Texas border towns say immigration fight dims their voices


The Cowley Sugar House is seen Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024, at the Cowley Sugar House in Santa Rosa. After two years of drought and a dwindling water supply has forced Texas’ last sugar mill to close after more than 50 years of operation.

Shop & Maintenance Engineer Gerardo “Jerry” Lara walks through a boiling room, used to refine molasses from raw cane juice, Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024, at the Cowley Sugar House in Santa Rosa. After two years of drought and a dwindling water supply has forced Texas’ last sugar mill to close after more than 50 years of operation.

President and CEO of Rio Grande Valley Sugar Growers poses for a photo Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024, at the Cowley Sugar House in Santa Rosa. After two years of drought and a dwindling water supply has forced Texas’ last sugar mill to close after more than 50 years of operation.

Apolinar Cuevas uses an acetylene torch to shorten a length of pipe Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024, at the Cowley Sugar House in Santa Rosa. After two years of drought and a dwindling water supply has forced Texas’ last sugar mill to close after more than 50 years of operation.

Operators Gilbert Zamorano and Romero Ortiz take a break inside one of the sugar mill’s operating stations Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024, at the Cowley Sugar House in Santa Rosa. After two years of drought and a dwindling water supply has forced Texas’ last sugar mill to close after more than 50 years of operation.

U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents inspect concertina wire along the U.S.-Mexico border after a migrant swam across the Rio Grande Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024, in Brownsville. President Joe Biden visited Brownsville on Thursday, receiving briefings from U.S. Customs and Border Patrol, USCIS, and ICE along the border before giving remarks at the Brownsville Border Patrol Station.

Strained emergency responders

People wait for former President Donald Trump's motorcade at Shelby Park in downtown Eagle Pass on Feb. 29, 2024.

Amerika Garcia Grewal speaks at a Border Coalition press conference in downtown Eagle Pass ahead of former President Donald Trump's visit to Shelby Park on Feb. 29, 2024.

Firefighter EMTs return from a failed water rescue, leaving a group of migrants stranded on an island in the Rio Grande, after the boat’s motor failed against the water’s current in Eagle Pass on Feb. 04, 2024.

Firefighter EMTs return from a failed water rescue, leaving a group of migrants stranded on an island in the Rio Grande, after the boat’s motor failed against the water’s current in Eagle Pass on Feb. 04, 2024.

A "never surrender" flag bearing former President Donald Trump's mugshot flies in the reflection of a shop window in downtown Eagle Pass ahead of his visit to Shelby Park on Feb. 29, 2024.

Firefighter EMT Carlos Rodriguez sits in the passenger seat of a fire truck responding to a motor vehicle accident in downtown Eagle Pass becuase all five ambulances were already dispatched to other incidents on Feb. 29, 2024.


 

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