U.S. Law Is Putting Children at Risk A 2008 law for trafficking victims needs an update.   Time to change the process for unaccompanied children who come into the U.S. By Henry Cuellar July 23, 2014 | 9:00 a.m. EDT+ More Over the past two months, I have toured the Border Patrol facility in McAllen, Texas, and the Department of Health and Human Services facility at… Read more »

Texas Rep. Cuellar: No summer break until we deal with border crisis Rep. Henry Cuellar, Texas Democrat, said Wednesday that Congress needs to stay in Washington until they pass something to deal with the influx of unaccompanied minors along the United States’ southern border. “If we don’t finish this by July 31, we should stay here until we get this job done,” Mr.… Read more »

Wilson County News: Cornyn, Cuellar propose HUMANE Act July 23, 2014 | 46 views |  WASHINGTON -- U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, the Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and Border Security, and U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, a member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security, introduced the Helping… Read more »

Study: Currently no 'Downside' for Illegals to Attempt to Get Into the USA Posted Wednesday, July 23rd 2014 @ 11am A study done by the University of Texas at El Paso and headed by the former Chief of the El Paso Sector of the Border Patrol concludes that currently, there is no downside to Central Americans making an effort to get into the U.S., and, as long as that situation continues,… Read more »

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 »