"Border czar" Tom Homan has said the administration will "absolutely" make use of a ranch offered by Commissioner Dawn Buckingham.

Two events in the Rio Grande Valley on Tuesday made clear Texas officials will work with the Trump administration on immigration.

Tuesday's events at the Texas-Mexico border featured Trump's Border Czar Tom Homan vowing mass deportation and the launch of the "Jocelyn Initiative."

Starr County, Texas, voted predominantly Republican for the first time in a century. Now, it's central to President-elect Donald Trump's mass deportation plans.

State Senator Paul Bettencourt pre-filed seven bills largely aimed at past practices in Harris County. Six of them previously cleared the Senate in 2023 but died in the House at the end of the regular legislative session.

The president-elect said he intends to levy a 25% tariff on goods imported from Mexico and Canada until drugs and undocumented migrants stop crossing the border.

Statewide, Trump outran Cruz’s margins in almost every county, especially along Texas’ southern border. While Trump carried the state with a 13.83 point margin, Cruz won by 8.63 points.

Almost every county in Texas swung toward Trump compared to the 2020 election. Statewide, 234 counties moved in Trump's direction, while only 20 swung to the left.

Republican Jay Furman said he did not appear on some voters' ballots in Texas' 28th Congressional District election against Henry Cuellar.

Two of President-elect Donald Trump’s North Texas nominees were among several Cabinet picks threatened by violence Thanksgiving week. Two of President-elect Donald Trump’s North Texas nominees were among several Cabinet picks targeted by threats Thanksgiving week.

Texans have voted in 39 presidential elections since the state was readmitted to the Union in 1870, following the Civil War. Since 1872, the state has seen landslide victories and nail-bitingly close races.