Immigration Arrests at Courthouses Are Under Fire From State Officials
October 3rd, 2017By: Tory Johnson, Immigration Impact Heightened immigration enforcement has in turn heightened fear, anxiety, and confusion throughout the country. Arrests and stops by federal immigration officials at state and local courthouses is one of the more disconcerting aspects of this new era of enforcement—and a growing number of state officials…
Oil Train Project Stopped in its Tracks as Company Drops Fight
October 3rd, 2017By: Suzanne Potter, Public News Service – CA NIPOMO, Calif. – A project to send hundreds of oil trains rumbling up and down the Central California Coast appears to be dead. The oil company announced Monday it is giving up the fight to secure county approval. Oil giant Phillips 66…
Travel Ban 3.0: What You Need To Know
October 3rd, 2017By: Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, Immigration Impact Just as the Trump administration’s 90-day ban on travel from six Muslim-majority countries was set to expire, it announced the third version of its travel ban Sunday evening. This latest version expands the list of targeted countries to eight and imposes indefinite and potentially permanent…
Appellate judges show concern over Harris County bail practices, court ruling
October 3rd, 2017by Jolie McCullough, The Texas Tribune Oct. 3, 2017 NEW ORLEANS — A panel of three federal appellate judges seemed concerned Tuesday morning with Harris County’s bail practices concerning poor misdemeanor defendants, but they also questioned a lower judge’s ruling that changed the county’s system. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court…
Why Are More Pregnant Women Being Held in ICE Detention?
October 3rd, 2017By: Katie Shepherd, Immigration Impact Pregnant women held in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody are required to be released, as detention frequently leads to extreme stress, depression, and in some cases, miscarriage. But over recent months, service providers have witnessed an increase in the number of pregnant women…
Almost 400,000 Texans’ insurance at risk after Congress fails to renew CHIP
October 3rd, 2017by Matthew Choi and Abby Livingston, The Texas Tribune Oct. 2, 2017 Insurance coverage for more than 390,000 Texas children and pregnant women is in jeopardy after Congress failed to renew authorization for a federal program. Congressional authorization for the Children’s Health Insurance Program, which provides low-cost health insurance for…
Harvey relief funds might take years, officials tell legislators
October 2nd, 2017by Brandon Formby, The Texas Tribune Oct. 2, 2017 HOUSTON — It could be months, if not years, before southeast Texans and scores of counties and cities receive federal funds to pay for the long-term rebuilding and recovery of homes and communities battered by Hurricane Harvey’s epic rains. Federal Emergency…
Las Vegas, Nevada Shooting Massacre Death Toll Rises To 59 People and 530 People Injured, Shooter is Dead
October 2nd, 2017By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017 The Las Vegas, Nevada Metropolitan Police Department reports the death toll from the lone wolf gunman shooting masacre on Sunday, October 1, 2017, at the Route 91 Harvest Country Music Festival Concert has risen to 59 people, including the gunman,…
BREAKING NEWS! 20 People Dead and Over 100 More Injured By Gunfire Shooter at Country Music Festival Concert in Las Vegas, Nevada
October 2nd, 2017By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017 Las Vegas, Nevada Police Department report 20 people killed and over 100 more injured by a lone wolf gunman who fired into a Country Music Festival Concert being held across the street from Mandalay Bay Casino on Sunday, October 1,…
Eagle Pass: A Team Without Borders
October 1st, 2017By: Cory Mull. FloSports You must know first that Juan Gonzalez is proud of Eagle Pass, Texas. He accepts everything about this place, an American border town on the other side of Piedras Negras, Mexico. The good, the bad, the everything. Gonzalez will stand by it. Like a wall. When…
