Along the Rio Grande, where state officials have stretched new barriers, migrants display the toll: Bruises, broken ankles and wounds stapled closed.
Author: Rick Jervis, USA TODAY
Border-crossing numbers plunge as CBP’s online app, new deportation rules take effect
Officials tout the new CBP One app for smartphones, though human rights advocates note that new razor wire along Rio Grande could also be a factor.
18,000 cows killed in Texas explosion. Next: The massive, messy task of disposing of them
Environmental officials are on scene. A host of regulations applies. But an expert tells USA TODAY disposing of 18,000 cows is almost unfathomable.
18,000 cows killed in explosion, fire at Texas dairy farm may be largest cattle killing ever
The biggest single-incident death of cattle in the country in at least a decade leaves officials asking, “How do you dispose of 18,000 carcasses?”
‘We don’t seem to learn’: 10 years after tragic Texas chemical explosion, risk remains high
Ten years after fertilizer explosion, the impact ripples through one Texas town. And experts warn more work is needed to avert ammonium nitrate disaster.
Vigilantes along US-Mexico border? Texas bills would shift border patrol to state hands
Texas leaders hope new bills allow state-run groups to patrol the U.S.-Mexico border, challenging the federal government’s role in border enforcement.
‘We will never be the same’: Displaced Ukrainian children risk erosion in school, mental health
An estimated 5 million Ukrainian children are displaced inside the country by war with Russia. Many of them are struggling with school, mental health
Grandmothers, grandchildren separated at border, despite U.S. move to reunite migrant families
A U.S. law is designed to shield kids from traffickers. But often it separates them from their grandparents or aunts.
Juan David Ortiz found guilty, sentenced to life in Border Patrol serial killing of 4 women
The Border Patrol supervisor was found guilty of murdering four women in Laredo. Prosecutors said he used his agency-issued handgun in the killings.
Border Patrol agent’s murder trial the latest in string of incidents stirring distrust
Border Patrol agents are part of the community in Laredo. But the upcoming murder trial involving an agent could threaten the agency’s image there.