
Uriel J. García
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Immigration reporter @TexasTribune. Contact me at [email protected]
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https://urieljgarcia.com 07-06-2009 11:15:48
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NEW🚨CoreCivic’s CEO said private prisons in the U.S. are better to detain immigrants: they’re less likely to draw legal challenges than foreign alternatives — an apparent reference to the CECOT prison in El Salvador. With Matt Sledge for The Intercept: theintercept.com/2025/05/08/ice…



Sen. John Cornyn tells me he is not willing to vote on a budget reconciliation bill that doesn't reimburse Texas for the border initiative "Operation Lone Star". Cornyn said anything less than $11.1 billion is "unacceptable." This + more for Texas Tribune texastribune.org/2025/05/09/ope…




Amazing: Trump grew angry over a Biden-era program with the word "equity" in its name, so he ended it. But a key part of the program was sending money to red states to expand internet access in rural/MAGA country. Now they might not get it. New from me: newrepublic.com/article/195097…


The TX Senate passed an abortion pill bill with an unusual provision... a state judge cannot find the law unconstitutional and if they do, they could be sued for up to $100,000 “I’ve never seen anything like that in any statute of any kind, anywhere.” texastribune.org/2025/05/12/tex…





Recent 📷 work out of #CdJuarez for the The Washington Post. “This lawyer was counsel to El Chapo- and could soon be one of Mexico's judges” ✍️📝 by Mary Beth Sheridan. #lafrontera #juarez #elpaso #borderstories #mexico #drugwar #photojournalism washingtonpost.com/world/2025/05/…




Out of the 5.8 million migrants stopped by Border Patrol during a three year period, only 11 were caught carrying fentanyl. Our new investigation for Project On Government Oversight shows just how INCREDIBLY RARE it is for migrants to bring drugs across the border. pogo.org/investigations…
