Written by Leslie Dellon, Immigration Impact As U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) begins adjudicating H-1B petitions subject to the Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 “cap,”—the annual limit on the number of visas that will be made available for newly-hired foreign workers in “specialty occupations”—employers can expect attacks on this popular…

LAREDO, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers maintained their vigilance and intercepted multiple types of narcotics with a combined estimated street value exceeding $2.5 million in two separate enforcement operations over the weekend. “I congratulate our officers for their dedication which has prevented these dangerous narcotics from…

Written by Royce Murray, Immigration Impact In recent months, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has methodically ended Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for six countries, including over 300,000 people from El Salvador, Honduras, and Haiti. Newly revealed State Department cables now confirm that the Trump administration’s interest in ending these…

By: Eric Tegethoff, Public News Service – OR SALEM, Ore. — A movement Martin Luther King, Jr., started 50 years ago near the end of his life is getting a revival today. The Poor People’s Campaign is kicking off 40 days of action in 40 states, including Oregon’s capital. The…

Written by Katie Shepherd, Immigration Impact The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) may soon be checking the immigration status of all potential sponsors of children who arrive unaccompanied at the U.S border, as well as any adult members of the potential sponsor’s household. The new proposal to expand screening likely…

Monday, May 7, 2018, 8:44 PM: Eagle Pass Police Officers responded to a reported robbery at a residence within the 900 block of Comal Street. Investigating officers were informed by a female complainant of an alleged robbery which occurred as she walked within the 1300 block of Ferry Street. The…

By Alexa Ura and Emma Platoff, The Texas Tribune May 14, 2018 From Jacquelyn Callanen’s perch in the Bexar County elections office, the period following Texas’ voter registration deadlines is best described as a paper tsunami. Some of it arrives by mail. Some stacks are delivered by volunteer voter registrars….

By Emma Platoff, The Texas Tribune May 14, 2018 The U.S. Supreme Court has allowed all states to legalize sports gambling. But a ban in Texas remains in place, and recent history suggests that state leaders will be in no rush to lift it. The high court ruled on Monday…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2018      With the Eagle Pass High School Lady Eagles being eliminated on Saturday, May 12, 2018 in the Regional Quarter-Finals Championship Series by the San Benito High School Lady Hounds, all District 29-6A Teams have been eliminated from…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2018 The Del Rio Association of Federal Attorneys announced that San Antonio, Texas attorney Monica Elaine Guerrero was named the Lawyer of the Year at its Law Day Banquet and Scholarship Fund Raiser held on Thursday, May 3, 2018, at the…