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Rep Cuellar: U.S.-Mexico Border is safer than Washington, D.C., according to new FBI Data

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Today, Congressman Cuellar released the latest FBI Crime Data showing that despite the narrative and rhetoric, violent crime rates in border cities are significantly less compared to the violent crime rate in other major American cities. In 2016, the cities of Brownsville, and McAllen enjoy crimes rates so low, they happen to account for only 1/8th the crime rate of the city of…

LAREDO MORNING TIMES: Students in Laredo, South Texas at risk after President Donald Trump ends DACA program

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Students in Laredo, South Texas at risk after President Donald Trump ends DACA program By ending the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program on Tuesday, President Donald Trump has subjected nearly 800,000 young immigrants — many who have lived in the U.S. since they were young children — to deportation.   More than 120,000 Texans have received two-year renewable work…

RIO GRANDE GUARDIAN:DACA recipients: We may have to go back in the shadows

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    DACA recipients: We may have to go back in the shadows PHARR, RGV – Community groups held a protest outside Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office in Pharr Tuesday morning in response to the rescindment of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.   Paxton was targeted after he, with nine other state attorneys general, threatened legal action…

Rep. Cuellar Statement on President Trump’s Decision to End DACA Program

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Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) today released the following statement after the Trump Administration announced plans to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program: “In my home state of Texas over 120,640 young people, who have known no other country, have benefited from the DACA program. Of those, over 104,959 are working and contributing over $6 billion annually…

LAREDO MORNING TIMES:Congressman Henry Cuellar responds to DACA announcement (video in link below)

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Congressman Henry Cuellar responds to DACA announcement Congressman Cuellar says he does not support the end of DACA and believes that Dreamers can contribute to the country but says congress has the opportunity to save the program. Cuellar says he remains optimistic about Democrats and Republicans working together. Coming up on KGNS News evening Edition, we speak with the…

THE MONITOR:Trump administration signals DACA’s end

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Trump administration signals DACA’s end DACA supporters: ‘We’re not going to go back into the shadows’ McALLEN — While clutching her 11-month-old baby boy in one arm and a protest sign in the other, Kathia Ramirez stood outside the office of the Texas Attorney General on Tuesday to boldly express her support of a federal program that’s designed to help her and others like…

Rep. Cuellar Announces $3.5 Million in Federal Funding for Hidalgo Law Enforcement

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Today, Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX28) announced that Hidalgo County has received $3.5 million in federal funds from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Stonegarden program to support local law enforcement for equipment and over-time pay. Statewide, Texas received $19.73 million in law enforcement funding of the $55 million nationwide. “These additional funds will help…

Rep. Cuellar Announces $3.35 Million in Federal Funding for Webb County Law Enforcement

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Today, Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX28) announced that Webb County has received $3.35 million in federal funds from the Department of Homeland Security’s Stonegarden program to support local law enforcement for equipment and over-time pay. Statewide, Texas received $19.73 million in law enforcement funding of the $55 Million nationwide. “These additional funds will help reimburse…

Rep. Cuellar Announces $1.56 Million in Federal Funding for Starr County Law Enforcement

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Today, Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX28) announced that Starr County has received $1.56 million in federal funds from the Department of Homeland Security’s Stonegarden program to support local law enforcement for equipment and over-time pay. Statewide, Texas received $19.73 million in law enforcement funding of the $55 Million nationwide. “These additional funds will help reimburse…

LMT ONLINE: 'It's such a punch in the gut': Border wall construction could affect wildlife near Laredo

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Just a month ago, Marianna Treviño-Wright, the executive director of the National Butterfly Center, scoffed at the mere suggestion that President Donald Trump's border wall threatened the 100-acre preserve. Now she isn't so sure. In search of wildlife during a recent stroll through 70 acres of the center, south of a levee that cuts through the property, Treviño-Wright found construction…