By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2020 The City of Eagle Pass, Texas together with Eagle Pass Babe Ruth Baseball held a press conference on Wednesday, February 19, 2020 at City Hall to announce that the 2020 Babe Ruth Baseball 13-15 Year Olds World Series Championship will…

By Katy Murdza, Immigration Impact A federal judge in Arizona reversed convictions of four volunteers of the humanitarian aid group No More Deaths last week. No More Deaths is an Arizona-based group that works to end death and suffering for people crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. In the summer of 2017,…

By Emily Creighton, Immigration Impact U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)—the largest law enforcement agency within the Department of Homeland Security, with tens of thousands of officers charged with policing our borders—is becoming more secretive. In fact, according to recent reporting, the agency is skittish when it comes to revealing…

By Jorge Loweree, Immigration Impact The Trump administration is continuing to wage an escalating war on so-called sanctuary jurisdictions across the country. This is part of an ongoing campaign to coerce state and local governments into enforcing federal immigration law. Many states, counties, and cities have adopted a variety of…

By Emily Creighton, Immigration Impact U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) plans to destroy thousands of records documenting horrific treatment of immigrants in the agency’s custody. The records contain vital details about people’s experience in immigration detention. They include information about deaths in detention, investigations into sexual and physical abuse,…

By: Karolina Walters, Immigration Impact A federal court found on Wednesday that U.S. Border Patrol may not detain migrants held in its facilities in Arizona’s Tucson Sector longer than 48 hours without providing for their “basic human needs.” This includes providing beds, blankets, food, water, personal hygiene, and medical care….

SAN ANTONIO – One of the nation’s largest Anheuser-Busch wholesalers, today announced a new name — Silver Eagle Beverages. The company serving 13 counties in Texas, which includes the metropolitan area of San Antonio, is now named Silver Eagle Beverages and has a new logo. “We’re still the same dedicated…

My name is Eddie Morales and I am running for State Representative for Texas House District 74. I am a lifelong resident of south central Texas. Born in Piedras Negras and moved to Eagle Pass as a young child, I grew up in Las Quintas, one of the few “border…

By: Jennifer Smith Richards, Chicago Tribune, and Jodi S. Cohen, ProPublica Illinois ProPublica Illinois is an independent, nonprofit newsroom that produces investigative journalism with moral force. Sign up for The ProPublica Illinois newsletter for weekly updates. The Illinois State Board of Education voted unanimously Tuesday to adopt rules that prohibit…

By Jolie McCullough, The Texas Tribune Feb. 20, 2020 “As the Texas prison population shrinks, the state is closing two more lockups” 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…