HOUSTON (AP) — The acting head of U.S. Customs and Border Protection resigned Tuesday amid an uproar over the discovery of migrant children being held in pitiful conditions at one of the agency’s stations in Texas. Acting Commissioner John Sanders’ departure deepened the sense of crisis and added to the rapid turnover inside the agencies…… MORE
ARLINGTON (WBAP/KLIF)- General Motors Co. is investing an additional $20 million at Arlington Assembly to upgrade plant conveyors in preparation for the launch of GM’s all-new full-size SUVs. GM has invested more than $1.4 billion in Arlington Assembly since 2015 to build a new paint shop and for body shop and general assembly area upgrades.…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF)- Federal officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) arrested 75 illegal immigrants in North Texas and Oklahoma during a four-day enforcement action, which ended Thursday. Immigrants arrested during this operation are from the following seven countries: Mexico (58), Guatemala (6), Honduras (6), El Salvador (2), Kenya (1),…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) – Migrant children returned to a Texas facility Tuesday that they were removed from earlier in the week amid reports of inadequate food and water. Officials with Customs and Border Protection confirmed Tuesday that more than 100 of the migrant children removed from the Clint, Texas border station were brought back to the same…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – Melania Trump has announced that her spokeswoman will be the new White House press secretary. Stephanie Grisham, who has been with the Trumps since 2015, will also take on the role of White House communications director. The first lady tweeted Tuesday that she “can think of no better person to serve the…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) The White House is threatening to veto a House bill that would provide $4.5 billion to improve the treatment of migrant families detained after crossing the U.S. southern border. In a letter to lawmakers Monday, the White House said the measure would hamstring the administration’s border security efforts. The warning comes as Hispanic…… MORE
Dallas- Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – Tonight is the final chance for the public to weigh in on TxDOT’s proposed improvements to Highway 80 in Dallas and Kaufman counties Michelle Raglon with TxDOT says the project affects people in Dallas, Mesquite, Forney, and Sunnyvale. “We’re looking to reconstruct US 80 main lanes from 6 to 8…… MORE
Irving, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – An Irving mother has been charged with capital murder in the connection with the death of her son. 8-year old Joevani De La Pena was found dead Sunday morning inside an RV located in an Irving backyard on Peach Tree lane. Police say Tisha Sanchez said “demons told her to sacrifice…… MORE
The U.S. government has removed most of the children from a remote Border Patrol station in Texas following reports that more than 300 kids were detained there and caring for each other with inadequate food, water and sanitation. Rep. Veronica Escobar said 30 children were at the facility near El Paso as of Monday. Her…… MORE
WAXAHACHIE, Texas (AP) — A teenager who opened fire last year at a Texas high school, seriously wounding a 15-year-old girl, has been sentenced to 40 years in prison. Eighteen-year-old Chad Anthony Padilla (pa-DEE’-yah) was sentenced Monday after pleading guilty last week to one count of attempted capital murder and two counts of aggravated assault.…… MORE
