Kristian Hernández
Center for Public Integrity
Fort Worth, TX, United States
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White House initiative leaves deported veterans in limbo –
SAN ANTONIO — Marcelino Ramos said he joined the U.S. Marines Corps at 17 because he felt a duty to serve and because a recruiter in a pressed-blue uniform promised him citizenship. Ramos, now 54, had no idea that the country he swore to protect would deport him. Ramos went on to serve in the […] → Read More
Anti-immigrant rhetoric spiked in this election. Here’s why it’s dangerous. –
It was 100 years ago that Alexander Terrell, a former Confederate officer and Texas representative, claimed that “Mexicans are induced on election day to swim across the Rio Grande and are voted before their hair is dry.” The Terrell Election Law of 1903, fueled by false claims that non-citizens from Mexico were voting in Texas […] → Read More
Teacher shortage pushes schools to 4-day schedule
Shortening the school week is a growing trend across the country amid a national teacher shortage exacerbated by COVID-19 and battles over critical race theory. → Read More
Rising Construction Costs Stall Affordable Housing Projects
High lumber and labor prices can mean fewer homes built—or an entire project quashed. → Read More
Here's One Way States Are Boosting Affordable Housing
“States that don’t have a state low-income housing tax credit program are falling behind.” → Read More
COVID Underscores Lack of Whistleblower Protections
It can take years for complaints to be investigated. → Read More
Evictions Rise to Pre-Pandemic Levels
Evictions jump as emergency relief runs dry across the U.S. → Read More
Small States Cry Foul on Federal Rental Relief Redistribution
They don’t want to forfeit unspent money to other states. → Read More
Twice as Many U.S. Renters Fell Behind on Payments During the Pandemic
In 22 states, the share of renters in debt increased. → Read More
Twice as Many U.S. Renters Fell Behind on Payments During the Pandemic
In 22 states, the share of renters in debt increased. → Read More
Biden Wants to Offer More Housing Vouchers. Many Landlords Won’t Accept Them.
Over 2.2 million households receive subsidies through the Housing Choice Voucher Program. → Read More
How building the border wall would increase offshore drug flow
Cuts to build border wall could increase offshore drug flow → Read More
Law enforcement officials voice concerns of understaffing and lack of funding
EDINBURG — Most of the Rio Grande Valley law enforcement agencies were present Thursday during an active shooter demonstration and roundtable hosted by Sen. John Cornyn, who has been spreading → Read More
Donna ISD board narrows superintendent search to three
DONNA — School board members are scheduled to begin the interview process for a new superintendent Monday. → Read More
Six days after her death, law enforcement had failed to act
LA GRULLA — Her body lay face up, decaying in a field some 50 yards from U.S. Highway 83 for six days. → Read More
Reduced to Ashes
REYNOSA, TAMPS.—About a dozen bodies have been found incinerated in the last week, according to official and local media reports. → Read More
Federal agents in the Rio Grande Valley form community outreach band
MISSION — You won’t hear this conjunto band playing in Club Fuego or Aragon Music Hall, where corridos glorifying the narco culture fill the air every weekend to the dance → Read More
International leaders share vision of a competitive border region
MISSION — International leaders met Thursday to discuss the importance of the Rio Grande Valley for trade and commerce on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border and how the region → Read More
Agreement reached in lawsuit over immigrants' U.S.-born children
After more than a year of litigation, civil rights advocates reached an agreement with the State of Texas to allow all children born in Texas to receive birth certificates, including → Read More
U.S. Border Patrol hosts first Guns and Badges Trail Ride
NEAR MISSION — Local, state, and federal agents slipped on their cowboy boots and hats and jumped on their saddles Saturday morning for a horseback ride unlike any other, in → Read More