Published: January 12, 2016 8:00 am By Christine Ayala and Elizabeth Koh Update 4:10 p.m.: this post has been updated with guest comments throughout WASHINGTON– A few notable Texans will be scattered among the political elite at President Barack Obama’s final State of the Union Address Tuesday. The White House is painting the speech as non-traditional and optimistic. Many guests are picked strateg... Read more »
Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28) announced today that he had secured funding in the recently passed federal funding bill for 55 new immigration judges and support staff to reduce immigration backlogs. The new judges would be in addition to the over 260 immigration judges already in the 58-court system. This system includes 35 judges in nine courts in Texas. The congressman originally requested ... Read more »
Congressman Henry Cuellar will host an elementary school student from Laredo to see President Barack Obama’s final State of the Union address. The student, Anthony Garcia, 11, who attends Cuellar Elementary School, was chosen out of 105 fifth-grade students at the school who participated in an essay-writing competition about positive habits that have made them a better leader, and why they would ... Read more »
Local elementary student attending State of the Union Address By: Victoria Young LAREDO, TEXAS (KGNS) - On Tuesday, president Barack Obama will give his last State of the Union Address, an event that some call historic. One Laredo student will be joining Congressmen Henry Cuellar at Tuesday's State of the Union Address. Libraries are typically quiet places, but on this day Dr. Henry Cuellar Elemen... Read more »
Immigration Courts Backlogged Across the State Posted: Jan 11, 2016 6:59 PM CSTUpdated: Jan 11, 2016 6:59 PM CST SAN JUAN – Immigrations courts are backlogged across the state of Texas. The need for more immigration judges in the Rio Grande Valley is crucial. There are 55 new immigration judges ready to be put to work. At the La Union Del Pueblo Entero, there isn’t enough room for people waiting t... Read more »
concern, according to recent polls federal lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, agreeit should be sots brian babin, "i think national security is top issue this year and i think it's going to stay that "instead of spending time way." Henry Cuellar, repealing health care and planned parenthood, what we ought to be focused on, national security, border security." kristine oc - stand up kristine fra... Read more »
"The New York Times" estima en 11.000 los cubanos varados en Centroamérica Unos 11.000 cubanos están varados en Centroamérica y listos para entrar a Estados Unidos, dice el diario The New York Times en un reporte dominical sobre su situación migratoria. El éxodo es considerado por algunos funcionarios como una estampida, dice el diario. Según la nota, "mientras que los políticos estadounidenses de... Read more »
Cubans, Fearing Loss of Favored Status in U.S., Rush to Make an Arduous Journey By FRANCES ROBLES LA CRUZ, Costa Rica — In Gretchen López’s slumber, during whatever winks of sleep she could get in a crowded open air shelter, she dreamed she was sending money to her mother in Cuba to renovate her crumbling house and buy delicious food. “But I woke up and I was here,” she said, looking around a fir... Read more »
Congresistas texanos atentos a migración de cubanos Congresistas texanos expresaron su inquietud ante la oleada de cubanos varados en Costa Rica que intentan llegar a Estados Unidos vía terrestre a través de la ciudad de Laredo, Texas. Henry Cuellar, representante político del sur de Texas, cuya jurisdicción abarca de la ciudad fronteriza de McAllen hasta San Antonio, refirió que recientemente via... Read more »
