by Kirby Wilson, The Texas Tribune July 22, 2016 The Texas Tribune is taking a yearlong look at the issues of border security and immigration. This part of the project focuses on U.S. law enforcement corruption, which has undermined efforts to secure the border. Sign up to get story alerts….

by Jim Malewitz, The Texas Tribune July 21, 2016 At first glance, Wednesday’s federal appeals court ruling on Texas’ voter ID law may seem straightforward: Senate Bill 14 discriminates against minority voters and violates the U.S. Voting Rights Act, the court ruled. But little has been simple in the five-year…

by Aneri Pattani, The Texas Tribune July 21, 2016 The Texas Attorney General’s office has been asked to launch an investigation into allegations that multiple people voted illegally in the 2016 Republican primary elections in Hill County, despite local officials’ claims that the discrepancies were caused by human error and…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 United States Department of Homeland Security Customs and Border Protection arrested two women from Eagle Pass, Texas, ages 34 and 37, for fraudulently crossing three undocumented children into the United States through Eagle Pass, Texas on July 21, 2016. The…

by Julián Aguilar, The Texas Tribune July 21, 2016 A woman who was subjected to unwarranted body cavity searches after crossing a Texas-Mexico border in 2012 has been awarded nearly a half million dollars by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, her lawyers said Thursday. The woman, who is identified only…

by Kiah Collier, The Texas Tribune July 20, 2016 The strained relationship between the state’s higher and public education leaders was on full display Wednesday as Texas Higher Education Commissioner Raymund Paredes told the 15-member State Board of Education it isn’t doing enough to prepare students for college. Paredes came…

by Jim Malewitz, The Texas Tribune July 20, 2016 Editor’s note: This story has been updated throughout. Texas’ voter identification law violates the U.S. law prohibiting racial discrimination in elections, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday. The U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed previous rulings that the 2011 voter…

by Patrick Svitek, The Texas Tribune July 20, 2016 Editor’s note: This story has been updated. CLEVELAND — Ted Cruz, in a highly anticipated speech at the Republican National Convention, offered no direct support for presidential nominee Donald Trump, setting off a furious reaction as he told delegates to vote…

(Press Release) Austin, TX — Today the Texas Voter ID Law enacted in 2011 was found by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to have a discriminatory effect. The law requires that voters present an approved form of government-issued photo ID in order to be able to…

(USDOJ – Press Release) On Tuesday, July 19, 2016, in San Antonio, Texas, a federal jury convicted a high ranking member and a sicario for the Los Zetas drug cartel, of conspiring to commit numerous murders and other acts of violence in Northern Mexico in furtherance of a drug distribution…