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TSTC graduate ready to change lives as a dental hygienist

Despite her final semester ending rather unconventionally, Lizette Padilla is eager to graduate from Texas State Technical College and begin her career as a...

Immigration attorney admonished at motions hearing

An immigration attorney charged with paying bribes to detention center employees in exchange for detainee rosters at the Port Isabel and El Valle detention...

Hollywood in Harlingen: Movie on migrant debate filming here

HARLINGEN — Adrieanna Aparicio was stunned to find out a Hollywood film crew is shooting a movie in town. “Oh, wow!” Aparicio, a retail saleswoman,...

Death of a Dream: Hundreds of migrants have died crossing into Valley

By Mark Reagan and Lorenzo Zazueta-Castro Nearly 300 cardboard boxes sit on shelves inside Dr. Kate Spradley’s laboratory. Each individually labeled box contains artifacts such as...

Audit leads to closure of IES: Migrant shelter under scrutiny of government

International Educational Services closed its doors six months ago after an audit determined that employees profited when IES leased properties they owned and that...