Associated Press journalists accompanying Border Patrol agents in an SUV and on speedboats that traversed 30 miles along the Rio Grande Valley and river for five hours Thursday didn't encounter a ...

Idle Buses, Empty Border Patrol Boats: Arrests for Illegal Crossings ... on inner tubes but saw nothing suspicious. Once busy river landings near the Texas border city of Mission were barren ...

MISSION, Texas – An idled Border Patrol bus sat empty this week, on standby for any migrants surrendering near the southern tip of Texas. Agents in two speedboats zipped past pockets of sandy ...