CBP Realiza Simulacro De Preparación Ante Posibles Escenarios De Multitudes De Personas Inquietas
Por: Selene M. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal © 2020 Se realizó un gran simulacro el jueves 6 de agosto, en el Puente Internacional 2, en punto de la 1:30 pm y con una duración de 10 minutos, tiempo en…
Texas college football is limiting stadium capacity, mandating masks and testing athletes. Here’s what you need to know.
August 6th, 2020By Raga Justin, The Texas Tribune Aug. 6, 2020 “Texas college football is limiting stadium capacity, mandating masks and testing athletes. Here’s what you need to know.” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that…
COVID-19 Infections Uncontrollable in Maverick County as 111 New Confirmed Positive Cases Reported on August 5, 2020, Bringing Total to 2,321 Cases and 46 Deaths
August 6th, 2020By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2020 With 26 days remaining before the public schools of the Eagle Pass Independent School District reopen on August 31, 2020 for the 2020-2021 school year in Eagle Pass, Texas,…
Government Secretly Held Asylum-Seeking Children in Hotels
August 6th, 2020By Katy Murdza, Immigration Impact The Trump administration has been detaining immigrant children in hotels along the Texas-Mexico border and in Arizona. Some of the children are as young as 1 year old and are held in the hotels for…
What You Need to Know About the Partial DACA Rescission Memo
August 6th, 2020By Jorge Loweree, Immigration Impact After nearly six weeks of inaction following its stinging defeat before the Supreme Court on June 18, the Department of Homeland Security released a memo gutting the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) initiative. This…
Court Allows Voters and Groups to Intervene in Lawsuit
August 6th, 2020Andrea Sears, Public News Service – PA PITTSBURGH, Pa. — A federal court in Pittsburgh has ruled voting-rights advocacy groups and voters themselves can intervene in a lawsuit challenging a key Pennsylvania election practice. The lawsuit, filed by the Trump…
Farmworkers Need Better Support to Survive COVID-19
August 6th, 2020By Melissa Cruz, Immigration Impact The dangers to America’s farmworkers—primarily immigrant men from Mexico with temporary H-2A visas—have long persisted under a system that is ripe for abuse. But those risks have only grown since the coronavirus pandemic erupted in…
How Hotel Chains Got a Slice of Government Aid for Small Businesses
August 6th, 2020By Isaac Arnsdorf, ProPublica ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. In March, as lawmakers raced to put together a massive stimulus package to…
Hispanics Fear Even Worse Coronavirus Problems are Coming
August 6th, 2020Roz Brown, Public News Service – TX AUSTIN, Texas — The nation’s economy has contracted at historic rates since the outset of COVID-19, and the outbreak has significantly harmed the finances of U.S. Hispanics, causing many to fear eviction may…
After a Year of Investigation, the Border Patrol Has Little to Say About Agents’ Misogynistic and Racist Facebook Group
August 5th, 2020By A.C. Thompson, ProPublica ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. Brian Hastings, a top Border Patrol official, stared grimly at the television cameras….
Report: Youth Prisons Too Costly, Ineffective
August 5th, 2020Mike Moen, Public News Service – MD BALTIMORE — Dozens of prosecutors and corrections officials are calling for youth prisons across the country to close permanently. Their message coincides with a new report on the operating costs of these facilities,…
