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El Periodico USA Staff Community News March 22, 2025

Sen. Cruz, Secretary Rollins, Rep. De La Cruz Address Agricultural Challenges in the Rio Grande

McAllen, Texas – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), joined by USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins, and Congresswoman Monica De La Cruz
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El Periodico USA Staff Community News March 22, 2025

Court activities to be suspended next week to complete move into new Hidalgo County Courthouse

EDINBURG – Judicial proceedings and other courthouse activity will be suspended to the public for one week beginning Monday, March 24,
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El Periodico USA Staff Community News March 22, 2025

Vanessa Cárdenas & David Leopold on Larger Democratic Stakes of Trump’s Weaponizing of Immigration Law

Access online version of this press release HERE Washington, DC — As legal observers have been highlighting, there’s a brewing constitutional crisis
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El Periodico USA Staff Community News March 22, 2025

Temporary Closure of McAllen Public Utility Drive-Thru for Renovations

The McAllen Public Utility (MPU) Drive-Thru, located on the east side of McAllen City Hall at 1300 W. Houston Ave.,
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El Periodico USA Staff Community News March 21, 2025

Shutting down the Voice of America

The recent decision by President Trump to dismantle the Voice of America (VOA) and its parent organization, the U.S. Agency
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El Periodico USA Staff Community News March 21, 2025

Driscoll Children’s Hospital Opens New State-of-the-Art NICU

Driscoll Children’s Hospital celebrated the grand opening of its new 60-bed Level IV Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) on Thursday, marking a
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El Periodico USA Staff Community News March 21, 2025

Paxton says trans Texans can’t use court orders to change sex on driver’s licenses, birth

By Eleanor Klibanoff, The Texas Tribune “Paxton says trans Texans can’t use court orders to change sex on driver’s licenses,
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El Periodico USA Staff Community News March 21, 2025

Trump Administration Continues to Purge Minorities from History

In compliance with President Donald Trump’s executive order to eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives across federal agencies, the
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El Periodico USA Staff Community News March 20, 2025

Houston police directed to call ICE on undocumented immigrants with deportation orders

By Kate McGee, The Texas Tribune “Houston police directed to call ICE on undocumented immigrants with deportation orders” was first
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El Periodico USA Staff Community News March 20, 2025

University of North Texas and Rice University under federal investigation for “race-exclusionary practices”

By Jessica Priest, The Texas Tribune “University of North Texas and Rice University under federal investigation for “race-exclusionary practices”” was
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