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The Hill: What’s next for border funding?

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The Hill: What’s next for border funding? By Cristina Marcos August 31, 2014, 06:00 am Congress might punt again on a border funding bill when it returns in September. The House and Senate scrambled to move bills to give federal agencies extra money to handle the surge in unaccompanied child migrants crossing the southern border before their five-week recess. But lawmakers…

Texas Tribune: What's next for Washington on the border crisis

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What's next for Washington on the border crisis By Henry Cuellar, Aug. 13, 2014 Photo by Jack Dean The whole country has been watching as a humanitarian crisis unfolds on our southern border while Washington does nothing.  In fact, earlier this month, the Department of Homeland Security announced that it would redirect money during the middle of hurricane…

Rep. Cuellar and Mexican Officials Announce Energy Reform Collaboration between US and Mexico

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Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX28), along with Mexican Congressman Hector García García, officials from Texas A&M International University in Laredo, as well as Jesús Ancer Rodriguez, Rector of La Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, met last week in Monterrey, Mexico to discuss energy reform in Mexico and the great advancements in production of oil and natural gas in both the United…

Houston Chronicle: Short on time, a divided Congress returns to border crisis

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Short on time, a divided Congress returns to border crisis By Kevin Diaz August 29, 2014 WASHINGTON - Congress returns a week from Labor Day with a little unfinished business left on the Texas border. In the month since lawmakers left town in a swirl of acrimony, border officials say the surge of illegal immigrants at the border has slowed. But the partisan rancor hasn't. With…

NorteDigital: Quieren reforzar frontera de EU con más equipo de guerra

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Quieren reforzar frontera de EU con más equipo de guerra   Fuente: AP Legisladores estadounidenses retomaron el plan para reforzar la seguridad fronteriza con México    El Universal | NorteDigital   Si te gustó este artículo, quizá te guste Norte Digital. Legisladores estadounidenses retomaron el plan para reforzar la seguridad fronteriza con México mediante…

NTN24: Representante Demócrata por el Estado de Texas aseguró en NTN24 que “la culpa de que no exista una Reforma Migratoria es del Partido Republicano”

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Representante Demócrata por el Estado de Texas aseguró en NTN24 que “la culpa de que no exista una Reforma Migratoria es del Partido Republicano”   NOTICIAS | AMÉRICA LATINA Miércoles, Agosto 27, 2014   Henry Cuéllar le dijo al programa Zoom a la Noticia de NTN24 que “el gran número de inmigrantes que llegan a la frontera de EE.UU. se debe a que las autoridades mexicanas no…

The Daily Beast: A Texas Democrat Tries to Fix the Border

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A Texas Democrat Tries to Fix the Border Rep. Henry Cuellar is battling Republicans and Democrats alike to end the humanitarian crisis on America’s southern border. But does a guy picking fights with everyone from President Obama to Ted Cruz stand a chance? Before Gaza exploded, and the Malaysian airliner was shot down over Ukraine, and ISIS stormed across Iraq, and Ferguson, Missouri…

San Antonio Express News: Cuellar: Neither party owns all the good ideas

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Cuellar: Neither party owns all the good ideas Americans are disappointed with the job Congress is doing, with good reason. The failure of Congress earlier this month to send President Barack Obama a supplemental appropriations bill to address the border humanitarian crisis is just the most recent example showing that Congress is broken and taxpayers have a right to be…

KEYE Austin: Honduras foreign minister visits US-Mexico border

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KEYE TV News Honduras foreign minister visits US-Mexico border August 19, 2014 00:05 CDT McALLEN, Texas (AP) -- The foreign minister of Honduras is scheduled to speak in McAllen about steps that country has taken to stem the flow of unaccompanied child immigrants to the United States. Foreign Minister Mireya Aguero de Corrales was expected to meet with U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar and…

Univision: Cuellar insiste en cambiar la ley de 2008 para poner fin a la crisis en la frontera

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Cuellar insiste en cambiar la ley de 2008 para poner fin a la crisis en la frontera Univision.com | Aug 19, 2014 | 6:25 PM “Cuellar dijo que su propuesta de ley no viola el debido proceso.” El congresista demócrata por Texas, Henry Cuellar, no abandona su postura ante la crisis humanitaria de niños indocumentados en la frontera. Insiste en modificar la ley William…