Washington, DC – Today, Catholic Legal Immigration Network (CLINIC), the American Immigration Council, Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES), and the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), partners in the CARA Family Detention Pro Bono Project, responded to Friday’s release of five families who had been subjected to…

SAN ANTONIO – IBC Bank recently announced the promotion of Julie Tarvin to Service Center CEO. Prior to her promotion, Tarvin served as senior vice president of financial reporting, enterprise risk management and credit administration. In her new position, Tarvin oversees IBC Bank’s information technology, including its hardware infrastructure, software…

By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2015 The City of Eagle Pass, Texas International Bridge No. 1 located on Garrison Street was closed at approximately 4 P.M. on Thursday, September 10, 2015, by both the United States Department of Homeland Security and the Mexican Federal Customs…

By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2015 A review of the City of Eagle Pass Police Department and Maverick County Sheriff’s Department records show an increase of Driving While Intoxicated (DWI) and Public Intoxication arrests in Maverick County during the past 18 months. Maverick County District…

By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2015 At a July 21, 2015 City Council meeting, City Finance Director San Juana Garza advised the City Council that the City of Eagle Pass did not have a computer system network of its own and relied on stand alone…

By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2015 Maverick County Hospital District Chief Executive Officer Terri Contreras-Patlan announced that a total of seven persons applied to be considered as a candidate for the vacant Board of Directors seat by the September 4, 2015 deadline, but one candidate…

By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Copyright 2015 Eagle Pass Police Chief Alberto Guajardo announced that nine new Police Officers completed their training requirements and successfully obtained their “Badges” as Eagle Pass Police Department Officers at a ceremony held on Thursday, September 3, 2015, at City Hall in…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2015 Eagle Passan Luis Francisco “Pancho” Mauricio graduated from Texas A & M International University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Kinesiology and Criminal Justice on August 14, 2015 during the Summer 2015 Commencement Excercise held in Laredo, Texas….

DEL RIO, Texas – Border Patrol agents assigned to the Eagle Pass Station apprehended a convicted sex offender, near downtown Eagle Pass. “I am very proud of our men and women for their vigilance and dedication to keeping these types of criminals off our streets and out of our communities,”…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2015 The thundering Eagle Pass C. C. Winn High School Mavericks trounced the visiting Carrizo Springs High School Wildcats 48-12 in a non-district football game on Friday, September 4, 2015, at the Eagle Pass Independent School District Cozel Foster-Veterans Memorial…