Líderes de Texas ignoraron quejas en Colony Ridge por años

Click here to read this story in English. CONDADO DE LIBERTY — Cuando el vecindario de Colony Ridge fuera de Houston se convirtió en una fijación de los medios de comunicación de derecha el año pasado, los líderes republicanos de Texas pidieron que se actuara rápidamente. Grupos y medios conservadores describieron el desarrollo de 33,000 …

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The Complicated World of Human Smuggling

The Sonoran Desert sun is disorienting and merciless. Santos (his name has been changed for privacy) thinks they’re headed in the right direction, but only because he puts faith in the Mexican leading this train of drug mules. Days into this exhausting journey he is questioning his decision to come. Still, carrying drugs on his …

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EU pledges €7.4 billion in aid to Egypt as it seeks to curb migration

The European Union announced a €7.4 funding package and an upgraded relationship with Egypt on Sunday, part of a push to stem migrant flows to Europe criticised by rights groups. Issued on: 17/03/2024 – 20:07 3 min The agreement lifts the EU’s relationship with Egypt to a “strategic partnership” and was unveiled as a delegation …

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Texas border towns say immigration fight dims their voices

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. BROWNSVILLE — Wide blades of sugar cane, verdant after late winter rains, stretch in neat rows toward the horizon in this swath of the Rio Grande Valley. For more than a century, this …

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Residents complained years before GOP’s Colony Ridge outrage

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. LIBERTY COUNTY — When the fast-growing Colony Ridge development outside Houston became a fixation of right-wing media last year, Texas’ Republican leaders called for swift action. The 33,000-acre development had been painted by …

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