Author: Gabriela Torres
Rewrite a fully new long article using the information from As an 8th grade American history teacher, I should be excited about the opportunity to use this fall’s election as a way to bring history to life for my students. Instead, I find myself deeply frustrated at having to explain to my students that somehow the nation that they live in has not fully internalized the basic lessons of American democracy they are learning in class.As our election draws ever closer, I see three areas in which our body politic could benefit from mastering the wisdom and civic maturity of…
Rewrite a fully new long article using the information from Commemorating Operation Rio Grande’s one-year anniversary last week, public officials were understandably focused on the gains.One hundred and six formerly homeless people now have jobs, while another 333 have employment plans. The associated Dignity of Work program has combined the private and public sectors in ways that provide hope and opportunity to many who want to re-enter mainstream society.These are notable accomplishments worthy of applause because they affect the lives of real people.Also, the area surrounding the Road Home Shelter on Rio Grande Street is noticeably quieter than it was…
Rewrite a fully new long article using the information from Remember when former Judge Rodolfo “Rudy” Delgado was arrested, indicted, suspended, and resigned his seat on the 93rd District Court earlier this year, due to federal bribery charges concerning his courtroom? We did, but it seems as if the Rio Grande Valley forgot or didn’t even know. Delgado, a candidate for the 13th Court of Appeals Place 4 who has yet to be seen on the campaign trail, has won two of the biggest counties in the RGV: Hidalgo and Cameron counties. As someone who doesn’t have a single campaign…
Rewrite a fully new long article using the information from Anyone driving into Salt Lake City has seen the huge, empty rail yards that cut through the center of the city and form a deep divide between the east and west sides. Getting off of I-15 in your car, you may notice the sea of train tracks is typically sparsely populated by freight trains, which is partially because the railroad that owns most of it, Union Pacific, mostly uses other yards for its business in the valley these days. As you drive over the massive concrete viaducts on 400 South,…
Rewrite a fully new long article using the information from Earlier this month, I joined 11 of my House Budget Committee Republican colleagues in visiting our nation’s southern border in McAllen, Texas, to see President Biden’s border crisis first-hand. Now in my third term in Congress, I have visited the border more often than President Biden, who has been in Washington, D.C. for nearly half a century. His refusal to see the border crisis firsthand is an acknowledgement that his policies continue to fail the American people.What I saw there was shocking. The policies of the Biden administration have created…
Rewrite a fully new long article using the information from The Department of Homeland Security is rolling out additional buoy barriers in the Rio Grande, expanding on Texas’ floating “wall” strategy to deter illegal crossings and cartel activity along the southern border. The modular buoy lines are part of President Donald Trump’s “smart wall” approach—combining physical barriers, technology, and patrols to make it harder and more dangerous for smugglers and illegal aliens to cross. According to DHS, the system uses large, cylindrical floating buoys linked together to form a continuous waterborne obstacle in key crossing corridors of the Rio Grande. …
Rewrite a fully new long article using the information from The International Boundary and Water Commission has announced that an agreement has been signed to help ensure consistent water deliveries from Mexico to the U.S. “The newly amended water agreement between the United States and Mexico is a step in the right direction, but Texans know that promises don’t water our fields, sustain our livestock, or supply our cities. While we welcome progress to secure the state’s water supply, we need action—plain and simple,” explained Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller. “Over the past few weeks, I’ve been in constant talks…
Rewrite a fully new long article using the information from On Wednesday at 12:01 a.m., Cameron County and Starr County residents will be required to remain at home unless traveling for essential business after their respective county judges ordered mandatory shelter-in-place rules. Judge Eddie Treviño ordered a mandatory shelter-in-place in Cameron County, which will remain in effect until April 8. “I would rather be criticized for getting ahead of this too early than for getting behind this,” said Treviño. In Starr County, Judge Eloy Vera similarly ordered a stay-at-home order late Tuesday evening, also scheduled to begin early Wednesday morning…
Rewrite a fully new long article using the information from Father Ryan Connors prays over Addis ‘Skip’ Dempsey, a paramedic stricken with COVID-19, at St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center in Brighton, Mass., May 5, 2020.RYAN CHRISTOPHER JONES, STR / NYTIt started with a cough, body aches and severe fatigue. The cough was dry. The thermometer read 105 degrees.On March 21, my husband, Paul, rushed me to Memorial Hermann Katy Hospital near Houston. I tested positive for COVID-19.What followed were 34 days of anxiety and desperation, knowing that there was no cure or vaccine for the virus that has killed more than…
Rewrite a fully new long article using the information from Migrant children lie inside a pod at the Donna Department of Homeland Security holding facility, the main detention center for unaccompanied children in the Rio Grande Valley run by the US Customs and Border Protection, (CBP), in Donna, Texas Tuesday, March 30, 2021. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills, Pool) PHOENIX — People who take the risk to come to the United States unauthorized face tremendous, psychological, biological and economic challenges when doing so. They are an extremely vulnerable population. The consequences of unauthorized immigration, beyond the political, are more human-centered. They are…