Tag: immigration
U.S. immigration attorneys provided legal counsel to Reynosa migrants
American immigration attorneys crossed into Reynosa Monday to help offer legal guidance to hundreds of migrants who have been waiting on the border for...
MPP courtroom tents under construction in Brownsville
Tent courtrooms in Brownsville are under construction ahead of the administration’s expected rollout of a federal program that sends asylum seekers to wait their...
30% of DHS employees poised to miss vaccination mandate deadline
Thousands of Department of Homeland Security employees are poised to fall out of compliance with the president’s executive order requiring COVID-19 vaccination, according to...
Those who died crossing: ‘Hostile Terrain 94’ on exhibit at UTRGV
Currently on display at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley’s Edinburg and Brownsville campuses, “Hostile Terrain 94” focuses on the thousands of people...
U.S. reopens land borders with Mexico to vaccinated travelers
By Uriel J. García, The Texas Tribune
EL PASO — After 19 months of closure, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Monday reopened its...
Internal Border Patrol emails offer glimpse into record-setting week
Amidst the largest migrant shelter reaching capacity, a record number of migrant apprehensions, transportation shortages and a disastrous state order threatening to endanger lives...
CBP: Non-essential trips to resume with restriction
During a Friday press conference hosted by U.S. Customs and Border Protection at Veterans International Bridge in Brownsville, Port Director Tater Ortiz announced that...
Hidalgo County to get $6 million to continue border operations
Hidalgo County law enforcement agencies received an increase in federal funding this year to continue an operation that allows officers to work overtime and...
Charges dropped against migrants arrested in Abbott’s border crackdown
By Jolie McCullough, The Texas Tribune
Trespassing charges filed against dozens of migrants arrested under Gov. Greg Abbott’s “catch and jail” border security initiative were...
How Biden’s border plans went from hopeful to chaotic
By ELLIOT SPAGAT and VALERIE GONZALEZ
Associated Press and AIM Media Texas
McALLEN — For about four months before President Joe Biden took office, advisers engaged...