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Among voters near the Texas-Mexico border, immigration and border security are a leading cause for flipping from Democrat to Republican.

EAGLE PASS, Texas — On a sweltering August night, 16 vehicles idled beside a forlorn stretch of Texas Highway 131 in Maverick County.

The Democratic nominee for governor wooed rural voters on on his 49-day tour of the state.

Nine died while swimming the Rio Grande on Friday as deaths became commonplace this year after a migration shift pushed thousands here

On Saturday, U.S. Customs and Border Protection confirmed that nine migrants had died while trying to cross the Rio Grande near Eagle Pass.

Officials say at least nine migrants died when dozens attempted a hazardous crossing of the Rio Grande river near Eagle Pass, Texas

Area has seen heavy rain recent days

At least eight migrants were killed as dozens attempted a hazardous crossing of the Rio Grande near Eagle Pass, Texas, officials said Friday

Some experts say the actions create little change in immigration enforcement. Others say they invite a legal battle.

Beneath a blazing sun, a record number of migrants seeking to enter the United States are crossing the Mexican border. Some wade or swim through the waters of the Rio Grande into Texas. Smugglers ferry groups of others on rafts.

Eagle Pass (United States) (AFP) - Selvin Allende is worn out.With his one-year-old daughter on his shoulders and his pregnant wife beside him, he crossed the Rio Grande from the Mexican city of Piedras Negras into Eagle Pass, Texas -- a dangerous journey that thousands of migrants undertake every year…