Valerie Gonzalez
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@AP journalist covering immigration and border issues from the Rio Grande Valley • formerly @monitornews • [email protected] • DMs open • Signal: ValGonzalez.03
McAllen, TX
Joined February 2014
Breaking: Judge denied the Trump administration’s request to terminate the Flores Settlement Agreement which protects immigrant children in federal custody. The judge noted the government made improvements, but attributed them to the agreement.
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RT @brittny_mejia: Man fleeing Home Depot ICE raid killed by car on L.A. Freeway: 'Just so inhumane'
latimes.com
The death of a man fleeing an immigration raid at a Home Depot sparked anger among immigrant rights advocates: 'We hold the Trump administration, the Department of Homeland Security and the Home...
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RT @valleystar: Update: Los Fresnos bakery owners found guilty on all charges in immigrant harboring case | #RGV.
myrgv.com
BROWNSVILLE — A jury found Leonardo Baez and Nora Alicia Avila-Guel guilty on all charges Wednesday afternoon in the federal government’s case against them, accusing the owners of Abby’s Bakery in...
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In three days, the trial has reached the deliberation phase. An answer may come today on whether the bakery owners will be found guilty of harboring immigrants who worked at their business. By @ocnarfjimenez.
Jury deliberating fate of Los Fresnos bakery owners accused of harboring immigrants | #RGV .
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First day of trial for Los Fresnos bakery owners whose arrest garnered national attention:. via @ocnarfjimenez .
myrgv.com
BROWNSVILLE — Monday marked the first day of trial here in the federal case against the Los Fresnos bakery owners who are facing charges of harboring and concealing people in the country without...
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RT @alvarojcorral: I was quoted in my local paper sharing my thoughts on the current TX redistricting controversy and its significance for….
myrgv.com
Congressional redistricting is more than just changing lines on a map. It’s a battle for political influence and control.
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NEW: A fed judge weighing Trump administration's request to end protections for immigrant children asked the government why time in custody is high despite low crossings. “It seems counterintuitive that should happen unless it’s willful,” the judge asked.
apnews.com
A judge is considering a Trump administration request to end a policy protecting immigrant children in federal custody.
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RT @dmhj: He tried to ‘self-deport.’ U.S. Customs and Border Protection arrested him anyway via @CBS4RGV
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RT @monitornews: UPDATE: According to a probable cause affidavit, witnesses stated that he had been drinking all day and tried to convince….
myrgv.com
Police have arrested a 28-year-old Edinburg man sought in a fatal auto-pedestrian crash in McAllen early Friday morning.
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RT @meganjanetsky: “The more changes are made to the system of government, the more we see the state’s repression of the Salvadoran populat….
apnews.com
El Salvador's Legislative Assembly has passed a constitutional reform eliminating presidential term limits.
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RT @dmhj: In the redistricting proposal released today, @RepGonzalez 's house would be drawn out of the district he represents. Gonzalez r….
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Keanu today:
Chile hands luxury watches stolen from Keanu Reeves over to the FBI. By @nayarabat
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RT @monitornews: Investment chills grip Mexico amid trade and judicial turmoil | #RGV | via the Puente News Collaborative..
myrgv.com
EL PASO — A growing wave of uncertainty is freezing investment plans in Mexico, the United States’ largest trading partner, rattling domestic and foreign business leaders alike.
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As the Trump administration intensifies deportation activity around the country, some immigrants — including many who have lived in the RGV for decades — are unwilling to leave their homes, even for necessary medical care. ✍️:Amanda Seitz/Jacquelyn Martin
apnews.com
Immigrants in Texas's Rio Grande Valley are avoiding medical care due to intensified deportation efforts under the Trump administration.
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NEW: Attorneys sue to restore deportation protections for abused and neglected migrant children .
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NEW: Immigrants and legal advocates filed a class-action lawsuit to stop ICE officers from arresting migrants who appear at immigration courts for previously scheduled hearings and placing them on a fast-track to deportation. via AP's @marthabellisle .
apnews.com
A group of immigrants and legal advocates have filed a class-action lawsuit that seeks to stop Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers from arresting migrants who appear at immigration courts...
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RT @WIRED: The US government has added the DNA of approximately 133,000 migrant children and teens to a criminal database, which critics sa….
wired.com
The US government has added the DNA of approximately 133,000 migrant children and teens to a criminal database, which critics say could mean police treat them like suspects “indefinitely.”
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A federal magistrate judge on Tuesday afternoon dismissed federal harboring charges against the manager of a Mission Taco Ole that was raided by the FBI last Thursday. Via @ocnarfjimenez.
Harboring charges dismissed against Mission Taco Ole manager | #RGV .
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U.S. Rep. Monica De La Cruz filed legislation Monday that would revamp a temporary worker program to help ease farm labor shortages largely provoked by recent ramped-up immigration raids targeting undocumented workers. Via @Berenice__G
texastribune.org
The South Texas Republican’s “Bracero 2.0” legislation — named after a 1940s temporary labor program — comes as the Trump administration has increasingly cracked down on undocumented farmworkers.
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RT @marianne_levine: Another SCOOP from @mariasacchetti @CarolLeonnig ICE declares millions of undocumented immigrants ineligible for bon….
washingtonpost.com
A memo from ICE’s acting director instructs officers to hold immigrants who entered the country illegally “for the duration of their removal proceedings,” which can take months or years.
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