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Posted on May 26, 2023 · Houston pastors reveal surprising revelations a year after Floyd’s death. This episode is an encore of the May 21, 2021 original broadcast.

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Border Wall Creeps Up On Historic Cemetery With Ties To Underground Railroad

Reynaldo Leaños Jr., TPR

Posted on September 4, 2020 · Many border wall projects along the Texas-Mexico border have been met with controversy, including one next to a historic cemetery in the Rio Grande Valley.

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Facing Lawsuit, Trump Administration Says It Will Not Expel Migrant Children Held In Hotels

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Posted on July 30, 2020 · The Trump administration announced this week that it will not expel migrant children and parents who were being held at the Hampton Inn Hotel and Suites in McAllen.

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COVID-19 At The Border: Unprecedented Use Of Law Expels Migrants ‘As Quickly As Possible’

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Posted on July 28, 2020 · The COVID-19 pandemic hasn’t stopped some people, including those seeking asylum, from crossing into the U.S. at its southern border.

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Asylum-Seekers Reaching U.S. Border Are Being Flown To Guatemala

Reynaldo Leaños Jr., TPR

Posted on March 11, 2020 · Hundreds of asylum-seekers are not getting a chance to make their case in U.S. immigration court. Instead, the migrants are put on planes to Guatemala and told to ask for asylum there.

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‘Kill Me Here Because I Can’t Return To My Country’: Migrants Face Legal Limbo As Asylum Laws Change

Reynaldo Leaños Jr., TPR

Posted on July 22, 2019 · “It’s difficult to be in a situation where you’re looking for security for yourself and you’re still in the same difficult situation you were in back home."

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Border Community Remembers A Father And Daughter Who Drowned Crossing The Rio Grande

Reynaldo Leaños Jr., TPR

Posted on July 1, 2019 · On Sunday evening, vigils took place in border towns to remember a father and daughter who died last week attempting to cross over to the United States rather than waiting in migrant camps in Mexico.

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The Reality At The Border: Inside A New Migrant Tent Facility

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Posted on May 3, 2019 · The Department of Homeland Security has expanded its border detention facilities in Texas with the opening of two new tent-like structures, which were completed this week.

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As Homeland Security Chief Visits Valley, Activists Assist Migrants Freed From Custody

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Posted on March 21, 2019 · Kirstjen Nielsen is scheduled to meet with more than two dozen sheriffs in McAllen.

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Rio Grande Valley Landowners Plan To Fight Border Wall Expansion

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Posted on March 19, 2019 · A decade ago, dozens of Texas landowners fought the federal government's efforts to build a wall on their land. Those battles are beginning again as new walls are planned for the Rio Grande Valley.

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Texas ‘Dragtavist’ Drag Queens Stage Border Wall Protest

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Posted on February 26, 2019 · "We'll try to bring joy, positivity, beauty, drag, culture to whatever this is," Beatrix Lestrange said, pointing to the section of the border fence directly behind her.

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ICE Confirms Force-Feeding Of Detainees On Hunger Strike

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Posted on February 1, 2019 · Eleven of the detainees refusing food, some for more than a month, are in custody at the El Paso Processing Center.

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