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April 24, 2017 In The News

Midterm elections are known to be brutal on the party in power, and if there is an anti-Republican wave in 2018, look for it to touch shore right here.

The vast, volatile 23rd Congressional District of Texas is bigger in area than 29 states. It stretches from San Antonio to El Paso and includes about one-third of the entire U.S.-Mexico border.

April 24, 2017 In The News

Mexico won't pay for it. Democrats hate it. Border-state Republicans don't like it. Congressional GOP leaders would rather not undertake it. There could be an avoidable government shutdown over it.

And yet President Trump's budget director is pushing Congress to spend $1.4 billion to start building a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.

April 24, 2017 In The News

With a government shutdown looming, one South Texas congressman weighed in on what appears to be the sticking point in the negotiations among the House, Senate and the White House.

President Donald Trump's campaign promised a border wall.

April 24, 2017 In The News

The Modernizing Government Technology (MGT) Act is getting more than a second lease on life; its chances of becoming law now look brighter than ever, according to lawmakers closely involved in the effort to modernize federal IT.

April 21, 2017 In The News

As the 100th day of the Trump Administration arrives next week, (ISC)2 offered a series of recommendations to President Trump to advocate for the cybersecurity workforce.

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April 20, 2017 In The News

Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly doubled down on the Trump administration's approach to immigration enforcement and border security in El Paso, Texas, on Thursday.

“This is ground zero. This is the front lines, and this is where we take our stand,” Sessions said.

April 20, 2017 In The News

Reps. Rick Nolan and Jason Lewis were on a bipartisan road trip home to Minnesota Friday after bad weather delayed their flights for 24 hours in D.C.

Lewis told viewers in a video posted on his Facebook page that he and Nolan had been waiting for their flight home from Washington for the Easter recess for 24 hours and then it “disappeared from the screen.”

April 20, 2017 In The News

Durante la visita que el procurador general, Jeff Sessions, y el secretario de Seguridad Interna, John Kelly, harán este jueves a El Paso, funcionarios electos de la región buscarán convencerlos de que la construcción del muro fronterizo será una estrategia costosa y poco efectiva.El alcalde Oscar Leeser confirmó que solicitó y le fue programada una reunión con los dos oficiales del Gobierno fe

April 20, 2017 In The News

La noticia de la introducción del sistema de alcantarillado y drenaje fue una sorpresa y un regalo para los vecinos de Cotton Valley y Cuadrilla residentes de Socorro y San Elizario luego del anuncio de las autoridades del inicio de obras.

April 19, 2017 In The News

A son of Mexico who became an American hero during World War I was honored Wednesday as federal officials unveiled the blue lettering bearing his name that now greets commuters at the U.S.- Mexico port of entry in Tornillo.

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