By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017 Maverick County and Maverick County Commissioners Court composed of County Judge David R. Saucedo in his Official Capacity, Jerry Morales in his Official Capacity as Maverick County Commissioner Precinct 1, Rosy Cantu in her Official Capacity as Maverick County Commissioner…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017 Visiting District Judge W.C. Kirkendall granted Maverick County Taxpayer Ethelvina I. Felan’s Motion for Summary Judgment against Maverick County, David R. Saucedo in his Official Capacity as Maverick County Judge, Jerry Morales in his Official Capacity as Maverick County Commissioner…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017 H-E-B announced the recall of its own store-brand Creamy Creations Cherry Vanilla Light Churn Style Ice Cream due to an undeclared almond allergen at five stores throughout Southwest Texas, including its Eagle Pass, Crystal City, Carrizo Springs, Lytle, and Pearsall…

By: Jessica Huseman and Annie Waldman, ProPublica For decades, the Department of Justice has used court-enforced agreements to protect civil rights, successfully desegregating school systems, reforming police departments, ensuring access for the disabled and defending the religious. Now, under Attorney General Jeff Sessions, the DOJ appears to be turning away…

By: Mark Richardson, Public News Service – TX DALLAS — A decision by the Trump Administration last week is keeping hope alive for immigrants brought to Texas and the rest of the U.S. as children. But the news isn’t as good for their parents. The Department of Homeland Security said…

New America Media, News Report, Viji Sundaram House Republicans’ threatened cuts to Medicaid would be devastating for children living in rural areas, according to a new study by researchers at Georgetown University. “There’s no doubt that children in small towns will be hurt,” said Joan Alker, executive director of Georgetown…

by Julián Aguilar, The Texas Tribune June 20, 2017 Editor’s note: This story has been updated to include information that the Trump administration is reportedly expected to intervene in the lawsuit over the state’s new immigration law. As several Texas communities have signed on to a federal lawsuit challenging the state’s…

By: Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, Immigration Impact Barely three weeks after the Fourth Circuit ruled that President Trump’s travel ban “drips with religious intolerance, animus, and discrimination” and thus violated the First Amendment by discriminating against Muslims, the Ninth Circuit ruled that the travel ban also violated the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA)….

By: Walter Ewing, Immigration Impact With the Trump administration threatening to limit the immigration of highly skilled foreign professionals to the United States, now is a good time to take stock of just how valuable those professionals are to the U.S. economy and how short-sighted it is to place limits on…

By: Walter Ewing, Immigration Impact Now marking its fifth year, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) initiative has been a much-needed lifeline for more than one million young undocumented immigrants who were brought to the United States as children. DACA was announced by the Obama administration on June 15, 2012….