The latest on the Market Square shooting that left two dead and four injured:

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The most significant difference between weekend breakfast in US or Mexico is you can get chilaquiles and cafe de olla almost anywhere if you cross south. But getting Mexican breakfast with American stuff like biscuits, pancakes, French toast, etc on the US side is great too.

An important story covered by the newest Texas Tribune reporter based in the RGV, Berenice Garcia.

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Today is my first day as an immigration correspondent NPR!

Got tips? Want to say hi and chat? Do you have a press list you think I should be on? Email me: [email protected]

Texas' immigration-enforcement law, SB 4, one again put on hold by U.S. Supreme Court keranews.org/texas-news/202…

📌 New this week--LUPE sues Texas over SB4, the 'show me your papers' law (on pause by SCOTUS until Monday), along with 4 Texas residents. It's the first challenge to SB4 on behalf of individuals personally affected by the law. tpr.org/border-immigra…

En Español--Early voting began on Tuesday, and I'm glad to have been able to put together a Spanish video version of Texas Public Radio's voter's guide for the 2024 primaries for our Spanish speaking viewers with the help of the TPR Noticias Al Día team. pablodelarosa.com/tpr-noticias-a…

Last week, Texas Military MG Suelzer said a new military base in Eagle Pass will headquarter an expansion of Abbott’s controversial Operation Lone Star. The facility is arguably Abbott's boldest countermove yet in a standoff with Biden for control of the U.S.-Mexico border.

New in The Border Chronicle 🦂🔥Eagle Pass Residents Shocked by News That Governor Abbott Will Build Operation Lone Star Base
We're being used as political pawns by our own governor, says Jessie Fuentes, Eagle Pass business owner. The latest by Pablo De La Rosa theborderchronicle.com/p/eagle-pass-r…

I had a chance to call in to NPR's 'Up First' this morning from the Rio Grande Valley on what we know so far about Abbott's new military base in Eagle Pass, comments from the community, and what the project means for the standoff between Abbott and Biden. pablodelarosa.com/operation-lone…

📌 Announced on Friday--A new 80-acre military base dedicated to the migrant deterrence we've seen from Texas Governor Abbott's Operation Lone Star is going up just feet away from the river in the community of Eagle Pass. I spoke with Jessie Fuentes just after Abbott's presser.…

📌 Happening now--Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has just announced that the state has broken ground on an 80-acre military facility that will border the Rio Grande 'by about 50 feet' and house up to 2,300 military soldiers on the border.

📌 From Friday, we're just 18 days away now--if the Texas 'show me your papers' law, SB4, goes into effect on March 5, undocumented families all over the state will be subject to possible arrest and deportation any time, anywhere. Of course, civil rights groups and the Department…

64 Million appointment applications from a group who have to apply daily for 13 months, amounts to around 160,000 people. 320,000 if applying every other day. CBP almost certainly knows exactly the number of people, but decided to publish the hits to the app instead.

📌Oil billionaires continue to bankroll the mass hysteria around immigration that landed hard on one border community's doorstep. How it all came together in Eagle Pass and more pieces of the border puzzle, out today from Melissa del Bosque: theborderchronicle.com/p/oil-billiona…

House fails to pass articles of impeachment for DHS Sec. Mayorkas--'The GOP base and conservative media figures called for impeachment of multiple Biden administration officials after the party retook the House in 2022.' Details from Texas Public Radio: tpr.org/border-immigra…