The Texas Department of Public Safety has announced on X that they have made an arrest in connection to the threats made to lawmakers earlier today.

According to the post on X, the arrest occurred during a traffic stop in La Grange, Texas.

The Texas DPS also said there is no additional active threat at this time. The capitol building and grounds have been reopened.

The Texas DPS said the investigation is still ongoing and will update more information as it becomes available.

The Texas Department of Public Safety earlier announced that they evacuated the Texas Capitol building and surrounding grounds.

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The evacuation came after Texas DPS discovered a credible threat to lawmakers.

The same lawmakers who were threatened later attended a protest in Austin. 

Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick posted on X to heed the warning and take the threat seriously.

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Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick posted on X to heed the warning and take the threat seriously.”I urge everyone to take appropriate precautions and heed the warning of the Texas Department of Public Safety until the threat is no longer active,” Patrick said on X. “Just today, a credible threat was made to possibly kill members of the Texas Legislature at the Capitol.” (Getty)

“I urge everyone to take appropriate precautions and heed the warning of the Texas Department of Public Safety until the threat is no longer active,” Patrick said on X. “Just today, a credible threat was made to possibly kill members of the Texas Legislature at the Capitol.”

Patrick also said on X that while lawmakers receive threats and emails monthly, each must be taken seriously.

“There’s a difference between free speech complaints, which we welcome, and making death threats. The latter can be a crime. What happened today in Minnesota was an absolute criminal act and a tragic loss of life. Our prayers go out to those in Minnesota,” Patrick said on X.

Protests happened Saturday across the country, in what was described as a “day of defiance” against President Donald Trump and his allies.

Protesters march during a No Kings rally in Washington, D.C., Saturday, June 14, 2025. The demonstration is taking place at the same time as a parade marking the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army. (David Dee Delgado for Fox News Digital)

These protestors say they are defending democracy and are opposed to what they call Trump’s “authoritarian” rule. 

These protests came on the same day Washington hosted the U.S. Army’s 250th anniversary parade.

Fox News Digital’s Michael Dorgan contributed to this story.

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Arizona Democratic Sen. Ruben Gallego unveiled a border security and immigration reform plan that was immediately endorsed by several House Democrats. 

Gallego, the son of Mexican and Colombian immigrants, offered a “five-pillar” framework he said expresses his commitment to securing the southern border.

“We don’t have to choose between border security and immigration reform,” Gallego said.

“We can and should do both.”

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“Americans deserve the right to feel safe knowing their border is secure, but for decades, Congress has tried and failed to take action because politics got in the way. It’s time to push forward and enact a plan that works,” Gallego said.

Typically seen as a Republican issue, Gallego’s border security plan combines GOP priorities like staffing-up the Border Patrol, with Democrats’ favored “pathway to citizenship” for select migrants, in part for economic benefit.

Gallego’s plan also outlines asylum process reform by “expedit[ing]” people’s passage through the system and also seeking to enforce that other countries do their “fair share” to resettle asylum seekers and combat cartel violence and economic instability in their home areas.

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It increases the annual green card quota and increases the use of e-Verify, an application that verifies an employee’s legal status when it comes to working in the U.S.

In terms of asylum case reform, Gallego seeks to hire additional officers to process claims and afford them more jurisdiction in deciding the outcome of applicants’ cases.

“I commend Sen. Gallego for this pragmatic and much-needed framework,” said Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, D-Texas, a supporter of the plan.

“More Democrats need to move to the middle on this issue and embrace this type of approach,” he said.

“As a border-district congressman, I know it’s past time we reform our asylum system, stop the flow of dangerous drugs by investing in our Border Patrol officers, develop legal pathways, tackle the root causes of irregular migration, and ensure South Texas, and communities all along the border – can safely thrive.”

In the north, Rep. Tom Suozzi, D-N.Y., also lent his support to the plan.

“Sen. Gallego is a serious Democratic leader, and I applaud him for offering a balanced immigration policy that secures our borders, fixes the broken asylum system, grows our economy, and treats immigrants with dignity,” Suozzi told Fox News Digital.

“We can achieve these goals without pandering to the far left’s impractical demands or the far right’s mean-spirited extremism.”

In a statement to Fox News Digital, White House spokesperson Kush Desai ripped Gallego’s plan, saying he should “read the news.”

“We don’t need a new bill to secure our southern border, end the illegal abuse of parole, and get other countries to crack down on illegal migration into the United States. We just needed President Trump back in office.”

A newly-minted law allowing Arizona law enforcement officers to shoot down drug-carrying drones along the U.S.-Mexico border has taken effect after sailing through the state’s legislature with bipartisan support. 

HB 2733 was signed into law on April 18 and grants officers the ability to target drones suspected of carrying out illegal activity within 15 miles of the state’s international border. 

“Cartels are increasingly using drones to survey the border to locate [U.S. Customs and Border Protection] officers’ locations and to transport illegal drugs from Mexico into our state,” state Rep. David Marshall, the bill’s sponsor, said in a statement to Fox News Digital. “Law enforcement tools at [our] disposal will be electronic jamming devices, as well as using shotguns with bird shot to bring down these drones.”

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Between October 2024 and April 2025, approximately 113,000 pounds of illegal drugs have been seized along the U.S.-Mexico border, with methamphetamine accounting for the majority of findings, according to data from CBP. 

Prior to the bill being passed, officers were unable to intercept drones suspected of participating in illegal activities, including transporting drugs such as fentanyl, across the southern border. 

The law also protects officers from being held civilly liable for any damage caused by intercepting the drone. 

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A Blackhawk crew flies along the fence at the southern U.S. border with Mexico, in Douglas, Arizona, on April 3, 2025. (David Swanson/AFP via Getty Images)

“A public entity or public employee is not liable to an unmanned aircraft operator for any injury to personal property caused by a peace officer intercepting, capturing, disabling, shooting, destroying or otherwise rendering inoperative an unmanned aircraft within 15 miles of the state’s international border if the peace officer had a reasonable suspicion that the unmanned aircraft was being used to commit a violation of Title 13, Chapter 23, 34 or 34.1,” the bill states. 

“Giving law enforcement the tools that they need to protect Arizonans is and should be a bipartisan effort,” Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes said at a news conference. “It is a necessary step in the fight against international drug trafficking and critical to our effort to protect all Arizonians.” 

Mayes’ office did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment. 

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Concertina wire is attached along the fence at the southern U.S. border with Mexico, in Douglas, Arizona, on April 3, 2025. (David Swanson/AFP via Getty Images)

However, the law is in direct conflict with the Federal Aviation Administration’s regulations surrounding drones. Federal law prohibits interfering with a drone while it is in the air, with violators risking criminal and civil penalties. 

“Federal law generally prohibits the damage, destruction or disabling of an aircraft,” the FAA said in a statement to Fox News Digital. “In addition, anyone shooting at any aircraft – including unmanned aircraft – creates a significant safety hazard. Discharging a weapon at an unmanned aircraft could cause damage to persons or property on the ground or could cause the aircraft to collide with other objects in the air.” 

CBP did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment. 

“It goes without saying that these cartel actions directly threaten the livelihood of Arizonans,” Marshall said. “In 2024 alone, Arizona saw 1,479 opioid-related overdose deaths. That is 1,479 lives taken too soon and countless families changed forever because of these deadly drugs. But when we give law enforcement the tools they need, like House Bill 2733, they are able to capture these drugs before they cause irreparable harm to our communities.”