PASTORS TO MEET IN NEWLY OPENED COMMUNIST CUBA High interest in 1st training session already triggers plans for another Cuba’s communist regime, which for years persecuted Christians and restricted visitors, now is open to Americans for business and vacation travel. For the most part. The Hill reported Friday that even though President Obama has declared that travel to the… Read more »

Today Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28) announced he, along with Rep. Andy Harris (R-MD-1), successfully included an amendment to the House Fiscal Year 2017 Homeland Security Appropriations bill to help small businesses who depend on H-2B, or temporary guest worker visas. The amendment and the bill passed the committee and now must be voted on by the Full House. … Read more »

Para nuestros dos países, que comparten una de las fronteras más largas del mundo, un alto volumen de comercio de cerca de 1.5 millones de dólares al día, y con 22 millones de estadounidenses de origen mexicano que vive en los Estados Unidos (EU), las buenas relaciones diplomáticas son la base fundamental para el éxito de nuestras economías. Al ser un representante de EU en… Read more »

Congressman Filemon Vela of Brownsville criticized Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in a speech at the State Democratic Party convention. In the speech, Vela referred to an open letter he recently sent to Trump which told the billionaire businessman where to shove his border wall proposals. Vela referenced the letter in his speech. “I wrote that letter because Donald Trump… Read more »

CABEZA DE VACA CONFIRMS HIS INTENTION TO WORK WITH TEXAS   MISSION, RGV – The Governor-elect of Tamaulipas says he wants to work closely with the mayors of the Rio Grande Valley. Francisco García Cabeza de Vaca held a breakfast meeting with the mayors of McAllen, Mission and Hidalgo on Wednesday. It was held at Anzalduas International Bridge in Mission and was hosted by Rigo… Read more »

'At the limit,' Mexico buckles under migrant surge to U.S. Central American migrants rest next to the train tracks while waiting for the freight train 'La Bestia', or the Beast, to travel to north Mexico to reach and cross the U.S. border, at Arriaga in the state of Chiapas January 10, 2012. Reuters/Jorge Luis Plata/File Photo Mexico is struggling to stem the flow of Central… Read more »

DHS funding for new headquarters slashed in FY 2017 bill A House Appropriations subcommittee delivered a major setback to the funding of a consolidated Homeland Security Department headquarters campus on Wednesday. The $41.1 billion DHS funding bill passed the subcommittee, but it cut $126 million in funding from the St. Elizabeths headquarters campus in Southeast Washington,… Read more »

The effort to change Cuban immigration policy EL PASO, Texas. A viewer named Kyle complained about U.S. immigration policy. He asked me why it's so easy for Cuban immigrants to get residency in this country compared to other Latin American immigrants. As I explained last Thursday, it's because of a federal law created a half-century ago during the Cold War. It gives Cuban immigrants… Read more »

Rep. Henry Cuellar: ‘The Border Is Safer Than Washington, D.C.’ (CNSNews.com) – Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) told C-SPAN’s “Washington Journal” on Thursday that the U.S.-Mexico border is safer than the nation’s capital. “The border is safer than Washington, D.C. The murder rate here might be three to four murders per 100,000. Where you and… Read more »

C-SPAN Washington Journal Visits Gateway City Thursday was the final day C-SPAN visited Laredo during a two-day televised event focusing on the border. During these past two days the C-SPAN Washington Journal, they've talked about issues pertaining to the border like immigration, border Security and trade. They came after an invitation from Congressman Henry Cuellar who… Read more »