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MXLAN Economic International Summit stresses future workforce opportunities on border
The MXLAN International Economic Summit kicked off a four-day cultural fest in this South Texas border town on Friday that stressed the importance of increasing binational trade and economic ties with Mexico.
Biden expands ObamaCare to ‘Dreamers’
The Biden administration announced a rule Friday morning that will allow certain “Dreamers” to access the ObamaCare marketplace. Under the rule, active recipients of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) will be eligible to enroll in a qualified health plan or a basic health plan under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), and some forms of […]
Report: DOJ to indict Texas Congressman Henry Cuellar
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) — U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar said he and his wife are innocent following reports that the Justice Department planned to announce his indictment. In a statement to Border Report, Cuellar, said, “I want to be clear that both my wife and I are innocent of these allegations. Everything I have done in Congress has […]
Water conservation and maintaining rich vegetation urged amid South Texas drought
Texas A&M Agrilife on Tuesday held a workshop on preserving stream and river ecosystems and the land surrounding them -- called riparian zones. And the key, experts say, is to make sure the land embankments are lush with several different types of vegetation and plants and trees.
Losses mount for border industry as Texas truck inspections continue
Commercial trucks coming over from Mexico again moved at a snail’s pace as Texas Department of Public Safety enhanced inspections continued for a sixth consecutive day at the El Paso region’s largest commercial border crossing.
Prosecutors say they will not retry an Arizona rancher accused of murder near the US-Mexico border
PHOENIX (AP) — Prosecutors said Monday they will not retry an Arizona rancher whose trial in the fatal shooting of a Mexican man on his property ended last week with a deadlocked jury. The jurors in the trial of George Alan Kelly were unable to reach a unanimous decision on a verdict after more than […]
VIDEO: Migrants plead as Texas Guard member fires projectiles near Rio Grande
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – A video widely circulated on social media shows a Texas Army National Guard member firing projectiles behind razor wire along the Rio Grande as people off-camera yell, “¡Hay niños! ¡Hay niños!” (There are children!) The guardsman first stands in front, then behind a black truck. Popping noises can be […]
GOP mulls next move after Kansas governor vetoes effort to help Texas in border security fight
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas’ governor is blocking an attempt by Republican legislators to give the state’s National Guard a “border mission” of helping Texas in its partisan fight with the Biden administration over illegal immigration. Top Republicans in the Kansas House were considering Thursday whether their chamber can muster the two-thirds majority necessary to override Democratic […]
Georgia governor signs law requiring jailers to check immigration status of prisoners
ATLANTA (AP) — Jailers in Georgia must now check the immigration status of inmates and apply to help enforce federal immigration law, under a bill that gained traction after police accused a Venezuelan man of beating a nursing student to death on the University of Georgia campus. Gov. Brian Kemp signed the bill into law Wednesday at […]
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