(The Center Square) - U.S. Customs and Border Protection is preparing to begin border wall panel installation in Texas’ Big Bend region, part of which borders Big Bend Ranch State Park, in August.

(The Center Square) – At a recent Congressional hearing, Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement Chairman Michael Guest, R-Miss., and Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence Chairman August Pfluger, R-Texas, both said that because the southwest border was secure under the Trump administration, cartel and transnational criminal organizations had recently shifted focus to the northern border. 

(The Center Square) – Illegal entries and apprehensions were slightly up in May compared to April but remain at historic lows and 95% lower than they were under the Biden administration.

(The Center Square) – As the FIFA World Cup 2026 tournament begins in roughly a dozen U.S. cities this week, law enforcement officials have been implementing national security measures. 

(The Center Square) - Border Patrol agents in Southern California have found another underground cross border tunnel, leading to the arrest of four men and the seizure of enough cocaine to kill 34 million people.