The Migrant Realities of Laredo By Ana Montanez Ana is a 2016 Leland Fellow. She is currently working in the Capitol Hill office of Congressman Henry Cuellar. Leland Fellows, named in honor of Congressman Mickey Leland, is a full-time legislative internship program for University of Houston undergraduate students. The program is coordinated by the Hobby… Read more »

WEEKLY IMMIGRATION REPORT, APRIL 5, 2016 EXECUTIVE AMNESTY HEADS TO COURT From the Federation for American Immigration Reform Executive Amnesty Case Arguments Start Soon Administration’s High DACA Approval Rates May Impact Supreme Court Decision FAIR Highlights Several Recently Introduced House Immigration Bills Tennessee Committee Advances Bill to Authorize… Read more »

'At the limit,' Mexico buckles under migrant surge to U.S. Mexico is struggling to stem the flow of Central American migrants traveling to the United States ahead of the U.S. presidential election, causing major concern in Washington, which is weighing sending more agents to help. In 2014, Mexico moved to strengthen its southern border when a surge in child migrants from Central America… Read more »

Cubans exploit US taxpayers with Cold War era benefits In the wake of the violent Brussels’ terrorist attack, many politicos thought the optics of the first family’s visit to Cuba and Argentina looked wrong. President Obama and his family were caught on camera attending a baseball game, photo-bombing Che Guevara and tango dancing in Argentina. The purpose of the historic visit, the first… Read more »

Analizan puente contra bloqueos El tren sigue causando serios problemas con el bloqueo de cruceros por tiempo muy prolongado By FRANCISCO DIAZ LAREDO, TX.- En busca de alternativas para aliviar el problema de bloqueo de cruceros ferroviarios en la parte oeste de la ciudad, el alcalde Pete Sáenz pedirá hoy revisar un acuerdo para un estudio de factibilidad sobre la construcción de… Read more »

Año fiscal 2016 suma el arribo de unos 28 mil migrantes cubanos a EE.UU. Durante los primeros cinco meses del año fiscal 2016 han arribado a EE.UU. 27 644 migrantes cubanos, publica la cadena de noticias Fox News citando datos del departamento de Aduanas y Protección Fronteriza (CBP). De seguir el ritmo actual, para fines de este año la cifra podría… Read more »

Es hora de cambiar la Ley de Ajuste Cubano (+Audio y el enlace de audio por debajo del historia) Esto opina Henry Cuéllar, Congresista Demócrata. Según él, las leyes migratorias deben aplicar por igual a las personas de todos los países Continúa la polémica causada a raíz de la solicitud de derogación de la ley que permite a los cubanos solicitar regularizar su situación legal a través… Read more »

Officials see 'influx' of Cuban immigrants as lawmakers eye immigration change President Obama’s push to improve relations with Cuba has coincided with an influx of Cuban immigrants into the U.S., statistics show, amid revived talk on Capitol Hill about ending a decades-old law allowing them easy entry to the country.   “We are seeing an influx of Cubans at the Texas-Mexico… Read more »

WILL A PROPOSED BILL END SPECIAL IMMIGRATION BENEFITS FOR CUBANS? A bill that would end the so-called “wet-foot, dry foot” U.S. immigration policy for Cubans was filed in Congress last week. Rep. Henry Cuellar, a DINO from Laredo, and Republican Rep. Blake Farenthold of Corpus Christi filed the Correcting Unfair Benefits for Aliens (or CUBA) act, which is a… Read more »

BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION WOULD END SPECIAL TREATMENT FOR CUBAN MIGRANTS UPDATED:   Tue, MAR 29th 2016 @ 4:25pm EDT   A day after Pres. Obama’s visit to Cuba, two Texas congressmen Rep. Blake Farenthold (R-Texas) and Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) introduced the Correcting Unfair Benefits for Aliens(CUBA) Act, which would repeal the Cuban Adjustment Act of… Read more »