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Saturday, April 06, 2013  Recognized news organization, the Associated Press, has banned the term “illegal immigrant”.

Sunday, March 17, 2013  A Brownsville woman was arrested on Thursday after authorities discovered her home was a stash house.

Saturday, January 26, 2013  Authorties raided an apartment complex in Donna and found over 45 illegal immigrants inside.

Thursday, December 27, 2012  The Rio Grande Valley is seeing an influx of illegal immigrants but they’re not from Mexico or Central America, they’re from a tiny, little-known country in Europe.

Saturday, November 17, 2012  Seven illegal immigrants, carrying over 500 pounds of marijuana, were detained west of Falfurrias Thursday afternoon.

Tuesday, June 12, 2012  Some 30 illegal immigrants are facing deportation after being detained in a farm field just west of the Pharr International Bridge.

Tuesday, May 29, 2012  A 22-year old was arrested after Border Patrol agents discovered he was trying to smuggle 21 undocumented aliens in a van.

Friday, April 27, 2012  U.S. Border Patrol agents rescued two illegal aliens Friday morning at a ranch south of Falfurrias.

Sunday, April 22, 2012  Local law enforcement agencies worked together to raid a stash house in Edinburg that was housing nearly 70 illegal immigrants.

Friday, April 13, 2012  After a three year investigative case and an arrest made in Spring 2011, a Laredo man was found guilty on smuggling 100 undocumented aliens.

Monday, April 02, 2012  A nationwide crackdown on illegal immigrants with felony criminal histories included the Rio Grande Valley.

Wednesday, March 21, 2012  A Mexican national was caught after he had been using Craigslist to recruit drivers to smuggle undocumented aliens.

Friday, November 18, 2011  Seven suspected kidnappers all with alleged ties to the Gulf cartel faced a San Juan judge Friday afternoon.

Thursday, October 20, 2011  Mexican President Felipe Calderon says the United States is dumping criminals at the border because it is cheaper than prosecuting them, and he says that has helped fuel violence in Mexico.

Friday, September 30, 2011  Some 19 illegal immigrants are behind bars in the Rio Grande Valley as part of a nationwide crackdown targeting criminal illegal immigrants.