Cameron County, Texas — home to the SpaceX Starbase in Boca Chica and the Brownsville–Harlingen metro area; population ~434k (2025).
SpaceX has pledged $100 billion to build a 125,000‑acre Starbase in Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, that it says will support thousands of Starship launches a year and create about 3,000 direct jobs. Construction is scheduled to begin in 2027, with the company targeting initial launches from the site by 2029 and state officials offering a slightly later 2030 timeline.
ICE agent Christian Castro faces assault and false reporting charges in Minnesota over the Jan. 14 shooting of Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis. He remains jailed in Brownsville, Texas, as Minnesota seeks his extradition. A state-court fight over the 90-day detention limit and a federal ruling on a temporary restraining order shape the case.