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Monday, June 25, 2012  Texas Gov. Rick Perry says he'll keep pushing state lawmakers to pass a bill allowing police to ask anyone they stop about their immigration status.

Friday, August 27, 2010  U.S Sen. John Cornyn on Friday backed off his support of Congress taking up birthright citizenship.

Tuesday, August 10, 2010  Gov. Rick Perry wants the White House to make a better offer on talking with Texas about border security.

Wednesday, June 23, 2010  The Federal Aviation Administration has approved the expansion of unmanned drone aircraft flights to patrol the entire Texas-Mexico border.

Wednesday, June 16, 2010  Border Patrol agents found 48 suspected illegal immigrants in the back of a closed truck trailer at a checkpoint in Laredo.

Friday, June 11, 2010  Mexico condemned the shooting of a 15-year-old boy by a U.S. Border Patrol agent Thursday through diplomatic correspondence and an angry phone call to the Homeland Security secretary.

Thursday, June 10, 2010  Pointing their rifles, Mexican security forces chased away U.S. authorities investigating the shooting of a 15-year-old Mexican by a U.S. Border Patrol agent on the banks of the Rio Grande, the FBI and witnesses told AP.

Wednesday, June 09, 2010  A U.S. Border Patrol agent fatally shot a 15-year-old Mexican boy after a group trying to illegally enter Texas threw rocks at officers near downtown El Paso, U.S. authorities said Tuesday.

Tuesday, June 08, 2010  A U.S. Border Patrol agent shot and killed a 14-year-old boy after a confrontation at an international bridge near downtown El Paso, Mexican authorities said Tuesday.

Friday, April 02, 2010  The University of Texas at Austin, citing the raging violence in northern Mexico, is ordering its foreign exchange students in Monterrey to return home.