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Valley Central: BP union talks of ways cartels are taking advantage of mass surrenders

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by Mary Avila Posted: 06.29.2014 at 11:04 AM For Border Patrol agents, the problem doesn’t only lie with the hundreds of thousands of Central Americans crossing into the U.S. illegally, but with the gaps that are being left alone because of the influx. This is serving as a deterrent from the more dangerous criminals, and that’s how the cartels want it. “Just the month…

Valley Central: BP union talks of ways cartels are taking advantage of mass surrenders

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by Mary Avila Posted: 06.29.2014 at 11:04 AM For Border Patrol agents, the problem doesn’t only lie with the hundreds of thousands of Central Americans crossing into the U.S. illegally, but with the gaps that are being left alone because of the influx. This is serving as a deterrent from the more dangerous criminals, and that’s how the cartels want it. “Just the month…

Rep. Cuellar to Host First Lady and Ambassador of Honduras, Appropriations Subcommittee Chairwoman in Border Tour

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Within one week of meeting one on one with Honduran Ambassador to the United States, Jorge Milla Reyes, Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX28) will be joined this Saturday by the First Lady of Honduras, Ana Garcia de Hernandez as well as Ambassador Milla Reyes to tour the Border Patrol Facility in McAllen and the Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio that is housing unaccompanied…

Rep. Cuellar: Appropriations Committee Boosts Resources to Address Unaccompanied Children Crossings

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Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX28) released the following statement today on the passage of the State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs Fiscal Year 2015 budget out of Committee: “This week, I worked with the Appropriations Committee to boost funding and support to Mexico and Central America that will increase our ability to stem the flow of illegal immigration and unaccompanied…

Rep. Cuellar sends letter to Appropriations Committee, FEMA requesting reimbursement for local governments

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Today, Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX28) sent letters to the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Appropriations Committee and Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Craig Fugate requesting financial assistance and reimbursement for communities affected by the current border humanitarian crisis.  Rep. Cuellar’s packet to Secretary Fugate and the Appropriations Committee…

Sen. Cornyn, Rep. Cuellar Demand Answers from Administration on Growing Humanitarian Crisis in South Texas

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U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, a member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security, and U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, the Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and Border Security today wrote to Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson regarding the growing humanitarian crisis along Texas’ Southern border. The letter poses a…

Rep. Cuellar Meets with Honduran Ambassador to Discuss Child Immigrant Protocols

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This morning, Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX28) met one on one with Honduran Ambassador Jorge Alberto Milla Reyes to discuss protocols for dealing with unaccompanied child immigrants in the wake of a wave of immigrant crossings from Central America that has overwhelmed Border Patrol resources.  “We are experiencing a humanitarian crisis on the border but lack the necessary policies…

Sen. Cornyn, Rep. Cuellar Demand Answers from HHS on Security of Unaccompanied Minors Against Traffickers

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U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, a member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security, and U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, the Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and Border Security yesterday wrote to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia Burwell regarding the growing humanitarian crisis along Texas’…

Rep. Cuellar Visits McAllen Border Patrol Station

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On Saturday, Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX28) toured the Border Patrol facility in McAllen, Texas, meeting with the agents stationed there and speaking to the adults and unaccompanied children housed there.  He was joined by local officials from the Rio Grande Valley, including State Senator Eddie Lucio, D-Brownsville, State Reps. Sergio Muñoz, D-Mission, Terry Canales, D-Edinburg,…

KSAT: Congressman Henry Cuellar visits McAllen Border Patrol facility

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Congressman Henry Cuellar visits McAllen Border Patrol facility Published On: Jun 16 2014 10:12:01 AM CDT   U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar visited a U.S. Border Patrol facility in McAllen. The visit by the Democratic congressman was his first since a recent influx of thousands of immigrants, many of them unaccompanied children, made their way to the Rio Grande Valley and…