TBB Staff

PHARR, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Office of Field Operations (OFO) Officers, Agriculture Specialists, at Pharr International Bridge detained a shipment of tomatoes from a company cited in a recent Withhold Release Order (WRO) for forced labor which used import information from a company outside the scope of the Order.

McAllen, Texas – McAllen Border Patrol Station (MCS) agents arrested multiple migrant gang members and criminal migrants with serious criminal histories, to include foreign and domestic homicide charges.

Austin, TX- Last week, Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan appointed Representative Sergio Muñoz, Jr. to the Windstorm Insurance Legislative Funding and Funding Structure Oversight Board.

McAllen Public Library, in partnership with Texas Veterans Land Board, will host a Veterans Benefit Expo on Thursday, November 4, 2021, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the McAllen Public Library, 4001 N. 23rd St. The event is free and open to veterans and transitioning military, as well as to the general public.

The McAllen Holiday Parade, presented by H-E-B and powered by Bert Ogden & Fiesta Dealerships, parade organizers announced more exciting news to celebrate the Christmas season in the official South Pole of Texas, this time with a Rio Grande Valley musical spectacular that will air across the country.

AUSTIN – As part of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Governor Greg Abbott today announced that the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) is providing more than $310 million in emergency Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) food benefits for the month of November 2021. The allotments are expected to help more than 1.5 million Texas households.

AUSTIN – Governor Greg Abbott sent a letter to Texas Association of School Boards Executive Director Dan Troxell to ensure no child is exposed to pornography or other inappropriate content in a Texas public school.

EDINBURG, Texas –Two migrants with sex offenses against children are arrested by law enforcement in the Rio Grande Valley.

EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Border Patrol (RGV) agents discovered two residences being used for human smuggling and continue to collaborate with other law enforcement departments to combat human smuggling on the highways.

A recent article by the online news website Axios compared violent crime rates of 11 U.S. border cities with the violent crime rates of comparably sized cities located within the United States and found that cities along the U.S.-Mexico border continue to have crime rates well below the national average.