Rio Grande Valley

MCALLEN, TX - NOVEMBER 06: Undocumented immigrants run through an orange grove while fleeing U.S. Border Patrol agents on November 6, 2018 in McAllen, Texas. Border Patrol agents on the ground, assisted by a helicopter unit of U.S. Air and Marine Operations agents, detained the immigrants who had crossed the border from Mexico. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

Border Patrol Agent: Vaccine mandate is a national security disaster

A Border Patrol Agent requested to meet with Joe Biden to discuss the implications his vaccine mandate for federal employees will have.

LA JOYA, TEXAS - NOVEMBER 18: U.S. National Guard members patrol an unfinished section of border wall on November 18, 2021 in La Joya, Texas. The number of migrants taken into U.S. custody along the southern border decreased for a third consecutive month in October. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) recorded more than 164,000 migrant apprehensions in October. Approximately 55% of migrants encountered were expelled back to Mexico, or their homelands. U.S. President Joe Biden met this Thursday with Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during the first North American Leaders' Summit (NALS) since 2016. They discussed the coronavirus pandemic, climate change, immigration and economic growth. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Construction begins for the Texas border wall

Gov. Greg Abbott (R-Texas) announced Texas is making great progress with the southern border wall in the Rio Grande Valley.