Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has asked the federal government to reimburse his state for the more than $11 billion of taxpayer money it has spent on border security over the past four years.
Active-duty military personnel began arriving along the southern border Thursday evening after President Donald Trump declared a national emergency to address the immigration crisis.
An illegal immigrant arrested for drunk driving in South Carolina has a lengthy criminal history in the United States and had been deported three times in less than five years.