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El Periodico USA Staff Community News October 24, 2025

United States: Federal Agents Use Excessive Force in Illinois

Protesters, Journalists, Medics Targeted Outside Immigration Detention Facility Federal law enforcement agents have since mid-September used excessive force against peaceful
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El Periodico USA Staff Featured October 24, 2025

Nonprofits Urge ICE to End Detention of Pregnant People Following Reports of Abuse and Medical

Letter to ICE leadership details shackling, solitary confinement, and a miscarriage without care in Louisiana and Georgia facilities WASHINGTON —
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El Periodico USA Staff Featured October 24, 2025

Americans Under Attack: A Rising Number of U.S. Citizens Are Being Wrongfully Detained in Trump’s

Washington, D.C. — Trump’s mass deportation agenda has descended into chaos, as new research from ProPublica reveals more than 170 documented cases of
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El Periodico USA Staff Featured October 24, 2025

This newly drawn Houston district could unearth tensions between Democrats of color

Gabby Birenbaum, The Texas Tribune When Texas Republicans redrew the state’s congressional map this summer, Latino Democrats in Houston saw
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El Periodico USA Staff Featured October 24, 2025

Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas Awards $73.5 Million for Affordable Housing

The Funding Will Create or Rehabilitate 3,777 Housing Units DALLAS, TEXAS—The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (FHLB Dallas) is
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El Periodico USA Staff Community News October 24, 2025

University of Houston and DHR Health Hospital System Establish Medical Research and Education Center

University of Houston and DHR Health Hospital System Establish Medical Research and Education Center in the Rio Grande Valley New
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El Periodico USA Staff Featured October 24, 2025

A new generation of industries emerges in Texas as feds push to mine more rare

Dave Harmon and Inside Climate News, The Texas Tribune This story is published in partnership with Inside Climate News, a
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El Periodico USA Staff Awards October 23, 2025

Region One ESC Receives GEAR UP Grants to Support Class of 2031

Region One ESC Receives Combined $66.7 Million to Support Class of 2031 Over 7 Years   Edinburg, Texas – Region One
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El Periodico USA Staff Community News October 23, 2025

Mission Woman Found Guilty of Sexual Assault of a Child and Sentenced to 40 Years

EDINBURG – A Hidalgo County jury found Patricia Mendez, 50, of Mission, guilty of Indecency with a Child and two counts
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El Periodico USA Staff Education October 23, 2025

Trans Texas college students bearing more hostility as officials push binary gender definitions

Lindsey Byman, Jayme Lozano Carver, Ayden Runnels and Stephen Simpson, The Texas Tribune When Liz Graff started their second year
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