The Latest Breaking News from Gil Kerlikowske

Nearly four decades have passed since federal immigration laws got a major rewrite

Texas military records show a National Guard member shot and wounded a migrant during a struggle this month on the U.S.-Mexico border

Under pressure from people impacted by the nation's ongoing opioid crisis, a New York judge has confirmed Gil Kerlikowske, a former national drug czar in the Obama administration, as an outside monitor over Endo International's opioid business. The Chester County drug firm is reorganizing in bankruptcy court.

To immigration experts, the astounding loss of life illustrates just how difficult it is to stem migration into the country, even as Abbott has spent the last year pouring billions of state dollars into securing the border.