center of a struggle between the State of Texas and the federal government over shutting that door to illegal immigration.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to place two species of river mussels only found in parts of West and South Texas on the endangered species list.

Gov. Greg Abbott’s defiance of a Department of Justice deadline is the latest in the escalating battle over how far the state will take its border security mission.

The Mexican president is the latest North American official to slam Gov. Greg Abbott’s Operation Lone Star after reports surfaced this week alleging some migrants were denied water and even pushed back into the Rio Grande.

Mexico has sent a diplomatic note to the U.S. expressing concern that barriers on the river may violate treaties on boundaries and water. Mexico has already asked that the barriers be removed.

Five tractor trailers loaded with the four-foot diameter buoy balls arrived Friday in Eagle Pass. When assembled, they will make a thousand-foot-long obstacle for migrants crossing the Rio Grande.