Today Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28) issued the following statement in response to the announcement by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that they will begin the process of expanding their temporary capacity to house unaccompanied children.
“As I have warned repeatedly, we must not take our eye off the ball on the issues of curbing the flow of undocumented… Read more »
BY CBS 4 NEWS WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9TH 2015
Most of the unaccompanied children come from Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador, which have been plagued by gang-related violence. (CBS 4 News)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection detained nearly 3,500 children who crossed the border last month, more than double the number detained during November 2014.
Concerned about the number… Read more »
By Jessie Degollado - Reporter
Posted: 7:37 PM, December 09, 2015Updated: 7:37 PM, December 09, 2015
SAN ANTONIO - The federal government is planning to add 1,000 beds in Texas and 400 in California for the renewed influx of Central American children in the Rio Grande Valley.
Rockwell County in the Dallas-Fort Worth area is set to accept 300 children ages 12-18 in the… Read more »
Posted: Sunday, December 6, 2015 3:00 am
By Molly Hennessy-Fiske Los Angeles Times | 0 comments
HOUSTON —When Jordanis Perez fled Havana in the spring for the United States, he decided his best chances weren’t by boat to Florida, but by a route increasingly favored by thousands of Cuban migrants: by land to Texas.
The number of Cubans arriving at the… Read more »
Posted Monday, November 30th 2015 @ 6am
Border Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-Laredo) says as the U.S. debates the fate of Syrian refugees, the refugees are coming and will continue to arrive on our southern border, and rather than debate, the country needs to start deciding how to handle the coming flood of desperate people from the Middle East, News Radio 1200 WOAI… Read more »
Jordanis Perez, 31, center, waits for help at Catholic Charities in Houston with fellow Cuban immigrants.
(Molly Hennessy-Fiske / Los Angeles Times)
Molly Hennessy-FiskeContact Reporter
When Jordanis Perez fled Havana this spring for the United States, he decided his best chances weren't by boat to Florida, but by a route increasingly favored by thousands of Cuban migrants—… Read more »
By: Valerie Gonzalez - Email
Updated: Wed 10:25 PM, Nov 25, 2015
LAREDO, TEXAS (KGNS) - Syrian refugees coming to Texas are not receiving a warm welcome.
In light of the Paris terror attacks, refugees who show up at the border are being taken to detention centers, due to the perceived terror threat.
And for those who do make it across, the state is asking community… Read more »
(Jacquelyn Martin / Associated Press)
Molly Hennessy-FiskeContact Reporter
Federal officials placed immigrant youths with convicted criminals, including sex traffickers and human smugglers, then refused to remove them even after a whistle-blower alerted officials, two senators alleged Tuesday.
At least 3,400 sponsors -- about 12% of 29,000 listed in a government database… Read more »
Syrian families stopped in Laredo at Texas border
According to Breitbart, a conservative news outlet, eight Syrian immigrants were apprehended by federal border agents after trying to cross into Texas from Mexico near the Laredo sector of the border on Monday.
A DHS representative told Slateby email that "on Tuesday, members of two Syrian families, two men, two women and four children,… Read more »
Submitted by Silma Estrada on 22 November 2015 - 8:59am
En una declaración emitida por la oficina del congresista Cuellar se destaca que el legislador indicó que "la policía hondureña detuvo a cinco sirios tratando de entrar en el país centroamericano de forma ilegal".
El congresista demócrata norteamericano Henry Cuellar dio las gracias al gobierno de Honduras por su trabaja de… Read more »
