(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 »

Politico: Henry Cuellar, John Cornyn: Clock ticking on bill Texas lawmakers Republican Sen. John Cornyn and Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar on Tuesday said they are aiming to pass legislation aimed at stemming the border crisis before the August recess. “On the House side, we’re going to try to do our best to move this quickly,” Cuellar said of the bill he is co-sponsoring with Cornyn… Read more »

(New York Times) Lawmakers From Texas Will Offer Border Bill By ASHLEY PARKERJULY 14, 2014 WASHINGTON — Two Texas lawmakers say they plan to introduce a bipartisan bill on Tuesday intended to combat the humanitarian crisis at the nation’s southern border and make it easier to send migrant children from Central America back to their home countries. The legislation is expected to… Read more »

(Dallas Morning News) Texans Cornyn, Cuellar push bill to speed return of child migrants WASHINGTON — Two Texas lawmakers said Monday they’ll push a bill to drastically speed up the return of child migrants from Central America, a response to a $3.7 billion Obama plan to cope with the border surge. Sen. John Cornyn, the deputy GOP leader, will file a bill Tuesday with Rep. Henry… Read more »

Houston Chronicle: Cornyn, Cuellar, propose fix for the child immigrant crisis Illegal child migrants from Central America would have seven days to request asylum once they are screened by the federal health and human services workers, under a bill expected to be filed Tuesday to stem the flood of unaccompanied children on the Texas border. Immigration judges would have 72 hours to… Read more »

(NBC) Texas Lawmakers Announce bill to Expedite Removal of Kids at Border BY FRANK THORP V A bipartisan duo of lawmakers has introduced a bill they hope will address the influx of unaccompanied minors at the southern border by changing a 2008 law that requires children coming from Central American countries to be treated differently than children that come from Mexico and… Read more »