Texas' border mission grows, but crossings still high

Texas border mission grows, but crossings remain high

A truck inspection effort three months ago gridlocked the state's 1,200-mile border for a week.

Texas’ border mission grows, but crossings still high

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Following the horror of a human-smuggling attempt that left 53 people dead, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott ordered state troopers to inspect more trucks — again expanding a border…

Texas’ border mission grows, but crossings still high

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Following the horror of a human-smuggling attempt that left 53 people dead, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott ordered state troopers to inspect more trucks — again expand…

Texas’ border mission grows, but crossings still high

Following the horror of a human-smuggling attempt that left 53 people dead, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott ordered Texas state troopers to inspect more trucks.

Texas’ border mission grows, but crossings still high

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Following the horror of a human-smuggling attempt that left 53 people dead, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott ordered state troopers to inspect more trucks — again expanding a border…

Texas’ border mission grows, but crossings still high

Along the border in Texas, where officials say Monday’s fatal tractor-trailer journey began, U.S. authorities stopped migrants from crossing illegally 523,000 times between January and May, up from 417,000 over the same span a year ago.