PRESS RELEASE On September 15, 2021, a Maverick County Jury reached a verdict of guilt in the case against a Defendant for the offense of Theft in an amount of over $2,500.00 but less than $30,000.00. Prosecuting the case for the State of Texas was Jaime “AJ” Iracheta and Hugo…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2021 The City of Del Rio, Texas Mayor Bruno Lozano pleaded with the United States and Texas governments to assist his city and its Mexican sister city of Ciudad Acuna, Coahuila, Mexico as over 11,000 migrants have crossed into the…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2021 Eagle Pass Fire Department Fire Fighter and EMT Matthew “Matt” Fuentes, age 22, tragically died as a result of a head-on auto collision with a semi-truck shortly after 2 p.m. on Wednesday, September 15, 2021 on U.S. Highway 57…

Por: Selene M. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., © 2021 Con la presencia de miles de migrantes que se apostaron bajo el Puente Internacional de Del Rio, Texas, tras la llegada constante de indocumentados que cruzaron ilegalmente a Estados Unidos para entregarse a la Patrulla Fronteriza (US Border Patrol), buscando…

Posted by Walter Ewing | Sep 14, 2021 | History of Immigration, How the Immigration System Works, Immigration 101 The September 11th terrorist attacks not only led to the tragic deaths of 2,977 people, they fundamentally changed the nature of immigration law and policy in the United States. Since 9/11, the U.S. government has viewed every non-U.S. citizen seeking to…

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,…