The Latest Breaking News from the Rio Grande

El Paso’s dry climate — it rains just 9 inches annually — is one of the reasons the city has taken water management so seriously.

The Texas Department of Public Safety and National Guard presence has largely disappeared from Shelby Park, which sits next to the Rio Grande.

Mexican authorities are struggling to fill parts of a cross-border tunnel due to challenges posed by the Rio Grande

Gustavo Alfonso Garcia Olivares died at 24, drowning in the Rio Grande not far from where he was buried Thursday at the Maverick County Cemetery in Eagle Pass.

Border Patrol agents in the Rio Grande Valley have seen a sharp drop in apprehensions along the southern border since the new administration started

President Donald Trump closed much of the activity at the U.S.-Mexico border in January 2025, making it impossible for migrants who arrive at a U.S. port of entry to apply for asylum. Trump’s border policies are likely to make it far more difficult and dangerous for migrants trying to reach…

Immigration and border security will be the likely focus of U.S.-Mexico relations under the new Trump administration. But there also is a growing water crisis along the U.S.–Mexico border that affects tens of millions of people on both sides, and it can only be managed if the two governments work…

The congressman said he joined other Democrats in opposition to the use of the floating barriers and razor wire at Texas’ border because of the lack of permits.

After the U.S. Supreme Court sided with the federal government in the long-running water dispute, the states — which had finally worked out a water-sharing agreement — are back to the drawing board.

Civil rights advocates say Texas' border policies push migrants to riskier routes and increase high-speed chases, thus increasing the amount of fatalities among those seeking to enter the country

Since Gov. Greg Abbott launched Operation Lone Star in 2021, more than $3 billion approved for the wall project