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KGNS: Cuellar announces multi-million dollar renovation project for Juarez-Lincoln International Bridge

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Renovations for the Lincoln-Juarez International Bridge will begin later this Summer. The renovations include a new bus inspection and passengerprocessing area, featuring individual bus stalls, pedestrian inspection lanes, a waiting area, restrooms, and a canopy for loading and unloading buses. Congressman Henry Cuellar says he is also working to secure additional funding for…

LA VERDAD: Confirman 62 mdd para modernización del puente internacional Juárez-Lincoln

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El congresista por Laredo, Henry Cuéllar, anunció este jueves que la modernización al puente internacional Juárez-Lincoln, también conocido como puente II, comenzarán a finales de este verano gracias a los fondos que se aseguraron del comité fiscal de asignaciones del presupuesto del año 2014. Brasfield y Gorrie, LLC de Birmingham, Alabama, se ha adjudicado el contrato para el proyecto…

THE LAREDO MORNING TIMES: International bridge to undergo renovations this summer

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Congressman Henry Cuellar on Thursday announced that renovations to Juarez-Lincoln International Bridge will begin later this summer thanks to federal funds he was able to secure.   Brasfield & Gorrie, of Birmingham, Alabama, has been awarded the contract for the project and will oversee the $62 million contract for the Vehicle Processing Facility at the Juarez-Lincoln bridge.…

KGNS: US Representatives visits Dilley detention center

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LAREDO, TEXAS (KGNS) - Congressman Henry Cuellar says it'simportant to him for immigrant families to be treated properly. Several U.S. representatives visited the Immigration Detention Center in Dilley this week. Many are upset about women and children being held at the centers and they're calling for change. Cuellar did not go because of a previously scheduled…

KNVO TV: Asistió Henry Cuellar a evento para la Patrulla Fronteriza

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El congresista Henry Cuellar reconoció a varios agentes de la patrulla fronteriza del valle por su labor. Durante una ceremonia especial, nueve agentes que pusieron en riesgo su vida mientras desempeñaban su trabajo, fueron reconocidos. “Estos son héroes que salvaron vidas de personas que estaban tratando de cruzar aquí”, diceHenry Cuellar. El congresista agrego que espera…

FOX RIO: Valley Congressman Honors Border Patrol Agents

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A local congressman honored several border patrol agents from the valley. During a special ceremony, Henry Cuellar recognized a select few who have made a split second decision to save the lives of those in need. Cuellar provided these men with congressional certificates of recognition and discussed the heroic actions these men performed while on duty. VIDEO:…

THE MONITOR: Congressman honors BP agents for saving lives

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McALLEN — U.S. Border Patrol agents switched gears from law enforcers to life savers when they pulled a suspected drug smuggler from inside a burning van that had crashed into a tree after a high-speed chase earlier this year. During a ceremony Monday, the five agents who helped in the fiery crash and four other Rio Grande Valley Sector agents were awarded with a Congressional…

LAREDO MORNING TIMES: More judges sought for backlog

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In less than two years, the number of Texas-based immigration cases stuck in federal courts has swelled by about 60 percent. Through April of this year, about 77,000 immigration cases in Texas were still meandering through the system. That’s one spot below California’s 89,300, and an increase of 58 percent since October 2013, according to data compiled by the Transactional Records…

WOAI:More Immigration Judges Coming to Karnes City, Dilley

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Congress has approved funding for 55 new Immigration Judges nationwide, and U.S. Rep Henry Cuellar (D-Laredo) says many of the judges will be stationed here, to relieve the backlog of immigration cases following last summer's surge, News Radio 1200 WOAI reports.   "San Antonio, Dilley, and a couple other places will be getting more immigration judges," Cuellar said.   There is…

ROLL CALL: House Passes Trade Promotion Authority Bill

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The House narrowly passed Trade Promotion Authority Thursday — the first step of many to resurrect President Barack Obama’s trade agenda after his own party torpedoed a combined bill last week. The chamber voted 218-208 on TPA, which will give him the latitude to negotiate a 12-nation Pacific trade deal sought by most Republicans and a small number of Democrats. House Passes…