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… Read more »

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… Read more »

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… Read more »

U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) and U.S. Representative Henry Cuellar (TX-28) met with the visiting delegation from the City of Laredo this week to discuss the city’s federal priorities. Please see photos of their visits below and attached. Sen. Cornyn and Rep. Cuellar with City Manager Jesus Olivares. … Read more »

Editorial: Time to end Cubans' special immigration status Two GOP presidential hopefuls might not want to hear this, but it’s time for Congress to do away with the special status that grants Cuban migrants the automatic right to legally reside in the United States as soon as they set foot on U.S. soil. There’s no longer anything special about Cuban conditions that should endow them… Read more »

Cubans' Free Ride After Crossing Into U.S. Riles Mexican-Americans (radio interview link below)  Cuban migrants are getting in to the U.S. through Laredo, Texas. Some lawmakers say it's time to remove the special status Cuban migrants have, saying it's unfair to others who face worse hardships. RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: With U.S.-Cuba relations on the mend, some Cubans are afraid… Read more »

Trump dominates in Texas border town where proposed wall would be built Cruz may have taken the state on Super Tuesday, but Trump’s wins along border prove he hasn’t been shunned by Latinos despite controversial immigration plan A candidate who has described Mexicans as rapists and criminals and whose core immigration plan is to make Mexico pay for a giant wall ought not to prosper on… Read more »

Hillary Clinton supporters: We won’t underestimate Trump like GOP did After former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s performance on Super Tuesday left her well-positioned to win the Democratic presidential nomination, her supporters are insisting Wednesday they aren’t going to underestimate GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump the way, they say, that Republicans… Read more »

Trump triunfa en la ciudad de Tejas en la que quiere construir el muro anti inmigrantes Un candidato que ha descrito a los mexicanos como violadores y delincuentes y cuyo principal plan de inmigración es hacer que México pague por un muro gigante no debería triunfar en la frontera sur. Sin embargo, los votantes de la ciudad más hispana de Estados Unidos se echaron este martes a los… Read more »

Cuellar wins by a landslide Incumbent Henry Cuellar won by a landslide the Democratic primary for the 28th District of Texas seat. Cuellar, D-Laredo, had 90.3 percent of the vote. His opponent, William Hayward, had 9.7 percent. The U.S. Congressman will face Republican Zeffen Hardin and Green Party candidate Michael Cary in the general election Nov. 8. Surrounded by City of Laredo… Read more »