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After 20 Years of Resistance, Trump Is Walling Off the Rio Grande Valley

Even sites once protected by Congress, including a butterfly refuge and a historic church, are slated for fencing funded by the “one big beautiful bill”—while the river itself is transformed by a floating barrier.

Texas Observer

Feds plan to install 536 miles of floating barriers on Rio Grande to deter migrants

The government is installing the first 17 miles of industrial-grade buoys in Brownsville. Experts warn the buoys could intensify flooding and change the river’s course.

The Texas Tribune

Dozens Gather Near Southern Border To Protest Buoys Deployed In Rio Grande To Prevent Migrants From Crossing

Dozens of people gathered near the southern border to protest buoys deployed in the Rio Grande to prevent migrants from crossing into the U.S.

Latin Times

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The border wall is closing in on Big Bend, sparking opposition by locals

Residents and elected officials are speaking out against a proposed border barrier through Texas’ biggest state park and one of the jewels of the national park system.

The Texas Tribune

The River and the Fever Dream

A converted digital camera can use infrared light to reveal Texas border militarization—in the same way the armed forces once scanned for enemies from the sky.

Texas Observer

The Rio Grande Was Once an Inviting River. It’s Now a Militarized Border.

Since Trump returned to office, dozens of environmental, wildlife and public access rules have been waived to make way for the border wall.

Capital & Main

Trump administration to add 500 miles of migrant-deterring buoys along Rio Grande

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced plans to expand on Texas’ controversial floating barrier during a Wednesday visit to the Rio Grande Valley.

The Texas Tribune

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Binational effort is fixing chronic pollution problem on the Rio Grande

Nuevo Laredo was dumping millions of gallons of sewage a day into the Rio Grande. The U.S. and Mexico worked together to find a solution.

The Texas Tribune

‘Very unfair’: Trump threatens extra 5% tariff on Mexico over water dispute

President accuses neighbor of violating treaty governing water-sharing and urges water to be released ‘immediately’

The Guardian - US

A drying-up Rio Grande basin threatens water security on both sides of the border

Researchers have completed a full accounting of water uses and losses in the Rio Grande-Bravo basin as it faces severe shortages throughout its range in the United States and Mexico

The Independent UK

Texas’s Eagle Pass voters turned to Trump. A year later, some have doubts

Once at the heart of record migration, the Texas border town now faces new fears over Trump’s sweeping deportation drive

The Guardian - US

Mexican National Guard Finds 'Suspicious Underground Structure' Close To Cross-Border Smuggling Tunnel

Mexican National Guard officials found what they described as a "suspicious underground structure" leading to the banks of the Rio Grande, according to a new report

Latin Times

Two Men Charged With Attempting To Breach a Storm Drain To Smuggle Migrants

Two men have been charged in Texas after attempting to breach a storm drain near the Rio Grande to smuggle migrants

Latin Times

Western states seek to end long-running water dispute over dwindling Rio Grande

A feud over management of one of North America's longest rivers has been simmering in the courts for years

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High-Speed Smuggling Chase Ends in Drowning at U.S.-Mexico Border

A human smuggling attempt ended in tragedy when a migrant drowned in the Rio Grande while fleeing Texas Department of Public Safety officers

Latin Times

Migrants Struggling To Swim Back To Mexico Saved From Rio Grande

Two migrants struggling to swim to Mexico across the Rio Grande were rescued by Coast Guard agents, CBP said

The Texas Tribune

As the Rio Grande runs dry, South Texas leaders look to new water supplies to sustain growth

Leaders hope to treat groundwater and capture more rain as the water from one of the nation’s most iconic rivers becomes less reliable.

Latin Times

Governors of Three Mexican Border States Oppose Delivery of Water Owed To The U.S.

Under the terms of a 1944 treaty, Mexico is required to deliver 1.75 million acre-feet of water from the Rio Grande to the U.S. every five years

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The Texas Tribune

Toilet to tap: El Paso is about to embark on a whole new way to save its limited water supply

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 Tribune

Eagle Pass park reopens more than a year after the state seized it for border security

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

Latin Times

Mexico Struggling to Fill 'Sophisticated' Cross-Border Tunnel Likely Used For VIP Smuggling

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

The Texas Tribune

Venezuelan parents watch from home as their son is buried in Texas after drowning

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.

The Independent UK

Idle buses, empty Border Patrol boats: Arrests for illegal crossings fall in the Rio Grande Valley

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

The Conversation

Why are migrants dying trying to cross into the US? These are the 3 main risks they face

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…

The Conversation

Water is the other US-Mexico border crisis, and the supply crunch is getting worse

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…

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