By: Walter Ewing, Immigration Impact After more than a century of research and analysis, it has become quite clear that immigrants are far less prone to criminal conduct than the native-born population. And yet researcher John R. Lott of the Crime Prevention Research Center has recently claimed to have found…

By: Tory Johnson, Immigration Impact After a significant increase in arrests outside of courthouses in 2017, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has finally released new guidance that officially gives its agents permission to conduct civil immigration enforcement at courthouses. While this guidance is new, the practice is not. ICE’s presence…

By: Walter Ewing, Immigration Impact When agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raided 77 businesses throughout northern California at the end of January and beginning of February, they were doing more than looking for undocumented immigrants and the employers who hire them. They were also mounting an attack…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2018 The Maverick County Sheriff Department reported receiving telephone calls regarding the strong smell of natural gas at approximately 11 A.M. on Friday, February 9, 2018, within the intersection of El Indio Highway (FM 1221) and Loop 480 in southern Eagle…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2018 The Eagle Pass C. C. Winn High School Thundering Lady Mavericks Basketball Team defeated the Floresville High School Jaguars 31-23 in a one game tie-breaker for the fourth place berth in District 29-5A on Friday, February 9, 2018 at…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2018 Texas Congressional District 23 Candidate Gina Ortiz-Jones announced she is hosting a Meet and Greet the Candidate Reception on Tuesday, February 13, 2018 from 5:30 P.M. through 7 P.M. at La Parrilla de San Miguel Restaurant, located at  408 South…

by Emma Platoff, The Texas Tribune Feb. 9, 2018 Laura Yeager founded Texas Educators Vote in fall 2015 to spur local educators to practice what they preached. Why, she wondered, were Texas teachers talking about the importance of political participation in class, but not always modeling that behavior themselves? More…

by T. Christian Miller, ProPublica and Kiah Collier, The Texas Tribune Feb. 9, 2018 A judge has dismissed a number of charges filed by a south Texas county against a former official accused of fraud in the construction of a $232-million border fence funded by the Department of Homeland Security….

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2018 Democratic Party candidate Jay Hulings for the 23rd Texas Congressional District of San Antonio, Texas will be hosting a political rally titled “Opportunity in America” on Saturday, February 10, 2018, at 2:30 P.M. at the Maverick County Lake Gazebo (Pavilion)…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2018 The City of Eagle Pass, Texas City Council and the Parks and Recreation Department held the official groundbreaking ceremony of the new Burr Park Gymnasium on Thursday, February 8, 2018, located at 2086 Roosevelt Street in Eagle Pass. Eagle Pass…