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El Periodico USA Staff Community Events July 19, 2025

City of McAllen Celebrates Grand Opening of Camp McAllen

The new campground opens July 22, 2025 McALLEN, TEXAS – The City of McAllen held a ribbon cutting ceremony for
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El Periodico USA Staff Community News July 19, 2025

Trump doubles down on mass deportations that Americans reject

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 July 18, 2025

Trump Administration Grants ICE Access to Medicaid Recipients’ Personal Data

WASHINGTON – The Trump administration has authorized an agreement between the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the
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El Periodico USA Staff Community News July 18, 2025

Harlingen doctor becomes first Democrat to challenge GOP Rep. Monica De La Cruz for South

By Gabby Birenbaum, The Texas Tribune “Harlingen doctor becomes first Democrat to challenge GOP Rep. Monica De La Cruz for
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El Periodico USA Staff Community News July 18, 2025

“You can’t replace memories”: Volunteers seek to return personal items after Texas floods

By Jessica Shuran Yu, The Texas Tribune ““You can’t replace memories”: Volunteers seek to return personal items after Texas floods”
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El Periodico USA Staff Community News July 18, 2025

La Joya ISD Parent Named National GEAR UP Family Leader of the Year

Representing Region One ESC GEAR UP and La Joya ISD’s Palmview High School, Maria Del Rosario Gazca, mother of sophomore
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El Periodico USA Staff Community News July 18, 2025

Most Texas prisoners don’t have AC access and it’s unclear when they will get it

By Hayden Betts, The Texas Tribune “Most Texas prisoners don’t have AC access and it’s unclear when they will get
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El Periodico USA Staff Community News July 18, 2025

U.S. Agencies Under Scrutiny for DNA Collection from Migrant Children

Washington, D.C. — A series of recent articles reveal a widespread and largely untransparent practice of collecting genetic material from
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El Periodico USA Staff Community News July 18, 2025

Federal DEI funding cuts threaten the work of the few remaining Black farmers in East

By Jess Huff, The Texas Tribune “Federal DEI funding cuts threaten the work of the few remaining Black farmers in
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El Periodico USA Staff Community News July 17, 2025

Trump Admin Continues to Dismantle Due Process: Efforts to End Bond Hearings and Circumvent Judges

Vanessa Cárdenas: “It may start with immigrants, but it will end with you.”  Access online version of this press release HERE
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