(Press Release) EAGLE PASS, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of Field Operations officers at the Eagle Pass Port of Entry apprehended thirteen Mexican Nationals attempting to make illegal entry to the United States by presenting valid entry documents that did not belong to them. “Our frontline…

(Press Release) WASHINGTON – U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Ben Carson released a new video as part of his virtual summer reading series, Summer Reading with Secretary Carson. In this most recent video, Secretary Carson is joined by Carla Mancha, CEO for the Housing Authority of the City…

Eric Galatas, Public News Service – NE LINCOLN, Neb. – If Congress does not extend enhanced unemployment benefits – the $600 per week meant to help Americans who lost jobs due to the novel coronavirus pandemic’s economic fallout – more than five million jobs would be lost, including more than…

By Ross Ramsey, The Texas Tribune Aug. 3, 2020 “Analysis: August agenda for local government includes schools, police spending, property taxes and a pandemic” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government…

By J. David McSwane, 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 late April, as an escalating pandemic shut down most of the country and the federal government shelled out billions of dollars…

By Patrick Svitek, The Texas Tribune Aug. 3, 2020 “Joe Biden’s campaign names first Texas hires for general election” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. Sign up…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2020 Maverick County Sheriff Tom Schmerber announced that two Deputy Sheriffs tested positive for COVID-19 and will be quarantined pursuant to the Eagle Pass and Maverick County Emergency Operations Center and Local Health Authority policies. With these two Deputy Sheriffs testing…

By Melissa Cruz , Immigration Impact U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) released an advance copy of a final rule on July 31 that will impose significant fee increases across many facets of the legal immigration system. These changes include an astronomical 80% increase to the cost of becoming a…

By Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, Immigration Impact A federal judge in New York has once again put the Trump administration’s “public charge” rule on hold, but only for the duration of the COVID-19 national emergency. This rule, which went into effect in February after the Supreme Court stepped in, has restricted the…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2020 Maverick County Sheriff’s Department reported a 2001 Ford F-150 Pick-Up Truck caught on fire on Saturday, August 1, 2020, at approximately 2:17 A.M. in the 3100 block of Siesta Drive in Eagle Pass, Texas. The Eagle Pass Fire Department rushed…