Texas authorities have placed over 100 miles of razor wire along the southern border. Does razor wire really keep migrants from entering the country illegally, and is it worth the cost?

AUSTIN — Texas’ installation of a razor wire fence, which has led to an increase in migrant injuries, and a floating border barrier along the Rio Grande violates international law, Mexican ...

NEW ORLEANS — A federal appeals court Wednesday ruled that Border Patrol agents cannot cut razor wire that Texas installed on the U.S.-Mexico border in the town of Eagle Pass, which has become ...

Week after week, Texas National Guard soldiers unfurl concertina wire on the bank of the Rio Grande, along the concrete levy and the ragged edge where tall cane grows. The military-style barrier ...

EAGLE PASS, Texas — Wrecking-ball-sized buoys on the Rio Grande. Razor wire strung across private property without permission. Bulldozers changing the very terrain of America’s southern border.

On Friday, USA TODAY observed how that razor wire has slashed not just adults but young children. Tortua, 27, from Venezuela, had waded into the Rio Grande early Wednesday at Piedras Negras, Mexico.

Texas authorities have placed additional razor wire to deter migrants in Eagle Pass after Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton defied the Biden administration's threat of legal action. Workers were ...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott accused the Biden administration of recently cutting razor wire that the Lone Star State had installed in Eagle Pass. The comments were made as Texas officials continue to ...

FILE - Birds rest on concertina wire, or razor wire, along the Rio Grande in Eagle Pass, Texas, July 6, 2023. A federal judge on Monday, Oct. 30, ordered Border Patrol agents not to interfere with ...

AUSTIN — The tangled miles of razor wire strewn along the banks of the Rio Grande are being manufactured by inmates in a minimum-security prison unit in East Texas using equipment purchased with ...

The Justice Department announced Wednesday it would be assessing the legality of Texas’ razor wire border fence after the Mexican president called it “inhumane.” As part of Gov. Greg Abbott ...

[1/9] Authorities let migrants through the razor wire after crossing the Rio Grande in Eagle Pass, Texas, U.S., September 29, 2023. REUTERS/Brian Snyder Purchase Licensing Rights , opens new tab ...