By Emma Winger, Immigration Impact In yet another move to gut asylum protections in the United States, the Trump administration proposed a rule last month that would add severe new restrictions on asylum access. The restrictions would apply to people convicted of—and in some cases, merely accused of—a wide range…

(Press Release) “The ratification of USMCA is a defining generational moment for our local communities and our country,” stated Dennis E. Nixon, president and CEO of International Bank of Commerce and chairman of International Bancshares Corporation, following the Senate’s sweeping final approval of the trade agreement. “USMCA delivers an agreement…

Public Service Announcement RESIDENTIAL/COMMERCIALTRASH PICK UP Due to the upcoming holiday January 20th (Martin Luther King Day), the City of Eagle Pass Municipal Solid Waste Department is hereby informing the public that trash collection will be picked up on your regular scheduled day Monday through Friday. If you have any…

(Press Release) In San Antonio, a federal judge sentenced 46-year-old former pharmaceutical sales representative Holly Blakely, of San Antonio, TX, to 30 months in federal prison for a Bribery/Health Care Fraud scheme that netted her over $1 million, announced U.S. Attorney John Bash, FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs,…

By: T. Christian Miller, Megan Rose, and Robert Faturechi, 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. Between the killing of Iran’s most important general and Iran’s missiles hurtling toward American troops in Iraq,…

By: Peter Elkind, 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. Former nurse Genene Jones, suspected for decades of killing more than a dozen children but tried and convicted for only one, pleaded guilty…

By Jolie McCullough, The Texas Tribune Jan. 15, 2020 “Texas carries out nation’s first execution of 2020 for domestic violence slaying in Collin County” 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 Juan Pablo Garnham, The Texas Tribune Jan. 16, 2020 “In San Antonio, rent is rising but wages aren’t” 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. *Correction appended…

EAGLE PASS, Texas—U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations (OFO) officers at Eagle Pass Port of Entry recently seized a noteworthy amount of hard narcotics worth more than $580,000 in one enforcement action. “This significant seizure illustrates the commitment our CBP officers have in keeping dangerous narcotics off…

By Julián Aguilar, The Texas Tribune Jan. 15, 2020 “Program offering legal help to asylum seekers stuck in Mexico launches in El Paso and Ciudad Juárez” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy,…