Media Releases

HUD Provides Foreclosure Relief to Texans Impacted by Floods

Action from Secretary Turner provides immediate relief for more than 900 Federal Housing Administration (FHA) single family mortgages in impacted
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McAllen ISD fill the bus event for flood victims

McAllen ISD is holding a “fill the bus” event for the flood victims of Kerr County and the Texas Hill
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SpaceX wins OK to build plant that creates liquid oxygen for rockets near South Texas

By Berenice Garcia, The Texas Tribune “SpaceX wins OK to build plant that creates liquid oxygen for rockets near South
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Trump’s science cuts are great news — for other countries

Andres Oppenheimer Of all the questionable things President Trump has done recently — such as starting trade wars with traditional
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Hidalgo County Health & Human Services Announces Cancellation of 2025 Operation Border Health Event

EDINBURG, TEXAS – The Hidalgo County Health and Human Services Department announced today the cancellation of this year’s Operation Border Health
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City of McAllen Names Director to Lead Newly Created Department of Special Events

Carina Jimenez, a certified event executive, has over 20 years of experience with internationally awarded McAllen events The City of
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Attorney General Ken Paxton is Warning Texans to be Aware of Scammers Amid the Catastrophic Flooding

AUSTIN – Attorney General Ken Paxton issued a consumer alert to protect Texans against bad actors looking to take advantage
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Canceling TPS for Honduras and Nicaragua is a cruel, unjust, and legally questionable decision

The Trump administration announced the cancellation of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for people of Honduran and Nicaraguan origin. This decision
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Trump’s Bill Fails to Fix What’s Broken in Our Immigration System

WASHINGTON—The American Immigration Council issued the following reaction as Congress will send Trump’s signature budget bill to his desk to
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1% Remittance Tax Raises Concerns Among Immigrant Communities

Part of  the “big beautiful bill” has sparked nationwide discussion after unveiling a provision that would introduce a 1% tax on
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