The Latest Breaking News from the Rio Grande

LAREDO, Texas — When the Mexican-American War ended in 1848 and land on the northern side of the Rio Grande River became part of the U.S., the people of Laredo celebrated their place in a democracy by holding a referendum.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced a $1 million string of buoys along the river that divides Texas and Mexico — and more may be installed in the future.

Rightwing governor Greg Abbott unveils new measures at US-Mexico border condemned by critics as ‘chilling’

The Rio Grande was the scene of a big incursion in 2022 when 1,700 migrants cross into El Paso in just one weekend

The legislation was named for Bishop Evans, who drowned last year trying to rescue migrants in the Rio Grande.

US is seeing an influx of migrants at its southern border with Mexico as pandemic-era policy came to an end this week.

Officials stress hardline approach as American Civil Liberties Union files lawsuit, saying new rules close off safe routes for people seeking asylum

As pandemic-era asylum restrictions ended early Friday, migrants in northern Mexico faced more uncertainties about a new online system for appointments to seek asylum in the U.S. Some migrants still waded apprehensively into the Rio Grande, defying officials who shouted for them to turn back, while elsewhere along the U.S.-Mexico…

Families were seen trying to swim across the Rio Grande on the US' southern border in a scramble to get across into the States before Title 42 expires

Brownsville (United States) (AFP) - Jimmy Munoz had just turned himself in to US border police after crossing the Rio Grande from Mexico, the contours of the river still visible on the distant green plain.

Hundreds of migrants have waited on the U.S. bank of the Rio Grande for days to be apprehended. Others say they want to follow the rules to enter legally — if they could just get the government phone app to work.