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Yami Virgin with what you need to know about the border.
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A sudden airspace shutdown over El Paso this week left travelers scrambling and officials searching for answers. Early reports indicated that no flights would be allowed in or out of El Paso for ten days — a restriction officials say we haven't seen since the September 11 terrorist attacks. Multiple officials at the local, state, and federal levels said they had not been given advance notice. Just hours later, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) lifted the ground stop, but questions remain about how such a sweeping closure came to be. New reporting suggests Border Patrol officials may have been preparing to test an anti-drone laser system on loan from the Department of Defense.
In this week’s Edward R Murrow Award winning podcast Immigration Crisis The Fight for the Southern Border, journalist Yami Virgin examines the FAA’s brief shutdown of El Paso airspace allegedly due to cartel drones, a viral San Antonio ICE home entry video, and what state and federal records reveal. The episode also features Rice University students who created an ICE heat map tracking enforcement nationwide, raising new questions about transparency and accountability. With editing by Photojournalist Paul Sanchez and Investigative Producer Natalie Medina.
An immigration detention facility in Dilley, Texas, southwest of San Antonio, has come under renewed scrutiny. The ICE facility drew national attention after five-year-old Liam Ramos and his father were transferred there following their detention in Minneapolis.
In this Edward R Murrow Award winning episode of Immigration
Crisis: The Fight for the Southern Border, journalist Yami Virgin and
photojournalist Paul Sanchez examine why eligible green card holders may want
to consider citizenship as enforcement and executive policy changes continue,
with insight from immigration attorney Erinaldi Agosto. The episode also
explores the expansion of immigration detention, including a newly confirmed
federal facility in San Antonio.
In this episode of the Edward R. Murrow Award winning podcast Immigration Crisis: The Fight for the Southern Border, Emmy winning journalist Yami Virgin and photojournalist and editor Paul Sanchez examine how wealth and investment influence legal immigration.
As debate grows over high dollar visa pathways, supporters say these programs create jobs and boost the economy, while critics question fairness and access.
Yami speaks with immigration attorney Abteen Vaziri, an Iranian American who came to the U.S. as a political refugee and now works with the EB-5 visa program, which allows immigrants to pursue a green card by investing in U.S. businesses that generate American jobs.
The episode explores who benefits from investment driven immigration and what it means for the future of U.S. immigration policy.
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This new waterborne barrier doesn’t look the same as the buoys Texas installed near Eagle Pass in 2023. The state’s buoys are about 2,000 feet of spheres, with discs separating them. They cover roughly 2,000 feet in the Rio Grande. The federal government’s new design of buoys is more cylindrical and appears to be more closely linked, and they will stretch significantly farther.
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Are Texas gangs and organized crime groups now operating under the direction of Mexican cartels? One Texas lawman says yes. Goliad County Sheriff Roy Boyd testified before lawmakers in Washington, D.C., laying out what he described as cartel-controlled drug networks operating in Texas—particularly connected to the Gulf Cartel and distribution of cocaine.
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State and federal agencies are ramping up efforts to find and seal off underground cartel tunnels. In early 2025, authorities uncovered a sophisticated tunnel system in El Paso used to smuggle people, drugs, and weapons. Now, the Texas General Land Office (GLO) says it’s stepping up surveillance across the border to locate any additional tunnels. Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham says her office is expanding its role in border security.
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Edward R. Murrow Award–winning podcast Immigration Crisis: The Fight for the Southern Border takes you to Eagle Pass, where razor wire and shipping containers still line the Rio Grande. Emmy-winning investigative journalist Yami Virgin then speaks with Texas Tech Professor Jeffrey Corn about whether the U.S. has gone too far and what happens when border security collides with the Constitution. Edited by Paul Sanchez.
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A new federal operation called Operation River Wall has been launched by the U.S. Coast Guard, as part of a broader border initiative following President Trump’s declaration of a national emergency. This effort involves deploying over 100 boats and hundreds of personnel to patrol a 260-mile stretch of the Rio Grande to interdict drug smugglers and deter illegal crossings.
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Texas Border Watch is following major new developments along the U.S.–Mexico border, where federal officials are expanding “smart wall” technology, warning of cartel-linked bounty threats, and coordinating National Guard deployments from multiple states.
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From the pre-dawn streets of San Antonio to the front lines of federal immigration enforcement, “Immigration Crisis: The Fight for the Southern Border” takes listeners inside an exclusive ride-along with ICE agents as they carry out daily operations. This gripping episode offers an unfiltered look at how enforcement works, and the human stories behind every decision. The Edward R. Murrow Award winning podcast is hosted and produced by journalist Yami Virgin and recorded and edited by Paul Sanchez.
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The federal government is offering $2,500 to certain unaccompanied migrant children who agree to self-deport and return to their home countries, according to a Department of Health and Human Services memo obtained by NBC News.
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Edward R. Murrow Award–winning host Yami Virgin with editor Paul Sanchez digs into the border battle over Rio Grande buoys and the return of Cocaine Cowboys 2.0 as cartels shift back to cocaine smuggling.
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Mexico has activated emergency controls following the discovery of a new screwworm case in cattle, marking the closest occurrence to the U.S. border since the outbreak began last year.
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Host Yami Virgin and reporter Jordan Elder dig into the border wall’s new look, and Congressman Tony Gonzales shares an update from Texas’ 23rd District, the largest border district in the country, stretching more than 800 miles from El Paso to San Antonio. It sits at the heart of the immigration debate, touching key crossing points and communities directly affected by border policy.
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We rode along with Border Patrol on the Rio Grande near Eagle Pass to get a firsthand look at how much has changed along this stretch of the border. In this week's Texas Border Watch, we share with you what we saw on that tour from a perspective most people don't typically get to see.
Eagle Pass was previously the epicenter of illegal border crossings, not just for Texas, but for the entire country. At the height of the surge, thousands of migrants crossed there every day, filling a field in Shelby Park as they waited to be processed.
Today, the scene is dramatically different. As we pushed off from the bank and toured the stretch of river, all was quiet. Border Patrol agents say that silence speaks volumes.
They told us they can now patrol the river for miles without seeing a single migrant attempting to cross — something they say was “unheard of” just a couple of years ago.
Watch this week's Texas Border Watch for a full look at that tour and our full interview with Deputy Chief Patrol Agent Milton Moreno.
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Even with border crossings down, the danger isn’t over. The new push to crack down on human smuggling – this time at the northern border. Plus, the border wall is getting a new look. We’ll show you where it’s already being painted black and who’s paying for it. And tougher rules for truck drivers. Why English exams are now required on Texas roads.
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President Donald Trump announced that Attorney General Pam Bondi is “working very hard” to sue the company responsible for selling unused components of the border wall.
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Texas could receive a significant portion of a $13.5 billion federal reimbursement package aimed at border security. The funding, approved by Congress, will cover expenses incurred since January 20, 2021, the day President Biden took office.
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