checkpoints – Latina Lista: News from the Latinx perspective

Local News, U.S.-Mexico border, zNew Headline

Rio Grande Valley judge fears border security bill will bring more harassment for border residents

Jul 15, 2015, 9:41 AM 0

By Steve Taylor Rio Grande Guardian SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, RGV – Starr County Judge Eloy Vera says the so-called “border surge” played havoc with the local economy because a lot of people stayed indoors and did not go to…

Local News, Southwest, zNew Headline

Texas Lt. Gov. Dewhurst validates colonia community groups’ claims that TX DPS checkpoints engaged in immigration enforcement

Oct 3, 2013, 10:28 AM 0

By Steve Taylor Rio Grande Guardian EDINBURG,TX — When state Rep. Terry Canales called DPS to find out why the department was putting up random checkpoints in the poorest parts of the Rio Grande Valley he could not believe…