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Worried about safety, a small West Texas town challenges planned cross-border pipeline
Read full article: Worried about safety, a small West Texas town challenges planned cross-border pipelineCritics are calling on federal regulators to increase their scrutiny and oversight of the proposed pipeline, which would send gas from Texas to the Mexican coast for export to other countries.
Most Texas border counties lack adequate medical facilities and staff. Local leaders are trying to fix that.
Read full article: Most Texas border counties lack adequate medical facilities and staff. Local leaders are trying to fix that.More than 90% of Texas’ 32 border counties don’t have enough primary care services, sites or providers to meet local medical needs, according to federal data.
A Mexican farmworker crossed the border dreaming of building his family a home. Days later, he was fatally shot in West Texas.
Read full article: A Mexican farmworker crossed the border dreaming of building his family a home. Days later, he was fatally shot in West Texas.Jesús Iván Sepúlveda MartÃnez was living in his parents’ home with his wife and 6-month-old baby. His family says he left Mexico for Austin to seek work painting houses when he was shot to death.
Suspects in migrant shooting went to a meeting after firing fatal shots, police report says
Read full article: Suspects in migrant shooting went to a meeting after firing fatal shots, police report saysMichael Sheppard, one of the suspects, was the warden of an immigration detention center that was the subject of several human rights abuse complaints in 2018.
As Gov. Greg Abbott beefs up border enforcement, some locals want very different kinds of help
Read full article: As Gov. Greg Abbott beefs up border enforcement, some locals want very different kinds of helpAmid the heated rhetoric around an increase in migrants, people on opposite ends of the Texas-Mexico border see the problems — and solutions — differently.
Large, small donations make up list of those contributing to the Texas border wall
Read full article: Large, small donations make up list of those contributing to the Texas border wallOne month ago, Gov. Greg Abbott announced plans to build a border wall that would be funded, at least partially, through donations.