Courtesy Xochitl Mora, (McAllen, Tx)-Beginning Monday, October 26, 2020, La Vista Avenue Bridge, between 16th Street and Bicentennial Boulevard, will be closed until Wednesday, May 26, 2021, as construction work begins for the 2018 Bond Group A Drainage Improvements. This drainage improvement will impact the Bicentennial Blueline, from Harvey Avenue to Tamarack Avenue bridge improvements,

Courtesy Richard Pauza, LAREDO, TEXAS – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers facilitating lawful trade encountered tractor trailers with a combined estimated street value exceeding $6.9 million in two separate enforcement operations over the weekend. “Our frontline CBP officers utilize their training and experience along with our high-tech tools and that effective combination led

Courtesy Rick Pauza, LAREDO, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of Field Operations (OFO) officers intercepted a significant amount of liquid methamphetamine with an estimated street value of more than $1.4 million in one enforcement action at the Juarez-Lincoln International Bridge. “Our frontline CBP officers maintain a constant focus on our border

Courtesy Jennifer Gutierrez, LAREDO, Texas—U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Office of Field Operations (OFO) officers at the World Trade Bridge encountered a shipment of toilets that consisted of more than commodes; they discovered more than six and a half tons of marijuana. “As our frontline CBP officers at World Trade Bridge seek to facilitate

Courtesy Alexis Torres, Funds will be used to strengthen and rebuild the State’s workforce in response to COVID-19 pandemic Laredo, TX – Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) announced $27,685,179 in federal funds to the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC). These funds, awarded through the U.S. Department of Labor Dislocated Worker Grants, will be used to address workforce-related

Courtesy Charlotte Laracy, Laredo, TX – Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) and U.S. Senator John Cornyn led a bipartisan letter to Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf expressing concern with continued travel restrictions at our southern ports of entry and demanding a plan to restore normal operations. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ, along with U.S. Representatives

Courtesy U.S. Customs and Border Protection, WASHINGTON—Effective September 30 at all U.S. ports of entry, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will detain palm oil and palm oil products made by FGV Holdings Berhad. CBP’s Office of Trade directed the issuance of a Withhold Release Order (WRO) against palm oil and palm oil products made

Courtesy Charlotte Laracy, Border communities have lower crime rates than non-border major cities Washington, D.C.—Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) released FBI crime statistics from 2019 demonstrating that border communities are safer than non-border major cities in the United States. “As someone who lives and raises their family on the border, I have found the rhetoric about

Courtesy Jennifer Gutierrez, LAREDO, Texas—U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Office of Field Operations (OFO) at the Laredo Port of Entry seized hard narcotics valued at $3.2 million in one enforcement action at the World Trade Bridge. “CBP has seen a significant uptick in attempts to smuggle methamphetamine at ports of entry,” said Acting Port