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KGBT: Immigrant families released into the US fail to report back

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  Immigrant families released into the US fail to report back by Brett Crandall Posted: 09.29.2014 at 6:39 PM   According to an Associated Press report, an official with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has revealed tens of thousands immigrants families aren't meeting with federal immigrant agents as instructed. When more than 60,000 immigrant families…

KGNS: Cuellar moderates energy panel at Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute

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Cuellar moderates energy panel at Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute Posted: Tue 3:01 PM, Sep 30, 2014 By: Matt McGovern Email WASHINGTON, D.C. (Office of Henry Cuellar) – On Tuesday, Congressman Henry Cuellar moderated a panel on expanding job opportunities for Latinos in oil and gas industries as part of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute’s annual Public…

Houston Chronicle: Cuellar: from migrant family to increasing clout in Congress

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Cuellar: from migrant family to increasing clout in Congress By David McCumber September 28, 2014 | Updated: September 28, 2014 10:35pm   It's a humble little white house perched on one of the hills that give Laredo's Las Lomas neighborhood its name. From the crest of that little hill on Reynolds Street, you can see a world of opportunity. Martín and Odilia…

TribWeek: Top Texas News for the Week of 9/22/14

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TribWeek: Top Texas News for the Week of 9/22/14 by  Ross Ramsey Sept. 27, 2014 A damning state audit found an economic incentive program long championed by Gov. Rick Perry riddled with weak oversight policies. According to a state auditor's report, the University of North Texas should pay the state at least $75.6 million over the…

WOAI: Cuellar: No Evidence that ISIS is Slipping into the US from Mexico

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Cuellar: No Evidence that ISIS is Slipping into the US from Mexico Posted Thursday, September 25th 2014 @ 6am  by Jim Forsyth U.S. Rep Henry Cuellar, whose district includes a large stretch of the Texas Mexico border and has become the unofficial border issues expert in Congress, tells Newsradio 1200 WOAI that there remains no evidence that ISIS terrorists are using the…

KGNS: LCC and TAMIU receive $3.4 million in federal grants

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LCC and TAMIU receive $3.4 million in federal grants Updated: Thu 6:53 PM, Sep 25, 2014 By: Matt McGovern Email LAREDO, TEXAS (KGNS) - Local college campuses receive $3.4 million in Grants Local campuses are getting money that will go towards their science, math and general education programs. Both L.C.C. and TAMIU received grants in total of $3.4 million dollars…

Texas Tribune: The Brief: Pre-Trial Elbows Thrown in Perry Case

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The Brief: Pre-Trial Elbows Thrown in Perry Case  by John Reynolds  Sept. 24, 2014 The Big Conversation The special prosecutor overseeing the criminal case against Gov. Rick Perry let his frustration be known on a request by Perry's attorneys to excuse him from appearing at an Oct. 13 pre-trial hearing. “He's asking for special favors, and as far as I'm…