Texas Public Safety Department Lt. Chris Olivarez breaks down the shooting between suspected Mexican cartel members and Border Patrol agents on ‘America’s Newsroom.’

Before the hearing, prosecutors linked the woman, and a companion who was killed in the confrontation with Border Patrol agents to suspects in three other homicides in Pennsylvani

U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday said he wants Congress to pass a bill that includes an increase in funding to secure the country's borders. Trump made the comments in a speech to House of Representatives Republicans gathered at his Doral resort in Miami to discuss how to turn the president's policy priorities into a legislative agenda.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday said he wants Congress to pass a bill that includes an increase in funding to secure the country's borders. "In the coming weeks, I'm looking forward to working with Congress on a reconciliation bill that financially takes care of our plans to totally and permanently restore the sovereign borders of the United States once and for all,

Gov. Greg Abbott announced he is sending additional troops and military assets to the border to supplement federal agents. However, unlike the last four years, he has the support of the White House.