Immigration
Ahead of Biden’s visit to Texas, White House announces new efforts to curb unauthorized immigration
Posted on · Immigrant rights groups slammed the plan as ineffective and redundant.
Tag: Mexico City
Politics
President Joe Biden says he’ll visit the border next week during Mexico trip
Posted on · The president, who has been criticized by some Republicans for not visiting the border since he took office, hasn’t announced where his visit would take place.
Immigration
U.S. And Mexico Seek Ways To Do More On Irregular Immigration
Posted on · In consecutive visits this month, Vice President Kamala Harris and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas have conveyed to the most important U.S. partner that the Biden administration is taking a more nuanced approach to immigration than its predecessor, but still asking what more Mexico can do.
Immigration
Kamala Harris Tells Guatemalans Not To Migrate To The United States
Posted on · The vice president met with Guatemala's president to talk about the root causes behind migration to the United States, including corruption. But another prominent Democrat called that "disappointing."
Houston Matters
An ‘Essential’ Time for Latino Stories
Posted on · Ahead of this weekend’s LibroFEST, writer Christopher Flakus discusses the burgeoning Chicano literature scene in Houston.
News
Magnitude-7.2 Earthquake Slams South, Central Mexico
Posted on · Crowds of people gathered on Mexico City's central Reforma Avenue in Mexico City as well as on streets in Oaxaca state's capital, nearer the quake's epicenter
News
Engineers: Lives Lost In Mexico Quake Could Have Been Saved
Posted on · Experts concur that the devastation caused by last month’s earthquake in the city of 8.9 million people could have been much worse had the building codes not been so strong
News
Mexicans Dig Through Collapsed Buildings As Quake Kills 225
Posted on · Rescuers found a surviving child on Wednesday in the ruins of a school that collapsed in Mexico's magnitude 7.1 earthquake, one of many efforts across the city to try to save people trapped in debris.
News
Death Toll In Mexico Quake Rises To 95
Posted on · The Foreign Relations Department said the quake and Hurricane Katia have forced Mexico to withdraw an offer of aid for Houston.
News
Mexico’s President Cancels Planned D.C. Trip To Meet With Trump
Posted on · President Trump tweeted this morning: "If Mexico is unwilling to pay for the badly needed wall, then it would be better to cancel the upcoming meeting." Now, President Peña Nieto has done just that.
News
Mayor Turner And Greater Houston Partnership Lead Trade Delegation To Mexico City
Posted on · The goal is to strengthen the commercial relationship in sectors such as energy, tourism and medical research.
Houston Matters
Chefs from Mexico City Visit Houston and Give Impressions of the Food Scene
Posted on · Three chefs from Mexico City are visiting Houston this week (Dec. 10-12, 2015) to offer some of their signature dishes at some Houston area restaurants as part of a collaboration and exchange between the tourism bureaus of Houston and Mexico City. The exchange is called "Sabores CDMX." We talk with chef and cookbook author Margaritta […]