Border

The migrant busing policy, which Abbott started as a way to antagonize the White House over its border policies, appears to be catching on among other GOP governors. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis chartered two planes of migrants to Martha’s Vineyard on Wednesday.

During a roundtable with border business leaders, Abbott said instead the inspections were about vehicle safety. That’s despite several statements he made about the operation also being a response to President Biden’s policies and the record number of migrant apprehensions at the border.

Small town officials in Georgia and Tennessee say migrants were dropped off in their towns without warning.

A new NPR/Ipsos poll shows that half of Americans say there's an "invasion" at the southern border. And that false and misleading claims about migrants are taking hold, particularly with Republicans.

A federal grand jury indicted Homero Zamorano Jr. and Christian Martinez, both of Pasadena, Texas, on counts of transporting and conspiring to transport migrants illegally resulting in death.

The ruling from the Louisiana-based judge comes less than three days before the Biden administration was scheduled to lift the policy, known as Title 42. It was originally put in place at the beginning of the pandemic by the Trump administration.

Texas has been using coronavirus relief money to help pay for the multibillion-dollar deployment.

The request comes after Gov. Greg Abbott announced last month that Texas would divert about $500 million from state agencies to fund the controversial border mission. Abbott launched Operation Lone Star last year in response to what he called President Biden’s “open-border” policies.

U.S. customers started deluging Mexican border pharmacies after Texas passed an anti-abortion law last fall. A two-pill combination costs about $400 and does not require a doctor's prescription.

The decision comes after more than 20 states sued to block the end of the pandemic-era policy that rapidly expels migrants back to their home countries. Texas filed a separate lawsuit last week that is still pending.