It was announced 238 new cases have been filed in Texas in connection to immigration and border security between July 3 and 10.

In Roma, a major thoroughfare for illegal immigration on the Texas-Mexico border, encountering Border Patrol agents and the immigrants desperate to evade them is an inescapable part of life.

From Roma, Texas, Border Patrol Agent Isaac Villegas looks out over the Rio Grande and into Ciudad Miguel Alemán, Mexico, on March 8, 2016. Credit: Martin do Nascimento ...

ROMA, Texas, May 26 (Reuters) - Among the hundreds of Central American migrants crossing the Rio Grande river daily on rafts from Mexico to Texas, dozens stood out on a recent day.

The attack happened on the international bridge that connects the town of Miguel Aleman with Roma, Texas, Mexican officials said. Latest U.S.

Roma, a town with historic buildings and boarded-up storefronts in Texas' Rio Grande Valley, is the latest epicenter of illegal crossings, where growing numbers cross the river every night.

Leonardo Sanchez, master distiller, talks about the agave distillery opened in Roma, Texas, Tuesday, March 15, 2022. The distillery is part of the city’s plan to revitalize the historic square.

A U.S. Soldier with the Texas Army National Guard monitors activity along the Rio Grande during a patrol near Roma, Texas, April 25, 2025. Texas Army Guard members are part of Operation Lone Star ...

Roma Italian restaurant in Clinton is lending a helping hand to those affected by the recent flooding in Texas.

In the summer of 1966, farmworkers staged a historic march across Texas to protest low wages and poor working conditions. Fifty years later, some of them are telling their stories for the first time.

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