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Texas Republican Mayra Flores Fails to Hold Congressional Seat

WESLACO, Texas—Republican Rep. Mayra Flores has been defeated by Democratic challenger Vicente Gonzalez in Texas' 34th Congressional District. The Associated Press reported her Gonzalez had a total of 52.7 percent of ...

November 9, 2022BY Darlene McCormick Sanchez

As Midterms Approach, Texas Republicans Happy About Stronger Voter Integrity Laws

With midterm elections taking center stage in Texas—where Republicans hope to flip deep-blue territories in the Rio Grande ...

July 26, 2022BY Darlene McCormick Sanchez

Republican Mayra Flores Flips Texas US House Seat in Special Election

SAN BENITO, Texas—Republican Mayra Flores won the special election for an open seat in 34th Texas Congressional District, ...

June 14, 2022BY Darlene McCormick Sanchez

CBP in Rio Grande Apprehend Largest Group of Illegal Immigrants This Year

Texas Border Patrol agents stationed in the Rio Grande Valley Sector have encountered more than 800 illegal immigrants ...

July 29, 2021BY Lorenz Duchamps

Border Patrol Hopes New ‘Tent City’ for Illegal Immigrants Is Big Enough

DONNA, Texas—A new facility at the U.S.–Mexico border has popped up over the last 13 days by the ...

May 2, 2019BY Charlotte Cuthbertson

8 Hours With Border Patrol in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley

McALLEN, Texas—Seven Chinese illegal aliens try to evade Border Patrol; a smuggler ferries two Guatemalans across the Rio ...

April 30, 2019BY Charlotte Cuthbertson

What’s Driving the Latest Surge of Illegal Immigration From Central America

In a reprise of the humanitarian crisis of summer 2014, rising numbers of Central American children and families ...

December 30, 2015BY Josh Siegel

US-Mexico Border Deaths Drop to 15-Year Low

The number of people who died trying to cross the U.S.-Mexico border has dropped to the lowest level ...

October 23, 2014BY Astrid Galvan