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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
National
By Alejandro Serrano

Texas to close border site used to process arrested migrants

A pedestrian films a video of Texas National Guard soldiers repairing concertina wire along the U.S.-Mexico border  after a migrant swam north across the Rio Grande to the United States Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024, in Brownsville. President Joe Biden visited Brownsville on Thursday, receiving briefings from U.S. Customs and Border Patrol, USCIS, and ICE along the border before giving remarks at the Brownsville Border Patrol Station.
A pedestrian films a video of Texas National Guard soldiers repairing concertina wire along the U.S.-Mexico border on Feb. 29, 2024 in Brownsville. (Credit: Eli Hartman/The Texas Tribune)

Texas plans to close one of two jail booking facilities it opened a few years ago along the U.S.-Mexico border as part of the state’s $11 billion border crackdown, Gov. Greg Abbott said Monday, adding that he has offered the site to the Trump administration.

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