NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Rio Grande City Mayor Joel Villarreal about the influx of migrants crossing through his south Texas city. Federal authorities have made a record number of arrests at ...

The family of the victim identified him as 43-year-old Joel Villarreal. They're devastated and gathered in the same place their loved one was shot and killed just 24 hours earlier. "The morgue ...

Texas Mayor Joel Villarreal. Villarreal said no mayor or governor should "bear the burden" for what he described as a "broken immigration system." Villarreal said he is not confident the influx of ...

A Texas mayor ripped the Biden administration's "broken" immigration system, demanding moderate reform in order to mitigate the border crisis as it continues to spiral out of control. Rio Grande ...

"I just miss my brother. I just miss my brother a lot,” Joe Luis Villarreal said. He said this Easter won’t be the same for him and his family. His brother Joel Villarreal was killed on March ...

Andres Lara, 19, and Daniel Medrano, 20, have both been charged with capital murder in connection with the shooting death of Joel Villarreal, 43, at a trip center in the 7500 block of Long Point ...

"You have Democrats, Republicans engaged in asinine political mudslinging that absolutely does zero to address the issue," Rio Grande City, Texas Mayor Joel Villarreal told "Cavuto: Coast to Coast." ...