By: Melissa Cruz, Immigration Impact Refugee resettlement has long been a cornerstone of United States foreign policy, but in the first weeks of the Trump administration, the president attempted to suspend the decades-long program in favor of a more isolationist approach. One reason the president gave for wanting to temporarily bar…

By: Melissa Cruz, Immigration Impact After debate rocked the Texas State Capitol, Governor Greg Abbott signed the controversial Senate Bill 4 (SB4) in May, which purports to ban sanctuary city policies and gives local police the authority to inquire about the immigration status of anyone they detain. Though the law won’t…

Uvalde, TX, – It was a busy night for SWTJC trustees during the board’s regular monthly meeting on June 16 in Uvalde. Highlighting the action taken, the board adopted an operating budget for the fiscal year 2018, appointed a vice president of the Del Rio campus and approved a salary…

DEL RIO, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Del Rio Station arrested a Mexican national who had been previously convicted of murder. “Our agents are committed to making communities safer by steadfastly guarding the borders and interdicting those who would threaten our way of life,” said Del…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017 An Eagle Pass man, Anthony Sotelo, age 40, was arrested by the Maverick County Sheriff’s Department on Sunday, June 18, 2017, at approximately 8 P.M. for allegedly auto theft after Deputy Sheriffs noticed Sotelo driving a 2014 Ford F-150 Pick-Up…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017 A serious accident between a motorcyclist and his passenger with a Jeep Sahara automobile occurred on Monday, June 19, 2017, at approximately 1 P.M. on Veterans Boulevard in Eagle Pass, Texas, resulting in serious injuries to the motorcycle driver and…

CITY OF EAGLE PASS EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER (Press Release) As we approach the official start of summer season, the City of Eagle Pass Emergency Operations Center makes several recommendations in order to protect our most vulnerable citizens and citizens in general from the risk of harsh summer weather conditions which…

by Cassandra Pollock, The Texas Tribune June 19, 2017 The U.S. Supreme Court announced Monday it was taking up a case from Wisconsin on partisan gerrymandering — the first time in more than a decade the court will consider the constitutionality of redrawing political maps based on partisanship. What could…

by Andy Duehren, The Texas Tribune June 19, 2017 Texas rules barring sex offenders from using certain websites were thrown into jeopardy Monday morning after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a similar statute in North Carolina violates the First Amendment. The case, North Carolina v. Packingham, centered on a…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017 Crystal City, Texas City Manager and City Attorney William James Jonas, III, age 54, and Mayor Ricardo Lopez, age 40, federal criminal case alleging conspiracy to commit bribery, federal programs bribery, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, theft of honest services,…