Sometime this fall, Congress will have to vote again on increasing our nation's debt limit. We have already exceeded the current $18.1 trillion limit, but through various bookkeeping gimmicks, the Treasury can postpone default for a few months — but not indefinitely. We have seen this picture show before, and we know how it ends.
The House, by a vote of 226-197, and the Senate, by a vote… Read more »
El congresista demócrata por Texas, Henry Cuéllar, dijo confiar en que 55 nuevos jueces federales de migración serán contratados para sumarse al sistema de Cortes de Inmigración en octubre próximo, a fin de descongestionar los casos pendientes.
“Este sería el mayor incremento y es histórico”, aseveró Cuéllar luego de ser notificado por los líderes del Congreso de que la financiación para… Read more »
Fifty-five new federal immigration judges would be added to the nation’s backlogged immigration courts in October under a new congressional budget plan that passed a critical vote out of a subcommittee Thursday, U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Laredo, said.
“This would be the largest increase and it’s historic,” the Laredo Democrat said after learning from congressional leaders that the… Read more »
Congressman Henry Cuellar today issued the following statement day after Chairman John Culberson touted the Commerce-Justice-Science (CJS) appropriations bill that would include funding for 55 new immigration judges and support staff to reduce immigration backlogs.
The funding was advanced by a voice vote in a House Appropriations CJS subcommittee yesterday as part of a %51.4 billion… Read more »
The addition of 55 new federal immigration judges could significantly put a dent in the backlog of immigration cases currently stalling our courts and costing American taxpayers millions of dollars each year.
An increase in the number of judges by this amount — which would raise the number of judges nationwide to 296, up from the current 241— could affect meaningful immigration reform by… Read more »
The stack of cases at Texas' overburdened immigration courts grew by nearly 60 percent since October 2013, bringing the state's pending cases to a record high of nearly 77,000, making it the largest backlog in the country after California.
Nationwide it now takes an average of 604 days to process an immigration case, according to an analysis of federal data through April by Syracuse… Read more »
El congresista demócrata por Texas, Henry Cuellar, dijo confiar en que 55 nuevos jueces federales de migración serán contratados para sumarse al sistema de Cortes de Inmigración en octubre próximo, a fin de descongestionar los casos pendientes. “Este sería el mayor incremento y es histórico”, aseveró Cuellar luego de ser notificado por los líderes del Congreso de que la financiación para… Read more »
A passenger rail between the U.S. and Mexico is one step closer to reality.
The proposed line would link Monterrey with Laredo, San Antonio and other Texas cities.
Language included in a federal appropriations bill for 2016, encourages the Federal Railroad Administration to study what it would take to create the rail and freight line.
Congressman Henry… Read more »
For the past few months, we've put a call out on Opinion pages for writers who are interested in writing for us regularly via our Board of Contributors. Today, we are pleased to announce the 20 who have been selected to serve on this inaugural board, listed below.
All come from different industries and vocations and have varied interests and hobbies. In our first group meeting on… Read more »
Congressman Henry Cuellar emphasized the need for moderate Democrats and Republicans to work together to get work done in Washington, D.C., at the Greater Mission Chamber of Commerce’s quarterly Buenos Tardes Luncheon held Tuesday.
Balancing the federal budget isn’t as easy as just cutting expenditures to match revenues, Cuellar said, while noting the federal deficit has been reduced… Read more »
