Tag: Matamoros
LETTER: Matamoros Battalion of 1836
Texas history and Mexican history has long forgotten the Matamoros Battalion that attacked the Alamo in the early morning hours on March 6,1836. These...
History of accusations: A look back on the Yarrington conspiracy case that crossed continents
On a sunny Monday morning nearly three years ago, a helicopter zoomed over Linear Park in Brownsville and then over the Reynaldo G. Garza...
Processing of asylum seekers expands at US-Mexico border
The processing of asylum seekers waiting to enter the United States expanded to a third border crossing Friday, even as nongovernmental organizations called for...
Processing of asylum seekers expands at border
By MARÍA VERZA, The Associated Press
MEXICO CITY — The processing of asylum seekers waiting to enter the United States expanded to a third border crossing...
Triumph of humanity: Migrants’ heads ‘held high’ as they crossed into US after yearslong...
BROWNSVILLE — Smiles hidden under face masks were hard to see, but undeniably present on the faces of migrants as they stepped on American...
Judge indefinitely blocks Biden administration’s 100-day deportation freeze
By Julián Aguilar, Texas Tribune
A federal judge in Texas put an indefinite halt to President Joe Biden’s 100-day ban on deportations late Tuesday.
The ruling...
Donations needed: Loaves and Fishes prepares upon arrival of asylum seekers
HARLINGEN — Organizations are preparing for the arrival of unknown numbers of asylum seekers in the next few weeks.
Loaves and Fishes in Harlingen in...
Migrants grounded in Valley, more to be released in trickles
Hundreds of migrants in Matamoros waiting to be processed into the U.S. in a few days could join the hundreds stalled in the Rio...
History of abuse for Mexican police unit in migrant massacre
By ALFREDO PEÑA and MARK STEVENSON Associated Press
CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico (AP) — When state police in northern Mexico allegedly shot 19 people, including at...
Preparing for families: More asylum seekers expected in Brownsville
The number of asylum seekers arriving in Brownsville has been at a continuous increase for the past couple of weeks.
Sergio Cordova, co-founder at Team...