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Immigration

Mexico agrees to deport migrants after El Paso reaches “breaking point”

URIEL J. GARCÍA, Texas Tribune

Posted on September 26, 2023 · Mexican immigration officials said they will negotiate with five countries’ governments to ensure they will take back their citizens. The agreement was announced after shelters in El Paso said they are over capacity.

Tags eagle pass El Paso Texas-Mexico border U.S. immigration

Immigration

Texas border cities scramble to shelter thousands of newly-arrived migrants

URIEL J. GARCÍA, Texas Tribune

Posted on September 22, 2023 · Thousands of migrants have crossed the border into Eagle Pass and El Paso in recent days, the highest number since the emergency health order known as Title 42 expired in May.

Tags eagle pass immigration Texas border Texas border cities

Immigration

Eagle Pass issues disaster declaration as more than 4,000 migrants cross over two days

Dan Katz, Texas Public Radio / Stephania Corpi, TPR

Posted on September 21, 2023 · The mayor signed an emergency declaration after thousands of migrants crossed into the border town in the last two days.

Tags eagle pass emergency declaration Texas border

Houston Matters

Political Roundup: The other shutout besides the Astros’ no-hitter

Michael Hagerty / Craig Cohen

Posted on August 2, 2023 · Framber Valdez’s no-hitter wasn’t the only shutout Tuesday night. A unanimous vote by the Eagle Pass City Council may be a blow to Gov. Abbott, as we learn in this week's discussion of the week in politics.

Tags border security Brandon Rottinghaus Donald Trump eagle pass indictment indictments Nancy Sims Political Roundup politics

Immigration

‘This is not a political football’: Houston City Councilors criticize Greg Abbott’s reported treatment of migrants at border

Briana Williams

Posted on July 19, 2023 · A recent report claims Gregg Abbott ordered border security officers to push small children into the Rio Grande and to deny them water, even in extreme heat.

Tags eagle pass houston city council migrants Rio Grande Texas Department of Safety troopers

Immigration

State investigating claim that DPS troopers were told to push migrants back into the Rio Grande and deny them water

URIEL J. GARCÍA, Texas Tribune

Posted on July 18, 2023 · The Office of the Inspector General is investigating the claims, which include pushing small children and women with nursing babies back into the river and turning away a 4-year-old girl who later passed out on the riverbank from the heat.

Tags border eagle pass Gov. Greg Abbott Texas DPS

Texas

State Rep. Poncho Nevárez Caught On Tape At Airport Dropping Envelope Containing Cocaine, DPS Affidavit Says

Cassandra Pollock, The Texas Tribune

Posted on November 14, 2019 · The document says that the envelope had Nevárez's official House seal and held “four small clear baggies” containing a substance found to include cocaine.

Tags austin dps eagle pass poncho nevarez texas Texas Department of Transportation

Texas

Border Security At Eagle Pass Crossing Tightens As Army, Police Watch Migrants Gathered Across River

Joey Palacios, TPR / NORMA MARTINEZ, TPR

Posted on February 7, 2019 · The Border Patrol says at least 100 people were arrested this week trying to cross into the U.S. illegally through the Del Rio sector.

Tags border patrol eagle pass el salvador Guatemala Honduras texas U.S. Customs and Border Protection

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Immigration

Texas border cities scramble to shelter thousands of newly-arrived migrants

URIEL J. GARCÍA, Texas Tribune

Posted on September 22, 2023 · Thousands of migrants have crossed the border into Eagle Pass and El Paso in recent days, the highest number since the emergency health order known as Title 42 expired in May.

Tags eagle pass immigration Texas border Texas border cities

Immigration

Eagle Pass issues disaster declaration as more than 4,000 migrants cross over two days

Dan Katz, Texas Public Radio / Stephania Corpi, TPR

Posted on September 21, 2023 · The mayor signed an emergency declaration after thousands of migrants crossed into the border town in the last two days.

Tags eagle pass emergency declaration Texas border

Houston Matters

Political Roundup: The other shutout besides the Astros’ no-hitter

Michael Hagerty / Craig Cohen

Posted on August 2, 2023 · Framber Valdez’s no-hitter wasn’t the only shutout Tuesday night. A unanimous vote by the Eagle Pass City Council may be a blow to Gov. Abbott, as we learn in this week's discussion of the week in politics.

Tags border security Brandon Rottinghaus Donald Trump eagle pass indictment indictments Nancy Sims Political Roundup politics

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Standoff at the border heads to court

Michael Hagerty / Craig Cohen

Posted on July 25, 2023 · Gov. Abbott is refusing to remove buoys from the Rio Grande that the Justice Department says are illegal. So the Department of Justicie is suing.

Tags Ben Wermund border security greg abbott houston chronicle immigration Texas-Mexico border U.S.-Mexico border

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