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National Guard Cyber Unit coming to S.A.

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National Guard Cyber Unit coming to S.A. (San Antonio Express-News) San Antonio has been chosen for one of the National Guard’s 13 new cyber units. The decision was celebrated by U.S. Reps. Will Hurd, Joaquín Castro, Henry Cuellar and Lamar Smith, all of whom requested “Cyber City, USA” be considered for the new units. “The cyber threats our nation faces are real and it makes me…

SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS NEWS: Normalize immigration for Cubans

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Express-News Editorial Board Published 6:28 pm, Thursday, December 10, 2015 Photo: JERRY LARA /San Antonio Express-News Michael Fuentes, 24, adjusts his cap while outside the Cubanos en Libertad house in West Laredo last week. The house provides rest and food for Cuban refugees who enter the U.S. at the Laredo Port of Entry. But the so-called ‘wet-foot, dry-foot’ policy, which…

Congressman Cuellar Issues Statement on Increase In Unaccompanied Children Arriving at Southern Border

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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…

VALLEY CENTRAL: Data: Number of migrant children moving through the Valley doubled in November

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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…

KSAT NEWS: More bed space needed for renewed influx of kids at border

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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…

MIDLAND REPORTER: New wave of Cuban immigrants reaches U.S., but through Texas, not Florida

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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…

WOAI: Cuellar: Syrians Already Entering the U.S., Plan Needed Now

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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…

LOS ANGELES TIMES: New wave of Cuban immigrants reaches U.S., but through Texas, not Florida

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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—…

KGNS: Local group offering help for Syrian refugees

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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…

LOS ANGELES TIMES: Young immigrants are at risk from sponsors with criminal records, senators say

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 (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…