Trump Administration Preparing Texas Wildlife Refuge for First Border Wall Segment

Trump Administration Preparing Texas Wildlife Refuge for First Border Wall Segment

Victor Landa July 17, 2017

By Melissa del Bosque, Texas Observer (3.5 minute read)  For at least six months, private contractors and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials have been quietly preparing to build […]

Laughter, fear and Trump at the Spanish-language circus

NewsTaco April 13, 2017

*Why you should read this: Because it’s a good story. Because it shows the Trump effect from an unexpected place – circus attendance is down because of fear of deportation. […]

Latina Trump supporter featured on CNN is daughter of cartel figure in Southlake murder

NewsTaco July 1, 2016

*I asked yesterday, and many of you responded, what could explain the “Latina Trump girl?” This explains a lot. VL By Julieta Chiquillo, Dallas Morning News (3 minute read) Miriam Cepeda, a […]

Daughter of unauthorized immigrant campaigns for Trump on the border

NewsTaco June 30, 2016

*Can someone explain this? No ranting, please, it’s boring. VL By Julieta Chiquillo, Dallas Morning News  (1.5 minute read) Miriam Cepeda is a 24-year-old student at the University of Texas Rio […]

Death on Sevenmile Road

NewsTaco March 3, 2015

By Melissa del Bosque, The Texas Observer The pickup truck accelerated. Jose Isabel Coj Cumar could see the glow of the sun through the thin black fabric that concealed him […]

In America’s Poorest City, a Housing Breakthrough

NewsTaco October 2, 2014

*All it takes is creativity and people coming together. The main problem here is poverty, so this housing is about more than just shelter; it’s an example of how things […]

The Militia Next Door

NewsTaco September 15, 2014

*From the article: A ” … neighborhood, not far from the Rio Grande, already has government surveillance cameras, heavily armed Border Patrol agents and Texas Parks and Wildlife game wardens. There […]

Radio show a program of ‘Mexican roots music’

NewsTaco September 4, 2014

*This falls squarely within the idea of “this is how it’s done.”  Two people following their passion, preserving cultura. Straight from the RGV! (For the uninitiated, that’s the Rio Grande […]

Militia group says it’s heading to help secure Texas border

NewsTaco July 7, 2014

*How is this new? There have been so-called “militia” slithering along the border on many occasions in the past. They come from cities hundreds of miles from the border, set up […]

Obama: Spike in Children at Border ‘Urgent Humanitarian Situation’

NewsTaco June 4, 2014

*Since the beginning of the year, an average of 333 unaccompanied children from Central America arrive each day at the U.S. border. President Obama has has put FEMA in charge […]