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Congressman Cuellar Condemns Violence in Brussels

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Today Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28) condemned the terrorist attacks perpetrated across Brussels, Belgium, Tuesday. So far, it has been reported that 34 are dead and at least 200 have been wounded, among them at least nine Americans. The terrorist group ISIS has claimed responsibility for the attacks. The attacks took place at Zaventem airport outside the Belgian capital as well…

TEXAS TRIBUNE: Report: More than 18,500 Cubans have crossed through South Texas since October

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Report: More than 18,500 Cubans have crossed through South Texas since October BY THE TEXAS TRIBUNE TUESDAY, MARCH 22ND 2016 MORE MEDIA by Julián Aguilar | The Texas Tribune The same week President Obama makes the first trip to Cuba by an American president in almost 90 years, The Rolling Stones will play a free concert in Havana -- the first open-air show there by…

NBC: Congress calling for improved international cooperation following Brussels attacks

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Congress calling for improved international cooperation following Brussels attacks Posted: Tue 3:22 PM, Mar 22, 2016 By: Peter Zampa Posted Tuesday, March 22, 2016---3:21 p.m. WASHINGTON (Gray DC) ---Four months after terror struck Paris, the Islamic State claimed more attacks in Brussels, Belgium Tuesday. With the international community on high alert after roughly 30 were…

KGNS: Congress reacts to Brussels attack

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Congress reacts to Brussels attack Posted: Tue 7:32 PM, Mar 22, 2016 By: Peter Zampa WASHINGTON, D.C. (KGNS) - With the international community on high alert after roughly 30 were killed in Brussels , members of congress discussed how the U.S. Should proceed. Terror in Brussels has Congress clamoring for answers once again. Answers as to how the United States can keep the…

NEWS4SA: Cubans breeze across Texas border; lawmaker believes change is needed

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Cubans breeze across Texas border; lawmaker believes change is needed BY MELISSA VEGA MONDAY, MARCH 21ST 2016   LAREDO, Texas -- In the small border town of Laredo, you'll find Cubans sitting on the steps of Cubanos en Libertad, or Cubans in Freedom. Cubans are entering the United States through Mexico and crossing over to Laredo in record numbers. News 4 San Antonio caught…

BPR: Here’s how many Cubans have already crossed the US border this year and ‘get to stay,’ Dem admits

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Here’s how many Cubans have already crossed the US border this year and ‘get to stay,’ Dem admits March 21, 2016 | John Binder |  0 comments |  Print Article Cubans crossing the southern border into the U.S. are defying all law and order, literally. Just in the last six months, some 26,000 Cubans have poured into the country and are all…

FULLMEASURE: Cuban Exodus

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Cuban Exodus BY FULL MEASURE STAFF SUNDAY, MARCH 20TH 2016 LINK TO VIDEO: http://fullmeasure.news/news/immigration/cuban-exodus March 20, 2016 — Today, President Obama arrives in Havana, Cuba. He will be the first sitting president to visit the island nation since Calvin Coolidge in 1928. Most Americans have little idea, but an astonishing number of Cubans are surging…

WASHINGTON EXAMINER: Border Dem: 93,000 Cubans cross border, 'get to stay, quite honestly'

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Border Dem: 93,000 Cubans cross border, 'get to stay, quite honestly' By PAUL BEDARD (@SECRETSBEDARD) • 3/17/16 1:31 PM   Some 93,000 Cubans have flooded across the border in the last two years, 26,000 in the past six months, and are mostly given a pass to stay in the United States, according to a border Democratic House member. Rep. Henry Cuellar, discussing…

HOUSTON CHRONICLE: Jailers decry cuts in program to reimburse them for holding immigrants

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Jailers decry cuts in program to reimburse them for holding immigrants Bill for immigrant prisoners shifts to state, local taxpayers Sixteen years ago, the Justice Department doled out $563 million to lockups such as Harris County's to oversee immigrants who were in the country illegally and had committed crimes. It was the most ever paid out by the department's State Criminal…