CBP has run up against concerted opposition from landowners, environmental groups, business owners and ranchers who say the remote region isn’t a high-traffic area for illegal immigration.
CBP has run up against concerted opposition from landowners, environmental groups, business owners and ranchers who say the remote region isn’t a high-traffic area for illegal immigration.Open
A working horse in a Texas border county has tested positive for the New World screwworm, the first confirmed equine case in the United States this century, as the parasite's northward spread from Mexico shows no sign of slowing. The U.S. Equestrian Federation confirmed the infestation on the hind limb of the horse in Presidio […] The post Flesh-eating screwworm confirmed in Texas horse for first time this century appeared first on American Almanac .
A working horse in a Texas border county has tested positive for the New World screwworm, the first confirmed equine case in the United States this century, as the parasite's northward spread from Mexico shows no sign of slowing. The U.S. Equestrian Federation confirmed the infestation on the hind limb of the horse in Presidio County, a remote stretch of West Texas that sits directly on the Mexican border. The case marks a grim milestone in an outbreak that began earlier this year when an infected cow turned up in Zavala County, roughly 120 miles southwest of San Antonio. Since then, 48 screwworm cases have been confirmed across Texas and one in New Mexico, that one on a dog, The Guardian reported . The New World screwworm is not a worm…Open
President Trump promised a border wall Mexico would pay for. Instead, the federal government is threatening to use eminent domain to seize land from private land owners including a five-generation ranching family near Big Bend National Park. The $46 billion project is turning lifelong conservatives, including a 26-year Border Patrol veteran now serving as county sheriff, against a president they supported, weeks before a midterm that could flip the Texas Senate and Governor's races. MS NOW's Antonia Hylton traveled to Texas to report for the latest installment of "Cities Under Siege."
The Trump administration has a blunt message for state and local officials trying to prevent construction of a wall and other security measures along the 2,000-mile southern border: Resistance is futile. Driving the news: President Trump's envoys recently met privately with officials from Texas border counties where residents have pushed back against construction, saying the plans are unnecessary in rugged landscapes with few immigrant crossings and that they'd harm the environment. - The officials were told bluntly at the closed-door meeting with Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Rodney Scott that there would be no negotiating. - The government is now pushing ahead with plans to build hundreds more miles of the 30-foot,…
The Trump administration has a blunt message for state and local officials trying to prevent construction of a wall and other security measures along the 2,000-mile southern border: Resistance is futile. Driving the news: President Trump's envoys recently met privately with officials from Texas border counties where residents have pushed back against construction, saying the plans are unnecessary in rugged landscapes with few immigrant crossings and that they'd harm the environment. - The officials were told bluntly at the closed-door meeting with Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Rodney Scott that there would be no negotiating. - The government is now pushing ahead with plans to build hundreds more miles of the 30-foot,…Open
Presidio County residents argue the border-wall project threatens their family land and existing flood protections.
Data: CBP ; Map: Erin Davis/Axios Visuals A West Texas revolt is erasing hundreds of miles of President Trump's planned border wall . Why it matters: The opposition in the Big Bend sector , which includes 517 miles of the southern border along the Rio Grande, is against the physical steel wall, not border security in general. - Locals who know the rugged terrain, which includes Big Bend National Park and Big Bend State Park, say illegal crossings aren't their problem. - "I wish the president would be more informed as to what's going on," said Presidio County Sheriff Danny Dominguez. "It's a place where, if you cross the border, you got to at least walk three or four days ... you don't just walk across the river and expect to get picked…
Data: CBP ; Map: Erin Davis/Axios Visuals A West Texas revolt is erasing hundreds of miles of President Trump's planned border wall . Why it matters: The opposition in the Big Bend sector , which includes 517 miles of the southern border along the Rio Grande, is against the physical steel wall, not border security in general. - Locals who know the rugged terrain, which includes Big Bend National Park and Big Bend State Park, say illegal crossings aren't their problem. - "I wish the president would be more informed as to what's going on," said Presidio County Sheriff Danny Dominguez. "It's a place where, if you cross the border, you got to at least walk three or four days ... you don't just walk across the river and expect to get picked…Open