Immigration checkpoints in Texas, located within 100 miles of the border and at major airports, are operated by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers.(Mark Lennihan / AP) Immigration ...

In Texas’ Rio Grande Valley, two permanent checkpoints are in Sarita on Highway 69-East and another at Falfurrias, on U.S. Highway 281, where Border Patrol agents stopped the young girl with ...

Immigration checkpoints in Texas serve as one component of national and border security. The checkpoints are operated by U.S.