Biden administration offers nearly 500K Venezuelan migrants legal status
Under intense political pressure from fellow Democrats, the Biden administration has announced it is granting protection to hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans who are already in the country.
Texas border: Judge orders Texas to remove floating barrier from waters of US-Mexico border
A judge has ordered the state of Texas to move floating barrier from the waters of the US-Mexico border and onto a riverbank.
Greg Abbott brags of sending over 11,000 migrants to DC
Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott bragged about the effectiveness of his migrant bussing program Tuesday, saying it has provided "critical relief" to Texas border towns.
Another migrant bus from Texas arrives in LA
Texas has sent a total of 12 buses with migrants to Los Angeles since June.
This Week in Texas Politics: Paxton impeachment trial, border scandal
This Week in Texas Politics featured court fights, a border scandal and impeachment trial political maneuvering. FOX 7 Austin's Rudy Koski and our panel of political analysts discuss.
Texas National Guard member shoots at migrant near Rio Grande
A Texas National Guard member fired shots at a migrant near the Rio Grande. Political analyst Ed Espinosa and Matt Mackowiak, the chair of the Travis County Republican Party, joined FOX 7 Austin's Mike Warren to discuss.
Texas: The Issue Is - DPS Lt. Olivarez speaks on state of the U.S.-Mexico border
There's currently a courtroom showdown over Gov. Greg Abbott's floating border barrier. FOX 7 Austin's Rudy Koski spoke with a DPS lieutenant about what he's been seeing and experiencing at the border.
This Week in Texas Politics: Paxton impeachment trial, more battles on the border
Access to the impeachment trial and more battles on the border were some of the hot topics in This Week in Texas Politics.
DOJ asks Texas federal court to block construction of new floating barriers at border
The Justice Department asked a Texas federal court to block the construction of any new floating barriers.
Border battle between Abbott, DOJ continues in Austin courtroom
The battle over the border continued in an Austin courtroom Tuesday with a hearing concerning whether the buoy barrier system violates federal law.
Barrels of drinking water for migrants walking through Texas have disappeared
Barrels of life-saving water that a human rights group strategically placed for wayward migrants traveling on foot have vanished.
3-year-old riding one of Texas’ migrant buses dies on the way to Chicago, officials say
A 3-year-old child riding one of Texas’ migrant buses died while on the way to Chicago, officials said Friday, the first time the state has announced a death since it began shuttling thousands of migrants from the U.S.-Mexico border last year.
Biden asks Congress for $40 billion to help Ukraine, replenish US disaster aid and strengthen border
The president and his senior national security team have said the United States will help Ukraine “as long as it takes" to oust Russia from its borders.
Texas congressman says border buoy barrier includes 'chainsaw-type devices'
Recent claims from U.S. Rep Joaquin Castro over the border buoy barrier deployed in the Rio Grande have drawn a sharp rebuke from Gov. Greg Abbott's office. The barrier is the subject of a federal lawsuit filed by the DOJ.
Texas border agents find spider monkeys in backpack
The animals were found inside the luggage with air holes punched through it.
Images show men armed with rifles, body armor coming across southern border
The incident took place in Texas, but the men were not located.
Nigerian stowaways survive 14-day trip across Atlantic on ship's rudder, drank ocean water: report
The group of Nigerian stowaways survived for two weeks on the cargo ship's rudder by reportedly drinking the ocean water crashing below them.
This Week in Texas Politics: Street racing in Texas, 'mega-drought' and Paxton in court
FOX 7 Austin's Rudy Koski and his group of experts speak on hot topics in This Week's Texas Politics.
Pentagon pulling 1,100 troops from U.S.-Mexico border mission
The Pentagon is pulling 1,100 active duty troops from the U.S.-Mexico border it deployed earlier this year as the government prepared for the end of asylum restrictions linked to the pandemic.
Texas: The Issue Is - Cornyn blasts Biden on border security, losing contact with migrant kids
The battle over border security flared brightly in recent days with Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and State Troopers accused of employing brutal, anti-immigrant tactics and Sen. John Cornyn calling out President Biden for losing complete contact with thousands of unaccompanied migrant kids.