WESLACO, June 21 - On June 2, the Brownsville City Commission finally capitulated to the Department of Homeland Security’s demand that they give away city property to build the border wall. 

BROWNSVILLE, June 7 - New beginnings need to start at home, Mr. President.

WESLACO, May 24 - The walls that are tearing through border communities and wildlife refuges have nothing to do with national security, immigration policy, or drug control. 

McALLEN, May 20 - Speaking at a Senate hearing in Washington on Wednesday, Eagle Pass Mayor and Texas Border Coalition Chair Chad Foster decried the lack of federal infrastructure dollars for major inland ports in Texas.

AUSTIN, May 17 - For several years, our community has worked hard to support the creation of the Camino Real Regional Mobility Authority (RMA) and encourage its collaboration with the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT).

SAN JUAN, May 10 - Last month, on Saturday the 11th of April, I read a letter from Ray Gill written to his friends here in South Texas.

WESLACO, April 26 - To build the border wall the federal government has brought condemnation lawsuits against more than 300 Texas landowners. 

SAN ANTONIO, April 22 - On the border of my Congressional District in Texas the Rio Grande twists and turns, floods and dries out, and generally moves for 785 miles with the water flowing eastward toward the Gulf of Mexico. 

CLAREMONT, April 19 - Right-wing extremists do not believe in the 14th Amendment. Or rather they do not believe it grants citizenship to children born in the United States to non-citizens; they denounce this process as “birth tourism.”

CLAREMONT, April 11 - “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world,” anthropologist Margaret Mead once asserted. “Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.”

McALLEN, April 11 - In a 3,000-plus word memorandum to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, the Texas Border Coalition has recommended a list of action items to improve security on the Texas-Mexico border.

McALLEN, April 11 - In a 3,000-plus word memorandum sent to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, the Texas Border Coalition discusses in-depth the border wall issue.

McALLEN, April 11 - From the Texas Border Coalition's perspective, the strategy and management of border security in Texas has left a lot to be desired. We want change.

McALLEN, April 11 - In a 3,000-plus word memorandum sent to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, the Texas Border Coalition calls on the Department of Homeland Security to improve its lines of communication with border communities.

WESLACO, April 5 - Over the past two years, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the organizations that it manages, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and the Border Patrol, have shown a deep-seated indifference to the welfare of those of us living on the Texas-Mexico border. 

EL PASO, March 31 - U.S. Rep. Silvestre Reyes, D-El Paso, spoke at a hearing of the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs in El Paso on Monday. Here are his prepared remarks:

DALLAS, March 29 - I am writing in response to the recent Rio Grande Guardian article, “State district judge wants to foster better relations with politiqueras.” I was surprised by what state District Judge Jesse Contreras is asking us to consider when it comes to politiqueras.

On Wednesday, March 25, Harlingen Mayor Chris Boswell testified before the Senate Committee on Higher Education in Austin in support of a bill, SB 98, by state Sen. Eddie Lucio to establish a medical school in the Rio Grande Valley.

SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, March 22 - I pen this column in support of Brownsville’s legal annexation, and to voice my strong opposition to any effort to deter Brownsville’s future growth.