Laredo, TX—Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) announced $67,436.72 in federal funds to the City of Laredo and Webb County Fire Department. These funds, awarded through FEMA’s Assistance to Firefighters Grant Supplemental (AFG-S), will be used to support the health and safety of firefighters during the COVID-19 pandemic.
“During these unprecedented times, we need to support our brave… Read more »
A deliberate slowdown at the international brigdes.
New rules went into effect Friday and those slow downs affected weekend travel.
Customs is responding to concerns that too many people are crossing the bridge for fun, for shopping or for unnecessary reasons.
The agency surveyed travelers.
Congressman Henry Cuellar, after speaking to officials, told… Read more »
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - Just days after the House of Representatives approved the “Delivering to America Bill,” Congressman Henry Cuellar got a tour of one our own U.S. post offices to see how operations are looking.
The bill that is now heading to the senate aims to fund and protect the U.S. Postal Service.
Cuellar says he wants the Laredo community to feel assured that their social… Read more »
Washington, D.C.— Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) voted for H.R. 8089, the Emergency Stopgap USCIS Stabilization Act, to temporarily prevent the need for furloughs by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). This legislation would increase the agency’s premium processing revenues, allowing the agency to halt the immediate furloughs while also providing more reliable and… Read more »
Laredo, TX – Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) announced $1,823,862.67 in federal reimbursement funds to the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS). These funds, reimbursed through FEMA at a 75 percent cost share, are for DPS efforts in providing the State’s Emergency Operations Center with financial assistance to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic during January 20, 2020 to July 24,… Read more »
In a survey of over 100,000 travelers who have crossed the U.S.-Mexico border during the pandemic, the Department of Homeland Security found that about 63% of U.S. citizens and permanent residents are traveling for non-essential purposes, U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar told reporters on Friday.
U.S. citizens and residents will not be refused entry when crossing back into the country from… Read more »
A T.V. plays in the background of what at first glance looks like a typical lobby in a typical medical clinic in McAllen.
Workers in scrubs come and go with equipment like a vitals cart. Flyers tacked onto the walls remind people to wear a mask and maintain a distance. Another flyer on glossy white paper with blue and green lettering is for a new medical trial: a potential COVID-19… Read more »
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION has broken ground on the construction of an 18-foot steel and concrete border wall next to the oldest Protestant church in South Texas and two historic cemeteries, which are part of an important yet little-known chapter in the history of slavery and the Underground Railroad.
Congress exempted the Eli Jackson Cemetery and the Jackson Ranch Church and Cemetery… Read more »
Washington D.C. – Today, with the U.S. Postal Service under assault from the Trump Administration, Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) voted to pass H.R. 8015, the Delivering for America Act. The Delivering for America Act requires the Postal Service to return to the Postal Service operations and levels of service that were in place on January 1, 2020 throughout the duration of the… Read more »
Hundreds of additional immigration agents are being sent to the Southwest border to apprehend migrants - part of a broad effort by the Trump administration to crack down on immigration amid the pandemic.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has sent 600 agents to South Texas, U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Laredo, said Friday.
About a third are being deployed to the Laredo sector and the rest… Read more »
