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 »

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(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 »

Cuellar sees momentum to speed deportations; Hispanic caucus chides Obama for skipping border on Texas trip WASHINGTON – Rep. Henry Cuellar predicted Thursday that Congress will end up making it easier to deport Central American immigrant children as a way to cope with a border crisis. And he said President Barack Obama sees the need, as he does, to change a 2008 law that has slowed such… Read more »

House working group prepares border plan Posted on July 15, 2014 | BY KEVIN DIAZ Texas Republican Kay Granger, who heads a special House working group on the border crisis, signaled Tuesday that she will push to beef security and speed deportations in a report that is expected to shape the congressional response to the record wave of immigrant children. After returning a… Read more »

Ron Barber backs Cornyn-Cuellar plan Barber’s district covers 83 miles of the U.S.-Mexico border. | AP Photo By KENDALL BREITMAN | 7/16/14 9:04 AM EDT Arizona Democrat Rep. Ron Barber said Wednesday that he plans to back legislation proposed by fellow border-state lawmakers to end the current immigration crisis. “Washington has, for too long, ignored the problem of illegal… Read more »