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Texas is already policing the Mexican border − and will play an outsize role in any Trump plan to crack down on immigration

Over the past half-decade, the state of Texas has been pushing an evolution in the administration and enforcement of immigration law. Stepping into a traditional federal role, state lawmakers in 2023 passed Senate Bill 4, allowing Texas police to arrest those illegally crossing the border from Mexico.

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News organizations ask Texas court to order release of Texas state police records of Uvalde shooting

A group of news organizations are asking a Texas appeals court to order the release of state Department of Public Safety records of the law enforcement response to the Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde

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Texas officials totally debunk Fox News host’s voter fraud conspiracy theory: ‘Kind of racist’

‘Just because these people aren’t white, that doesn’t mean they’re illegal,’ says Texas Department of Public Safety

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Large desert tortoise rescued from Arizona highway after escaping from ostrich ranch 3 miles away

State Department of Public Safety troopers recently helped rescue an escaped sulcata tortoise that was attempting to cross Interstate 10 near Picacho

The Independent UK

Two Princeton Graduate Students Arrested For Trespassing During Protest

Princeton University graduate students arrested for trespassing during a campus protest.

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More than 200 migrants arrested after rushing an El Paso border gate

Gov. Greg Abbott said Department of Public Safety troopers had been instructed to “arrest every illegal immigrant involved” in the March 21 breach in which National Guard members were allegedly assaulted.

The Texas Tribune

Gov. Greg Abbott Defends Migrant Tactics in Eagle Pass Amid Escalating Legal Battle with Biden Administration

Department of Public Safety tells visiting governors that efforts to deter migrants are effective and razor wire and buoy barriers "save lives"

Latin Times

Trump complains that there wasn’t enough food for him at Texas Thanksgiving lunch

Former President Donald Trump made the joke at a luncheon for border police officers

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Woman behind viral ‘not real’ plane tirade says her life has been ‘blown up’

Passenger behind viral incident was identified as marketing executive Tiffany Gomas

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Woman behind viral ‘not real’ plane tirade says her life has been ‘blown up’

Passenger behind viral incident was identified as marketing executive Tiffany Gomas

The Independent UK

Woman says her life was ‘blown up’ by viral plane rant where she called passenger ‘not real’

Passenger behind viral incident was identified as marketing executive Tiffany Gomas

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Woman says her life was ‘blown up’ by viral plane rant where she called passenger ‘not real’

Passenger behind viral incident was identified as marketing executive Tiffany Gomas

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Woman behind ‘not real’ plane tirade identified as marketing executive with $2m home

July incident was allegedly sparked over argument about missing AirPods

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Woman behind ‘not real’ plane tirade identified as marketing executive with $2m home

July incident was allegedly sparked over argument about missing AirPods

Los Angeles Times

Texas trooper alleges ‘inhumane’ practices against migrants at the border

Troopers at the Texas border were ordered to push children back into the Rio Grande and failed to provide water to asylum seekers in extreme heat conditions, according to an an email sent by a Department of Public Safety trooper, and first reported by the Houston Chronicle.

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White House condemns ‘abhorrent’ reports of Texas troopers being told to push migrant children into Rio Grande

A Texas trooper sends an email to his superior voicing concern about the safety of migrants crossing the US-Mexico border

The Texas Tribune

Family of dead National Guardsman urges Legislature to make death benefits bill named for him retroactive

While the state guarantees law enforcement officers, like Department of Public Safety troopers, a $500,000 death benefit for their families if they die on duty, National Guard troops who stand shoulder to shoulder with those DPS officers on Operation Lone Star don’t have the same benefit.

WEKU

Texas officials have told residents Mexico is too dangerous to visit for spring break

The advisory follows the kidnapping of four Americans earlier this month in the city of Matamoros. The state's Department of Public Safety said "cartel activity" made trips to Mexico a "serious risk."

The Texas Tribune

House unveils bill giving state authority to “repel” and return migrants crossing from Mexico

House Bill 20 by state Rep. Matt Schaefer, R-Tyler, would test the boundaries of the state’s ability to enforce immigration law, which courts have historically ruled falls under federal purview.

Tribune News Service

Thousands of Asian Texans targeted in driver’s license breach

AUSTIN, Texas — The state shipped thousands of Texas driver's licenses to an international organized crime group in a security lapse that is still under investigation, Department of Public Safety Chief Steve McCraw said Monday.

WEKU

A hazardous spill in Arizona closes down an interstate and forces an evacuation

A portion of the main freeway that links the state's two largest cities remains closed outside Tucson a day after a deadly crash caused a hazardous material leak and forced evacuations nearby.

The Independent UK

Hazardous spill shuts down traffic outside Tucson, Arizona

The Arizona Department of Public Safety says a collision involving a commercial tanker truck caused a hazardous material to leak onto Interstate 10 outside Tucson, prompting state troopers to shut down traffic on the freeway

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