Immigration
Tent Courts Set To Open On Border For US Asylum Seekers
Posted on · The court, or "soft-sided" facility as U.S. officials call it, is scheduled to begin operations Monday in Laredo, Texas.
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Immigration
U.S. Citizen Detained For Weeks, Nearly Deported By Immigration Officials
Posted on · "He said the conditions were horrible, inhumane. And he was about to sign a deportation order ... even though he was born here," Francisco Galicia's lawyer told NPR.
Immigration
US Expands ‘Remain In Mexico’ To Dangerous Part Of Border
Posted on · The Department of Homeland Security said Friday that it would implement its Migrant Protection Protocols in Brownsville, Texas, across the border from Matamoros, Mexico.
Immigration
The Reality At The Border: Inside A New Migrant Tent Facility
Posted on · 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.
News
Temporary Immigration Detention Facilities To Open In El Paso, Rio Grande Valley
Posted on · Construction of the facilities, commonly referred to as a “tent cities” is a response to the ongoing crush of migrants, mainly from Central America, who continue to cross into Texas after traveling through Mexico.
Texas
Rio Grande Valley Landowners Plan To Fight Border Wall Expansion
Posted on · 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.
News
Donations, Volunteering Surge At Border Asylum-Seeker Center
Posted on · A rest center for asylum-seekers in the Texas border town of McAllen has seen such a big surge of donations that they've had to rent additional storage space, and caravans of volunteers from across the U.S. have also showed up at their doors.
Transportation
South Texas Cities Are Developing An Extensive Trail Network To Help Improve Residents’ Health
Posted on · Officials also hope the trails can boost the economy in one of the state's poorest regions
Houston Matters
UH College Of Pharmacy Becomes First To Offer Specialization In Hispanic Healthcare
Posted on · New certificate program aims to help meet the unique needs of the Rio Grande Valley while offering UH pharmacy students a healthcare specialization that can’t be found anywhere else in the country.
Houston Matters
Thursday’s Houston Matters: Fire Audit Update, and Healthcare in the Rio Grande Valley (July 6, 2017)
Posted on · On Thursday's Houston Matters: The Houston Fire Department reacts to an audit of its building inspection program, we learn why UH is opening a satellite pharmacy program in the Rio Grande Valley, and we discuss the challenges of trying to hold music festivals in the hot, muggy, and rainy Houston summer.
Health & Science
Rio Grande Valley Zika Case Prompts Prenatal Caution
Posted on · Doctors in the Rio Grande Valley have stepped up their observation of pregnant women following the first suspected case of locally-transmitted Zika.
News
DOJ will end use of private prisons, six of them in Texas
Posted on · The U.S. Justice Department announced it will end the practice of housing federal inmates in privately-operated prisons. There are 13 private federal prisons, and six of them are in Texas. More than twenty-two thousand federal inmates – about twelve percent of the total – are housed in the private facilities. A recent audit found that private […]