Posted by Aaron Reichlin-Melnick | Sep 13, 2021 | Immigration 101, Legislation, Reform House Democrats began to mark up a budget reconciliation bill on September 10 that would provide a path to legal status for millions of undocumented immigrants in the United States. Although the bill will likely go through multiple changes before a final vote, the text provides…

Posted by Karolina Walters | Sep 7, 2021 | Asylum, Border Enforcement, Humanitarian Protection A federal court concluded Thursday that the U.S. government’s turning back of asylum seekers at ports of entry along the U.S.-Mexico border—primarily through a practice called metering—not only violates U.S. law, but also is unconstitutional. Before the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) and Title 42, U.S….

Eric Tegethoff, Producer Thursday, September 16, 2021    PORTLAND, Ore. — Hispanic Heritage Month began this week, and will be celebrated through Oct. 15. Oregon has a rapidly growing Hispanic population, according to census data, increasing from 450,000 in 2010 to nearly 590,000 in 2020. Dr. Carlos Romo, a volunteer for AARP Oregon with…

By Uriel J. García and Jolie McCullough, The Texas Tribune Sept. 16, 2021 “Gov. Greg Abbott backpedals on pledge to shut down border crossings and blames Biden administration for confusion” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them…

By Uriel J. García, The Texas Tribune Sept. 16, 2021 “State agency awards $11 million contract to oversee construction of Gov. Greg Abbott’s Texas-Mexico border wall” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy,…

BY RACHEL PANNETT, THE WASHINGTON POST Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. The Justice Department has asked a federal judge to grant a temporary restraining order or injunction that would prevent Texas from enacting a law…

By Allyson Waller, The Texas Tribune Sept. 16, 2021 “Texas doctors, seeing unprecedented numbers of pregnant patients with COVID-19, urge pregnant people to get vaccinated” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics,…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2021 The City of Del Rio, Texas Mayor Bruno Lozano stated on Wednesday, September 15, 2021 in a press release that over 6,000 migrants are currently living underneath the Del Rio International Bridge on the banks of the Rio Grande…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2021 An Eagle Pass Fire Department Employee was killed on Wednesday, September 15, 2021 in an automobile accident on U.S. Highway 57 near Batesville, Texas in Frio County. The deceased Eagle Pass Fire Department employee has been identified as 22…

Por: Selene M. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., © 2021 Este año la cifra de migrantes fallecidos en su intento por cruzar ilegalmente a los Estados Unidos se elevó drásticamente a 102, en relación con el 2020 que se registraron 27 muertes. El cónsul de México en Eagle Pass,…