Could Texas Save Money by Giving Free Ozempic to Diabetes Patients?
The chronic disease runs up hundreds of billions in health-care costs each year, yet only a fraction of patients have access to the highly effective new generation of drugs.
The chronic disease runs up hundreds of billions in health-care costs each year, yet only a fraction of patients have access to the highly effective new generation of drugs.
By Aaron Nelsen
U.S. policy is designed to force those entering Texas to cross at dangerous choke points. Those who don't make it are often never identified.
By Aaron Nelsen
Investigators are finding new ways to catch smugglers, but high demand from China, weak laws, and cartel involvement are making enforcement harder than ever.
By Aaron Nelsen
The city's University Medical Center is among the trauma centers dealing with many more migrants severely hurt in falls from the thirty-foot fence.
By Aaron Nelsen
Eloteros trawl the north end of the island in converted vans and buses slinging variations of elotes in this (sometimes) fruitless, fun job.
By Aaron Nelsen
Confronted with human suffering and death, as well as disruption of their small town, some former supporters of Operation Lone Star have started to sour on the program.
By Aaron Nelsen
Thousands of Mexicans routinely cross into Texas to sell their vital bodily fluids for cash. Is that arrangement symbiotic—or exploitative?
By Aaron Nelsen
There aren’t nearly enough physicians in the state, especially for the more than 7.5 million Texans who primarily speak Spanish.
By Aaron Nelsen
As the federal judiciary has shifted to the right, many who represent migrants are wary of bringing Operation Lone Star before the nation’s highest courts.
By Aaron Nelsen
Mounjaro is a potential lifesaver in a region with a high rate of obesity. Its price tag may prevent many from accessing it.
By Aaron Nelsen
When undocumented immigrants venture near campuses, many schools institute security protocols. But criminal acts by migrants aren't common.
By Aaron Nelsen
After the ‘Del Rio News-Herald’ shuttered last year, Frank Lopez Jr., who broadcasts as “US Border Patriot,” found a national audience.
By Aaron Nelsen
No county in Texas has arrested more migrants under the governor’s plan to crack down on the border, and it’s created a judicial crisis.
By Aaron Nelsen
The Del Rio–raised law enforcement official chatted with ‘Texas Monthly’ about the situation in his hometown and immigration enforcement across the state.
By Aaron Nelsen
Barriers reminiscent of the Trump era are sprouting up in Hidalgo County.
By Aaron Nelsen
Local officials in South Texas are scrambling to figure out what the governor is building in their communities.
By Aaron Nelsen
Governor Greg Abbott has sent a thousand state cops into Texas border communities to combat smuggling. But many locals complain that they are more of a nuisance than an effective crime-fighting force.
By Aaron Nelsen
“Ladders and walls go together like peas and carrots,” says one McAllen Border Patrol agent.
By Aaron Nelsen
After Josefina De León’s daughter went missing in the Mexican State of Tamaulipas in 2012, she was determined to find her. Seven years later, she hasn’t given up.
By Aaron Nelsen
The border cities of Tamaulipas brace themselves for the wave of deportees Donald Trump has promised to send their way.
By Aaron Nelsen