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• Hidalgo County DA concerned over ICE arrest at courthouse Play Video

  January 30, 2020 10:03 PM

  EDINBURG – The Hidalgo County District Attorney’s Office says the Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrest of a woman at the courthouse Thursday will cause problems. ICE says she had multiple theft convictions and was ordered to be removed from the U.S. 15 years ago. The DA’s concern is... more »

• 19 States File Lawsuit Against Government Over Flores Settlement Agreement Play Video

  August 26, 2019 4:00 PM

  WESLACO – A lawsuit was filed just days after announcing changes to the detention of migrant families. More than a dozen states are now suing the government to prevent those changes from taking effect. Nineteen states are now suing the government over its effort to change how migrant... more »

• Valley Lawyers File Immigration Lawsuit to Change Policy Play Video

  August 15, 2019 8:54 PM

  WESLACO - The number of days inside a processing center varies when the immigrant surge was at its peak this summer. Rio Grande Valley attorneys have filed a lawsuit wanting to change a government policy. Lawyer Lisa Brodyaga works at the non-profit organization Refugio Rio Grande Valley on... more »

• Edinburg Family Reunites with Loved One Wrongfully Detained by ICE Play Video

  July 24, 2019 4:23 PM

  EDINBURG – Conflicting reports and documents led to a U.S. citizen being detained. Francisco Erwin Galicia, 18, made it home to the Rio Grande Valley early Wednesday morning; his brother was deported. Galicia says he counted the days he was in custody. Immigration and Customs Enforcement tells... more »

• Soft-Sided Migrant Facility being Setup in Brownsville Play Video

  July 24, 2019 10:20 AM

  BROWNSVILLE – Tents are under construction at the Gateway International Bridge in Brownsville as part of processing migrants under the Migrant Protection Protocols. So far, the framework is still being put in place, but the soft-sided roofing is already stretched over the corners. Crews were seen working on... more »

• Woman Speaks Out on Brother's Death in Detention Center Play Video

  March 27, 2019 5:34 PM

  EDINBURG - A death inside a Cameron County jail is bringing back memories for a local woman who lost her brother while he was an inmate at the same detention center. Yolanda Perez-Pilgrim says her brother Ernesto Perez Jr. was an inmate at the Carrizales-Rucker Detention Center in 2008... more »

• Immigrants Released by Gov't due to Maximum Capacity at Detention Centers Play Video

  March 19, 2019 9:29 PM

  MCALLEN – A local respite center is seeing an increase in immigrants released by the federal government. Catholic Charities Respite Center says they've seen nearly 2,000 in just two days. Sister Norma Pimentel says Border Patrol notified her that processing centers are at capacity. “They needed to... more »

• Law Enforcement Working to End Juvenile Drug Smuggling Play Video

  February 11, 2019 10:25 PM

  WESLACO – The Cameron County District Attorney says the number of prosecutions of juvenile smugglers from Mexico has to increase. District Attorney Luis Saenz says minors from Mexico are being paid by Mexican cartels to smuggle drugs. "Border Patrol was forced to do nothing more than catch them,... more »