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President Biden To Address Border Challenges In Brownsville Visit

President Biden's visit to the border focuses on bipartisan solutions to immigration challenges and fostering collaboration.

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Prosecutors Won’t Drop Charges Against Brownsville ISD Honor Student

Timothy Murray was put in solitary confinement after reporting Principal Myrta Garza for bullying.

Texas Observer

Estudiante de Honor de 11 Años Se Encontró en Confinamiento Solitario en Brownsville

Un estudiante de quinto grado en Brownsville ISD denunció haber sido intimidado por su director. Cinco días después, fue esposado y detenido.

Texas Observer

Right-Wing Pastor Arrested for ‘No-Islam’ Graffiti in Downtown Brownsville

Genovevo Izaguirre’s social media accounts feature anti-LGBTQ+ and Islamophobic propaganda.

Texas Observer

This 11-Year-Old Brownsville ISD Honor Student Was Put in Solitary

A fifth-grader reported being bullied by his principal. Five days later, he was handcuffed and detained.

Texas Observer

South Texas police officer was fatally shot during a pursuit of 2 men, police say

Authorities say a Texas police officer was fatally shot after joining a lengthy chase of two men who fled a traffic stop, switched cars and raced through several cities near the U.S.-Mexico border before they were finally arrested hours later

The Independent UK

As a tropical storm bore down on Southern California, Texas sent migrants on a bus to Los Angeles

The migrants, mostly from Venezuela, voluntarily took the bus ride from Brownsville to Los Angeles even as Tropical Storm Hilary crossed into Southern California.

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LGBTQ+ Texans move forward with Pride plans despite tense political environment and fears of violence

Organizers across Texas are balancing a focus on security and a celebration of community after state lawmakers pushed scores of bills that threatened to upend the lives of LGBTQ+ Texans.

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Tina Turner's hometown in Tennessee to install statue in memory of iconic singer

The Queen of Rock 'n' Roll died of natural causes last week, with the Mayor of her hometown in Brownsville, Tennessee now announcing a statue to be erected in her memory

WEKU

As immigration debate plays out, border towns want to paint a different picture

For the residents of Brownsville, Texas, the national spotlight often accompanies an increase in border crossings. But life goes on here, with or without the media attention.

The Independent UK

Brownsville crash driver’s response to plowing into crowd at migrant shelter revealed: ‘They got in my way’

Arrest report includes what he told officers in Spanish when they arrived on scene

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Thousands of migrants face tough new US border rules

El Paso (United States) (AFP) - The United States bolted tough new immigration policies into place Friday, setting up an uncertain future for desperate migrants reaching its southern border, as a top official expressed confidence the system will hold.

AFP

Uncertainty as Covid-era US border rules expire

El Paso (United States) (AFP) - Pandemic-era rules that have allowed US border guards to summarily expel hundreds of thousands of would-be asylum-seekers expired Friday, setting up an uncertain future for migrants and inflaming America's always-churning immigration debate.

AFP

'We're here to work, man': Odd jobs offer livelihood after crossing US border

Brownsville (United States) (AFP) - Two days after being admitted into the United States, Roberto Martinez and Javier Liendo are already taking on odd jobs, repairing walls and washing cars.

The Guardian - US

Venezuelan migrants in Texas start car-wash business after mass killing horror

Group tell of determination to fulfil American dream after compatriots were killed when SUV driver drove into bus stop

AFP

Migrants turn themselves in at US border as Trump-era rule expires

Brownsville (United States) (AFP) - Jimmy Munoz had just turned himself in to US border police after crossing the Rio Grande from Mexico, the contours of the river still visible on the distant green plain.

AFP

US bolsters border as Covid-era asylum rules lapse

Brownsville (United States) (AFP) - Tens of thousands of US law enforcement personnel have been deployed to the border with Mexico, officials said Wednesday, as waiting migrants fret over a looming change to entry rules.

AFP

US braces for migration surge with thousands of forces at border

Brownsville (United States) (AFP) - The United States on Wednesday was readying its response to an expected surge of migrants seeking to enter, with officials saying 24,000 law enforcement personnel have been deployed to the Mexican border.

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