Opponents of previous efforts to build a border wall in South Texas are reeling from the Biden administration s announcement last week to resume, and speed up, wall construction. In issuing the order, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said 26 federal laws will be waived to construct more border wall in Starr County, Texas. .
“Laredo is like the goose that lays the golden eggs,” says Alec Martinez, a local resident who has worked in city government. “Everyone is interested in the eggs, but no
A city council in a small South Texas border town has voted to keep a public park on the banks of the Rio Grande open to the public, rescinding an order by the mayor that turned the property private for the state's border security forces and marine buoy operations to be staged there.