Jailers decry cuts in program to reimburse them for holding immigrants Bill for immigrant prisoners shifts to state, local taxpayers Sixteen years ago, the Justice Department doled out $563 million to lockups such as Harris County's to oversee immigrants who were in the country illegally and had committed crimes. It was the most ever paid out by the department's State Criminal… Read more »

Primer Ministro y legisladores de EEUU destacaron relación bilateral entre ambos países El jefe del Gabinete Ministerial, Pedro Cateriano, recibió a una delegación de congresistas del Comité de Apropiaciones de la Cámara de Representantes del Congreso de Estados Unidos, con quienes resaltó el buen nivel de la relación bilateral y la cooperación entre ambos países en diversos… Read more »

U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) and U.S. Representative Henry Cuellar (TX-28) met with the visiting delegation from the City of Laredo this week to discuss the city’s federal priorities. Please see photos of their visits below and attached. Sen. Cornyn and Rep. Cuellar with City Manager Jesus Olivares. … Read more »

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Editorial: Time to end Cubans' special immigration status Two GOP presidential hopefuls might not want to hear this, but it’s time for Congress to do away with the special status that grants Cuban migrants the automatic right to legally reside in the United States as soon as they set foot on U.S. soil. There’s no longer anything special about Cuban conditions that should endow them… Read more »

Cubans' Free Ride After Crossing Into U.S. Riles Mexican-Americans (radio interview link below)  Cuban migrants are getting in to the U.S. through Laredo, Texas. Some lawmakers say it's time to remove the special status Cuban migrants have, saying it's unfair to others who face worse hardships. RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: With U.S.-Cuba relations on the mend, some Cubans are afraid… Read more »

Trump dominates in Texas border town where proposed wall would be built Cruz may have taken the state on Super Tuesday, but Trump’s wins along border prove he hasn’t been shunned by Latinos despite controversial immigration plan A candidate who has described Mexicans as rapists and criminals and whose core immigration plan is to make Mexico pay for a giant wall ought not to prosper on… Read more »

Hillary Clinton supporters: We won’t underestimate Trump like GOP did After former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s performance on Super Tuesday left her well-positioned to win the Democratic presidential nomination, her supporters are insisting Wednesday they aren’t going to underestimate GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump the way, they say, that Republicans… Read more »

Froman: ‘Historic’ trade year within grasp FROMAN: ‘HISTORIC’ TRADE YEAR WITHIN GRASP: U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman is using the release of President Barack Obama’s annual trade agenda today to make a full-blown pitch for Congress to approve the Trans-Pacific Partnership, arguing it would continue a bipartisan tradition of trade liberalization spanning more than 80… Read more »

Trump triunfa en la ciudad de Tejas en la que quiere construir el muro anti inmigrantes Un candidato que ha descrito a los mexicanos como violadores y delincuentes y cuyo principal plan de inmigración es hacer que México pague por un muro gigante no debería triunfar en la frontera sur. Sin embargo, los votantes de la ciudad más hispana de Estados Unidos se echaron este martes a los… Read more »