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Tyler Morning Telegraph
FORT WORTH, Texas — Texas is running out of room to house the thousands of Central American children who illegally crossed the border.
And Rep. Kay Granger, R-Texas, says the solution is not to continue piling them into bus stations and other makeshift shelters — including unused schools in North Texas — as officials try to find the best way to return the children safely to their families in countries as far away as Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador.
Anna Tinsley, Fort Worth Star Telegram
Texas is running out of room to house the thousands of Central American children who illegally crossed the border.
And U.S. Rep. Kay Granger said Saturday that the solution is not to continue piling them into bus stations and other makeshift shelters — including unused schools in North Texas — as officials try to find the best way to return the children safely to their families in countries as far away as Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador.
David Rutz, The Washington Free Beacon
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The border is secure. It's more secure than ever. It's so, so secure.
Since our founding, the United States has been a beacon of hope for immigrants, and I am happy to help the latest generation of newcomers navigate the immigration and naturalization process.
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Anna Tinsley, Fort Worth Star Telegram
Texas leaders say it's time to stop talking and take action on the growing humanitarian crisis at the border.
U.S. Sen. John Cornyn is the latest Texas official to weigh in with proposed legislation to grapple with the dilemma, in which a growing number of children continue illegally crossing the country's southwest border into this state.
Cornyn plans to file a bill along with U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Laredo, to speed up deportations of thousands of Central American children — and ensure their safety while they are here.
Robert Tilford, Ground Report
On July 10, 2014 Rep. Marc Veasey of Texas asked for and was granted permission to address the United States House of Representatives for one minute regarding the humanitarian crisis along the US border:
"Mr. Speaker, I rise today to encourage my colleagues to do the right thing: to work across the aisle and take swift action to address the humanitarian crisis that our Nation is currently facing.
Tim Farley, The Morning Brief
Rep. Mark Veasey (D-Texas 33rd) with Tim on Thursday talks about unaccompanied minor children coming from Central American across the southern US border.
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Al Dia Texas
La crisis humanitaria que viven los niños centroamericanos en el sur de Texas le llega al corazón a Carmen Casey.
La mujer de 38 años recuerda como ella y sus tres hermanas llegaron con su mamá a Estados Unidos cuando eran niñas,
Las circunstancias eran diferentes — su mamá huía de un esposo abusivo en México, mientras que los miles de menores no acompañados capturados en la frontera huyen del crimen y la pobreza –, pero la incertidumbre del migrante es la misma, reflexiona.
Alexis Espinoza, Dallas Morning News
Erfan Shirazian, originally from Iran, raised his right hand and began his oath. In less than 30 seconds, he would become a citizen of the United States of America.
But he wasn't thinking about the next words in the paragraph, he said. He was thinking about all the people all over the world who would give anything to be in his shoes.
"I am so relieved to finally be a citizen," Shirazian said when the ceremony ended. "During the process I kept thinking about all the people who would give up anything to get where I am today. I'm lucky."