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TEXAS INSIDER:Congressman Cuellar Announces More than $897 Million for Mexico and Central America in Government Funding Bill

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Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28) announced that the Fiscal Year 2016 government funding bill includes more than $897 million worth of support for Mexico and Central America, provisions that he and Kay Granger (R-TX-12), chair of the Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations, have fought for. The omnibus includes…

LLAMAS COMUNICACION: Anuncia Washington un fondo de asistencia de 897 mdd para Mèxico y Centroamerica

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Anuncia Washington un fondo de asistencia de 897 mdd para Mèxico y Centroamerica JAVIER AMIEVA Los fondos de soporte al desarrollo esperan detener el flujo de ilegales que provienen del sur de México. Otros apoyos a Educación y fondos para microempresas y comercio internacional. WASHINGTON , 16.12.2015: Del ensamble presupuestario en Estados Unidos, para Desarrollo Asistencial hacia…

BREIT BART: Nearly $1 Billion in Funding for Central America, Mexico Included in Omnibus

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Nearly $1 Billion in Funding for Central America, Mexico Included in Omnibus Included in the more than 2,000 page, $1.1 trillion year-end spending bill released this week is nearly $1 billion in funding for Mexico and Central America, according to Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) CAROLINE MAY In the wake of an ongoing surge of unaccompanied minors and family units illegally entering the…

TEXAS TRIBUNE: Cuellar: Budget Deal Includes Foreign Aid To Stem Illegal Immigration

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In a rare bipartisan compromise on illegal immigration, the next federal budget will provide nearly $1 billion in funding for Mexico and Central America to help stop the flow of undocumented migrants to the United States, U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar announced Wednesday. Cuellar, a Laredo Democrat, said he worked closely with Republican U.S. Rep. Kay Granger of Fort Worth in securing the…

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…