Today Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28) and the General Services Administration (GSA) announced long-awaited improvements worth $26.8 million to the Gateway to the Americas International Bridge, also known as the Convent Avenue Port of Entry or International Bridge 1. International Bridge 1 is 70 years old and is the oldest of Laredo’s four ports. Together with previously announced… Read more »

Remodelan Puente Puerta a las Américas en Laredo, Texas Con una inversión superior a los 26 millones de dólares del Gobierno federal de los Estados Unidos, arrancaron los trabajos de modernización y ampliación en el Puente Internacional Puerta a las Américas. Esto en la frontera de los dos Laredos, en la región Texas y Tamaulipas, anunció el congresista federal de Texas, Henry Cuellar.… Read more »

Aumenta la tensión conforme crece llegada de cubanos a EU Ellos están cruzando la frontera aquí por cientos cada día, aprobados para entrar a Estados Unidos en cuestión de horas. Parte de un torrente de cubanos que crece rápidamente, salen caminando a una calle de Laredo y son recibidos por voluntarios de Cubanos en Libertad, grupo sin fines de lucro. Los voluntarios les ayudan a… Read more »

DHS Responds to Congressman, Governor about Budget Cuts The Department of Homeland Security is releasing new information about why they cut surveillance hours from the Department of Defense. DHS cited improvements in their border security, specifically a campaign that was launched early last year. The federal government responded to Congressman Henry Cuellar and Governor Greg… Read more »

Pope to pray for migrants at Mexico-U.S. border, Vatican counters Trump Pope Francis heads to the once notorious Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez on Wednesday, a major migrant crossing on the U.S. doorstep where grisly drug violence has killed thousands, to pray for those who risk their lives migrating north. Once one of the world´s deadliest cities, Ciudad Juarez remains a violent… Read more »

Border Patrol remains a force far from the border The U.S. Border Patrol doesn't -- as its title would suggest -- just patrol the border. Its enforcement responsibilities stretch far into the interior of the nation along both its southern and northern borders. Indeed, according to Potter County Sheriff Brian Thomas, the farther away one gets from either border the more critical the… Read more »

Privilegios a migrantes cubanos siembran resentimientos en la frontera Privilegios a migrantes cubanos siembran resentimientos en la frontera Gracias a la Ley de Ajuste Cubano, cientos de nacionales de ese cruzan sin ningún problema la frontera entre México y Estados Unidos. Reciben autorización para entrar en Estados Unidos en cuestión de horas. Y en cuanto comienzan a caminar por las… Read more »

Hispanics Resenting Hundreds of Cubans Being Rubber Stamped into Texas Daily The city of Laredo, Texas, is becoming a turnstile for Cubans seeking asylum in the U.S. Hundreds of Cuban refugees coming from Central America to Mexico are being passed through into Texas will little, if any, screening. Hispanics in South Texas appear to be resenting the special treatment of the… Read more »

Wanted criminals released (Editor’s note: This is part two of a two-part series by the Texas Tribune on “criminal aliens” and how their crimes put them at the center of a red-hot political debate about illegal immigration, the revolving door at the southern border and controversial immigrant catch-and-release policies that pit deportation-fixated conservatives against liberal… Read more »

As Cubans and Central Americans Enter U.S., the Welcomes Vary They are crossing the border here by the hundreds each day, approved to enter the United States in a matter of hours. Part of a fast-rising influx of Cubans, they walk out to a Laredo street and are greeted by volunteers from Cubanos en Libertad, or Cubans in Freedom, a nonprofit. The volunteers help them arrange travel to… Read more »