LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - In an effort to re-open our bridges, Congressman Henry Cuellar pressed the issue with Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas during a Homeland Security Subcommittee Hearing.
In a series of questions, Congressman Cuellar told Secretary Mayorkas that city health officials have told him they are worried migrants are exposing the community to… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Three U.S. Senators have sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas urging him to commit to a timeframe to lift COVID-related travel restrictions on non-essential traffic through land ports of entry.
In the letter, Sens. John Cornyn (pictured above) of Texas and Kyrsten Sinema and Mark Kelly of Arizona write: “In light of the… Read more »
When the pandemic began, the U.S.-Mexico border was closed for health reasons. Well, really, part of the border was closed.
Only Mexicans who already had visas or were employed by an “essential” American could cross the border by land. Anyone could take a plane as long as they could afford the ticket and a COVID-19 test. The border has remained this way since the pandemic began more than… Read more »
BROWNSVILLE, Texas — The U.S.-Mexico border is a place where hope clashes with reality.
Felicia Rangel-Samponaro sees that clash every day by the very nature of her job as one of the directors of The Sidewalk School for Asylum Seekers.
“We are actually a rapid-response organization, which means we feed people, we house people, we give clothing, blankets, tents,… Read more »
George P. Kazen, a U.S. district judge for the Laredo division of the Southern District of Texas for nearly 40 years and whose name now bequeaths Laredo’s federal courthouse, has died at age 81.
Kazen was nominated by President Jimmy Carter in 1979 to this seat on the U.S. district court, and he retired in 2018. He was widely regarded for his genius legal mind and was known as a… Read more »
SAN ANTONIO – The migrant surge has come at a cost to the communities, nonprofits and agencies that have been helping those in their care.
Starting now, they can apply for $110 million in reimbursement funds through the Emergency Food and Shelter Program.
U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, of Laredo, helped secure the ESFP funding through the American Rescue Plan that goes directly to local… Read more »
A Rio Grande Valley family is reacting after the Biden administration seized their land.
For years, the Cavazos family battled the federal government over part of their land in Mission.
Now, after a Monday ruling, they're getting ready to say goodbye to roughly six-and-a-half acres.
The judgement said that the United States is entitled to immediate possession of the subject… Read more »
U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar announced that nearly $1 billion of American Rescue Plan Act funds would be coming to Bexar County within the next 60 days.
Area county, city and school officials gathered April 7 at Windcrest’s Takas Park Civic Center to hear the representative detail the act’s mission, the amounts each entity would receive, and the stipulations attached to its spending.
Cuellar… Read more »
President Joe Biden on Thursday called for new executive actions on gun control and called it an “embarrassment” that the United States is one of the countries most plagued countries with mass shootings. The local party chairs provided opposing views on his actions, while Rep. Henry Cuellar falls somewhere between them.
“I strongly disagree with President Biden’s actions on gun-control,”… Read more »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden’s hopes of working with congressional Democrats to craft a legislative solution to the rising number of immigrant asylum seekers at the southern U.S. border will hang heavily on moderates like Texas Representative Henry Cuellar.
Cuellar, one of the most conservative House Democrats, has not been shy about warning the new Biden administration… Read more »
