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 »
Today Congressman Cuellar (D-TX-28) announced that he had secured an additional $10 million federal funding for environmental programs along the U.S.-Mexico border. These grant programs, which received funding under the recently passed omnibus appropriations bill, will help improve the environment, drinking water and wastewater infrastructure, all of which are important to conservation… Read more »
Crece 100% detención de familias en frontera
El congresista Henry Cuéllar expresó su preocupación sobre el número de familias y de menores no acompañados que son aprehendidos por la Patrulla Fronteriza en la frontera sur, porque la captura aumentó más del 100 por ciento.
Refirió que en el año fiscal 2015 que terminó en septiembre, las autoridades migratorias lograron la detención de 9… Read more »
Requieren incrementar más vigilancia por zika
Se aplican en accesos a EU por salud pública
Debido al reciente brote del virus del zika, líderes del Congreso buscan aumentar la vigilancia en los puertos de acceso internacional por cuestiones de salud pública.
En este sentido, así lo dio a conocer el congresista demócrata Henry Cuéllar que anunció la inclusión en el lenguaje del… Read more »
