Texas could sell 100 miles of border to feds, Abbott says
More than 100 miles of Texas’ borderlands could be leased or sold to the federal government as part of the state’s ...
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Texas Could Sell 100 Miles of Borderland to the Feds, Gov. Abbott Says
Abbott is in Washington this week to lobby Congress for $11 billion to compensate Texas for money spent on immigration ...
Latino workers working to overcome a technological divide brought on by automation, AI
As jobs become more reliant on technology some Latino workers can be left behind due to a lack of digital skills exacerbated ...
‘Highly speculative’: Residents bristle at lack of answers on funding for new Spurs arena
City, county officials told the Northside Neighborhoods for Organized Development they still don’t know the arena's cost or ...
With fewer migrants arriving, McAllen shelter spending less federal funds
The Humanitarian Respite Center in downtown McAllen recently has had days without immigrants released to the shelter for help ...
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Texas migrant shelters are nearly empty after Trump’s actions effectively shut the border
Shelters began seeing fewer people dropped off by customs and border agents following former President Biden’s executive ...
Idle buses, empty Border Patrol boats: Arrests for illegal crossings fall in the Rio Grande Valley
MISSION, Texas (AP) — An idled Border Patrol bus sat empty this week, on standby for any migrants surrendering near the ...
Spring forward? Maybe not in Texas as lawmakers mull ending daylight savings time.
Several members of the Texas House and Senate have filed legislation meant to put an end to the seasonal tradition of losing an hour of sleep in the spring due to the start of daylight saving time, ...
Venezuela sends 2 planes to US to return migrants, signaling a potential improvement in relations
McALLEN, Texas (AP) — Two Venezuelan planes flew to the United States on Monday and returned home with deported Venezuelans, ...
$1.4M in cocaine seized at Eagle Pass border bridge
Over 1000 pounds of cocaine worth $1.4 million was confiscated from inside a fuel tanker truck on Thursday trying to cross ...
Drug lord's son-in-law pleads guilty in border price-fixing scheme
The son-in-law of a Mexican drug lord pleaded guilty this week to a scheme that used violence and threats to fix prices and control the transnational used-car market at the U.S.-Mexico border. Carlos ...