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Two on Texas' Most Wanted Criminal Illegal Immigrants List were arrested in Houston and Mesquite for charges including ...

Friday, the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) captured two more fugitives from Texas' 10 Most Wanted Criminal Illegal Immigrants List. Jorge Dionicio Hernandez and Omar David Zavala were ...

Mandatory vehicle safety inspections are no longer required for many Texas drivers, but Travis and Williamson counties still ...

Martin Zavala allegedly contacted undercover officers offered or agreed to pay a fee of $100 for the purpose of engaging in ...

Immigration checkpoints in Texas serve as one component of national and border security. The checkpoints are operated by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers and function as secondary ...

A North Texas school district has shuttered for the week after hundreds of students called out sick with influenza and other ...

Today, the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS ... You can find the current lists—with photos—on the DPS website.

U.S. officials have put several Mexican border towns near Texas under the highest-level travel advisory amid gun battles, ...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott ordered DPS tactical strike teams to assist the Trump administration's efforts to go after illegal ...