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El Periodico USA Staff Community News May 30, 2025

Lawmakers near deal to spend $20 billion over two decades on water crisis

By Alejandra Martinez and Jayme Lozano Carver, The Texas Tribune “Lawmakers near deal to spend $20 billion over two decades
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El Periodico USA Staff Community News May 30, 2025

ACLU of Texas, Civil Liberties Groups Will Sue Over Texas Law Requiring Ten Commandments in

AUSTIN, Texas— The American Civil Liberties Union of Texas, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Americans United for Separation of Church
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El Periodico USA Staff Community News May 30, 2025

The lucrative business of detention and deportation

Access HERE Washington, DC – Below is a column by Maribel Hastings from America’s Voice en Español translated to English from
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El Periodico USA Staff Community News May 30, 2025

Court Finds Trump Admin’s Use of Obscure Immigration Law Provision to Detain Mahmoud Khalil Likely

Court requests additional information before final ruling on preliminary injunction NEW YORK, NY – A federal court in New Jersey issued
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El Periodico USA Staff Animal Welfare May 29, 2025

It’s Time. The Trenton Transition Fund.

The Palm Valley Animal Society Trenton Center is closing its doors after 51+ years of not only providing shelter to
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El Periodico USA Staff Community News May 29, 2025

Edinburg Man Sentenced to 35 Years for Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child

EDINBURG – A Hidalgo County jury found Jorge Alberto Aguilar Garcia, 44, of Edinburg, Texas, guilty of Aggravated Sexual Assault of a
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El Periodico USA Staff Community News May 29, 2025

New Op-Ed from Vanessa Cárdenas: “The Key Immigration Policy Question Should Be Isn’t There a

Access online version of this release HERE Read the full op-ed in the Courier Newsroom HERE Washington, DC — In a new op-ed
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El Periodico USA Staff Community News May 29, 2025

Dreamers and U.S. Citizen Young People Ensnared in Trump’s Detention & Deportation Dragnet

Access online version of this release HERE Washington, DC – As graduation ceremonies take place around the country, and families prepare
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El Periodico USA Staff Community News May 28, 2025

THC ban will destroy Texas’ hemp agriculture industry, farmers say

By Jayme Lozano Carver, The Texas Tribune “THC ban will destroy Texas’ hemp agriculture industry, farmers say” was first published
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El Periodico USA Staff Community News May 28, 2025

Congressman Gonzalez Hosts Press Conference with Harlingen Mayor Sepulveda on FEMA Disaster Declaration

Affected South Texans Can Now Apply for Federal Assistance HARLINGEN, TEXAS – Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-34) held a press
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