Dems reject border 'ultimatums' By Mike Lillis - 07/23/14 12:21 PM EDT House Democratic leaders warned Wednesday that softening a 2008 immigration law to expedite deportations of children would sink any effort to provide emergency funding at the southern border. House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), joining GOP leaders in the Senate, has insisted that new… Read more »

Homeland Security secretary won’t take position on National Guard troops in border crisis By Kimberly Railey Members of the media listen as the United States Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson speaks at a press conference on June 30, 2014 in Edinburg, Texas. (AP Photo/The Monitor, Nathan Lambrecht) A day after Gov. Rick Perry ordered 1,000 National Guard troops to… Read more »

Border bill fits Rep. Henry Cuellar's history of bipartisanship By KIMBERLY RAILEY AND TODD J. GILLMAN Washington Bureau Published: 22 July 2014 11:39 PM WASHINGTON — Rep. Henry Cuellar has never been shy about breaking party ranks. But in recent weeks, the Laredo Democrat has taken that to new levels. He alienated the White House by publicly — and relentlessly — prodding the… Read more »

Gov. Perry to send National Guard troops to Mexican border amid migrant crisis Texas Gov. Rick Perry used his executive authority to activate up to 1,000 National Guard troops to help secure the Texas border region against "criminal alien" activity. (Reuters) By David Nakamura and Karen Tumulty July 21 at 8:09 PM    Texas Gov. Rick Perry announced… Read more »

Time runs short for border bill By Cristina Marcos - 07/22/14 06:00 AM EDT Congress is running out of time to pass an emergency funding measure to address the surge of child immigrants crossing the border. Both the House and Senate are set to recess for their five-week August break on July 31, and Democrats and Republicans remain far apart on the content and price tag of… Read more »

WOAI: Immigration Numbers Falling as National Guard 'Surge' Begins   Posted Tuesday, July 22nd 2014 @ 6am As the Texas National Guard prepares for deployment to the Rio Grande Valley, new figures released by U.S. Rep Henry Cuellar (D-Laredo) show the rush of Central American children into Texas may be slowing, Newsradio 1200 WOAI's Michael Board reports.   'It was recently a… Read more »

Dallas Morning News: Deduct immigrant costs from foreign aid, Lewisville congressman says By KIMBERLY RAILEY Washington Bureau krailey@dallasnews.com Published: 21 July 2014 11:30 PM Updated: 21 July 2014 11:33 PM Update at 7:52 p.m.: Rep. Henry Cuellar, the Laredo Democrat, said Monday that any proposal to slash foreign aid would “definitely go the wrong… Read more »

  Cuellar: Guatemala, Honduras, want their kids back Last Updated:17 July 2014 … Read more »

(CBS News) In Immigration battle, Republicans step up border demands Immigrants who have been caught crossing the border illegally are housed inside the McAllen Border Patrol Station in McAllen, Texas where they are processed.  POOL, GETTY IMAGES Congress has just about two weeks to produce some kind of legislative response to the influx of unaccompanied minors at the… Read more »

Still no consensus on border plan as Congress hurdles toward summer recess BY TERENCE BURLIJ, RACHEL WELLFORD AND SIMONE PATHE  July 17, 2014 at 9:14 AM EDT Congress still searching for consensus on border plan: With Congress closing in on its month-long August recess, time is running out for lawmakers to reach a consensus on legislation to address the… Read more »