The hikes cost Brownsville ratepayers $118 million over the handful of years they were in place for a project that never came to fruition.
The defendant is currently in Mexico “pending litigation on the U.S.’s extradition request,” according to the U.S. government.
A special election for one of the Rio Grande Valley House districts will be held on May 7, 2022.
The 20-year-old drug trafficker will remain free on bond until a federal judge in Brownsville sentences him in April.
CBP also responded after a “caretaker” at a stash house reportedly threatened a group of illegal aliens with a knife.
The suspected traffickers are Texas residents who range in age from 23 to 47 years old.
A federal judge in Amarillo ordered the restoration of the Migrant Protection Protocols, a decision that the U.S. Supreme Court upheld.
The Brownsville Democrat will be running for the state Senate instead of seeking to run again in the state House.
A GOP county commissioner said it is “inexcusable” that Congress has failed to enact a permanent immigration solution.
Kleberg County Chief Deputy Jaime Garza said that when officers could be in danger, “it’s like awakening a sleeping giant.”
Less than a week after Texas became the first state to opt-out of the refugee resettlement program, a Maryland judge issued a nationwide injunction blocking the Trump administration from enforcing the executive order.
Governor Abbott has sent a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo informing him of the state's decision to opt-out of the refugee resettlement program.
