EDITORIAL: Teaching immigration tolerance·           Posted: Sunday, March 27, 2016 7:32 am THE MONITOR EDITORIAL BOARD As hundreds of millions of Christians throughout the world celebrate Easter today and reflect upon Jesus’ teachings, which include sacrifice, discipline, tolerance, acceptance and forgiveness, we point out how these… Read more »

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Decline in used car sales (link below)  Buying cars in the U.S. and importing them to Mexico has become less common and in doing so, affecting the economy along the border. Prior to NAFTA, Mexico did not allow car imports. Through the agreement, certain cars have been eligible for import. However, Mexico could charge an import duty for cars that do not meet certain… Read more »

On Fronteras: Southwest Cities Study Bus Rapid Transit, Bill Would Change Cuban Immigration (link to podcast below) Two South Texas congressmen say it’s time to change the U.S. policy of fast-tracking Cuban immigrants for citizenship. Latino immigrants are seeking citizenship so they can vote for the next U.S. president. In Houston, a call for a federal investigation into… Read more »

On Fronteras: Southwest Cities Study Bus Rapid Transit, Bill Would Change Cuban Immigration By SHELLEY KOFLER • MAR 25, 2016 LORNEY MATALON / MARFA PUBLIC RADIO Listen Listening... 21:31 Fronteras program airing on Texas Public Radio  This week on Fronteras:  ·         Two South Texas congressmen say… Read more »

Reclaman en Estados Unidos cese de privilegios para migrantes cubanos El congresista republicano estadounidense Blake Farenthold y el demócrata Henry Cuéllar, ambos de Texas, presentaron un proyecto para poner fin a los beneficios exclusivos que las leyes migratorias norteamericanas otorgan a los cubanos. En virtud de la Ley de Ajuste Cubano, aprobada por el Capitolio en 1966, y la… Read more »

Proposed Law Would End Preferential Treatment for Cuban Refugees   Two South Texas Members of Congress, a Republican and a Democrat, have introduced a bill to repeal the controversial 'wet foot dry foot' policy which has allows Cuban immigrants to receive preferential treatment, News Radio 1200 WOAI reports.   Called the 'Correcting Unfair Benefits for Aliens' Act, the… Read more »

Congressmen Introduce Bill to Change Cuban Immigration (video link below)  Members of Congress from south Texas said a generous Cuban immigration policy has lasted too long. Congressmen Henry Cuellar and Blake Farenthold filed a bill to undo the historic Cuban Adjustment Act. Cubans get special asylum the minute they touch U.S. soil. The congressmen said it’s an old policy that’s… Read more »

South Texas congressmen back bill to end special treatment for Cuban migrants Two Texas congressmen have introduced legislation to repeal a preferential law that grants Cubans automatic permanent residence if they set foot on U.S. soil. Republican Blake Farenthold and Democrat Henry Cuellar said Wednesday that the number of Cubans who've entered Texas in the past few months is up 60… Read more »

Proposed bill would remove Cubans' fast route to U.S. citizenship (video link below) Representatives Blake Farenthold and Henry Cuellar introduced the Correcting Unfair Benefits for Aliens (CUBA) Act to the House this week, a bill that would hold Cubans to the same standards as other immigrants from countries where the U.S. has diplomatic relations. Cubans living in the Coastal Bend… Read more »