Tag: immigration
More migrant men released in Brownsville as virus rises in ICE facilities
Nonprofit organizations helping migrants released from federal custody in Brownville noticed a shift in demographic at the start of the year: More men traveling...
Agents apprehend 421 migrants in Brownsville
U.S. Border Patrol agents at Fort Brown station in Brownsville apprehended more than 400 migrants over the weekend.
Authorities said each of the migrant groups...
DHS: ‘Remain in Mexico’ restarts in the Valley
BY VALERIE GONZALEZ AND DINA ARÉVALO | STAFF WRITERS
The Department of Homeland Security has once again begun enrolling migrants seeking asylum in the United...
Anzalduas Park partially reopens to the public
Months after the Anzalduas Park became the site of an emergency shelter for migrants, it has now partially reopened to the public.
Hidalgo County Precinct...
Upgrading Ursula: Migrant processing facility at center of family separations debacle set to reopen
The Rio Grande Valley’s largest U.S. Customs and Border Protection processing facility for migrants, once the epicenter of the immigration debate in 2019, is...
Pastor, NGO ink contract for new migrant shelter in Reynosa
A small border ranch ensconced in an impoverished Reynosa riverbank neighborhood was for years maintained by a family, a church ministry, and a promise...
Year in review: A look back at some of the Rio Grande Valley’s top...
BY BERENICE GARCIA, DINA ARÉVALO, VALERIE GONZALEZ AND MARK REAGAN | STAFF WRITERS
As the world transitioned into year two of the COVID-19 pandemic, residents...
Source: Four migrants who crossed through RGV placed in MPP 2.0
At least four migrants who crossed between the Rio Grande Valley ports of entry were enrolled into a controversial program that forces migrants to...
Border security, supporting police top priorities for AG hopeful Bush
McALLEN — Supporting federal immigration officials and local law enforcement, and bringing integrity back to the Texas Attorney General’s Office would be of the...
US will resume policy for asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico
By ELLIOT SPAGAT | Associated Press
SAN DIEGO — Migrants seeking to enter the United States will again have to stay in Mexico as they...