16-Year-Old Texas Cheerleader was Murdered by an Illegal AlienJackson County, Texas

thepostmillennial.com On Sunday, police in Edna, Texas, announced that they had arrested a suspected illegal immigrant who is accused of murdering 16-year-old cheerleader Lizbeth Medina on Tuesday. ::: In a press release reported by the Daily Mail, Chief of Police Rick Boone said, "With countless hours put into this investigation we were able to locate an undocumented male subject, identified as Rafael Govea Romero in the city of Schulenburg."

Border Deal: Senator James Lankford (R-OK) talks with 'Face the Nation', Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) talks with NexStar, White House talks to Associated PressSenators/White House Interviews

dailywire.com Sen. James Lankford (R-OK) said during an interview over the weekend that the Biden administration was playing politics with the ongoing crisis at the U.S. southern border and that they were not planning on doing enough to fix the problem. ::: Lankford, the lead Republican negotiator in the U.S. Senate working on getting more resources directed toward fixing President Joe Biden's border crisis, made the remarks during a Sunday interview on CBS News' "Face The Nation" with Margaret Brennan.

bostonherald.com President Joe Biden is taking a more active role in Senate negotiations over changes to the immigration system that Republicans are demanding in exchange for providing money to Ukraine in its fight against Russia and Israel for the war with Hamas. ::: The Democratic president has said he is willing to make "significant compromises on the border" as Republicans block the wartime aid in Congress. The White House is expected to get more involved in talks this week as the impasse over changes to border policy has deepened and the funds remaining for Ukraine have dwindled.

Smugglers are bringing migrants to a remote Arizona border crossing, overwhelming US agents (#AssociatedPress)Arizona

tucson.com Gerston Miranda and his wife were among thousands of migrants recently arriving at this remote area on Arizona's southern border with Mexico, squeezing into the United States through a gap in the wall and walking overnight about 14 miles (23 kilometers) with two school-aged daughters to surrender to Border Patrol agents. ::: — ::: A shift in smuggling routes has brought an influx of migrants here from countries as diverse as Senegal, Bangladesh and China, prompting the Border Patrol to seek help from other federal agencies and drawing scrutiny to an issue critical in next year?s presidential elections.

Beyond U.S. Borders Stories From Israel and a Mexican TownBeyond U.S. Borders

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