(Thanks to John Michael Torres of LUPE for putting these together):
Sept 6, 2013: McAllen Monitor (and other Valley papers):
"U.S. Rep. Filemon Vela, D-Brownsville, invited a few of his colleagues from Congress to the Rio Grande Valley for a fact-finding tour and gave them plenty to chew on." The Congressman focuses on cross-border trade.
EDITORIAL: Private jail in McAllen questioned
"A public hearing last week on the possibility of
opening a 1,000-bed privately-run prison by the city of McAllen raised alarming
questions by many citizens and lots of red flags that our city leaders would be
wise to heed."
U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar: Reform immigration now
"As the fall legislative calendar begins, and we are
confronted with pressing fiscal and national security issues, the window for
Congress to pass comprehensive immigration reform is narrowing. Soon enough, we
will find ourselves in a new year, and all the pressures of campaign season
will descend upon Congress. And soon after, we will find ourselves in the midst
of the 2016 presidential race. I encourage my colleagues to act on this unique
moment to develop an immigration reform plan that fixes a severely broken
system....
"We must develop legislation that includes a viable
border security plan that limits the influx of illegal immigrants and visa
overstays; a guest worker plan that provides an avenue for farm workers and
high-skilled employees to benefit our economy, and legalization for the
estimated 12 million immigrants who are currently living here illegally."
