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Trump administration proposes rule to extend immigrant detention

The Trump administration intends to withdraw from the 1997 Flores Settlement Agreement, which imposes obligations on immigration authorities regarding children who are held with...

State Department: Passport denials at 6-year low

The State Department has asserted that passport denials for citizens living along the U.S.-Mexico border are at a six-year low, refuting recently published reports...

Human rights commission grants measures to reunify migrant families

An international human rights organization has ordered the Trump administration to immediately reunify hundreds of migrant families separated along the U.S.-Mexico border, a ruling...

County judge’s order denied

Attorney Myles Garza didn’t have much to report to Cameron County Court-at-Law No. 4 Judge Sheila Garcia Bence on Thursday afternoon regarding the guardianship...

County judge’s order denied

Attorney Myles Garza didn’t have much to report to Cameron County Court-at-Law No. 4 Judge Sheila Garcia Bence on Thursday afternoon regarding the guardianship...

Coalition claims CBP ignored requests to extend border wall public comment period

READ THE LETTER CBP NOTICE LETTERREAD THE JULY 23 EXTENSION REQUEST LETTERREAD THE AUGUST LETTERIt remains unclear if a public comment forum on 33...

Educators, immigration advocates, hold vigil on family reunification deadline

McALLEN — With nearly 15 years experience inside Rio Grande Valley classrooms, Delia Ortiz said she was compelled to show support for children separated...

McAllen tries to assist increasing number of immigrants

McALLEN — While national media outlets have left McAllen, immigration issues that brought them here remain. Every day in recent weeks, hundreds of immigrants have...

Asylum-seeker reunited with 5-year-old son in Brownsville

Leaning against a white pillar in the lobby of the Brownsville South Padre Island International Airport, 24-year-old Dunia gazed beyond the bustling line of...

Spending bill providing $5 billion for border wall spawns rebuke

The Arizona-based Center for Biological Diversity issued a statement Wednesday rebuking a House spending bill that would fund $5 billion next year for President...