Charities scramble to feed, test migrants for coronavirusPosted: Feb 3, 2021 / 10:27 AM CSTUpdated: Feb 3, 2021 / 10:27 AM CSTMcALLEN, Texas — The Biden administration has re-implemented the Obama-era “catch and release” method of dealing with undocumented migrants caught along the South Texas border with Mexico.The move has caused volunteer groups in South Texas to scramble to try to help test for coronavirus all new undocumented migrant arrivals who are paroled into the United States before they board buses to other cities, officials tell Border Report.On Tuesday afternoon, President Joe...…Charities scramble to feed, test migrants for coronavirusPosted: Feb 3, 2021 / 10:27 AM CSTUpdated: Feb 3, 2021 / 10:27 AM CSTMcALLEN, Texas — The Biden administration has re-implemented the Obama-era “catch and release” method of dealing with undocumented migrants caught along the South Texas border with Mexico.The move has caused volunteer groups in South Texas to scramble to try to help test for coronavirus all new undocumented migrant arrivals who are paroled into the United States before they board buses to other cities, officials tell Border Report.On Tuesday afternoon, President Joe...WW…

Posted: Dec 9, 2020 / 07:36 AM ESTUpdated: Dec 9, 2020 / 07:38 AM ESTMcALLEN, Texas  — Just weeks before the Biden administration is set to take over, the Trump administration has announced that it is making a DNA collection program standard operation across the Southwest border for all migrants in custody.U.S. Customs and Border Protection had initiated a pilot program to collect DNA saliva swabs in January, and recently announced that the program will be standard course of action by Dec. 31.The samples will be sent to the Combined DNA Index Systems (CODIS), But the...…Posted: Dec 9, 2020 / 07:36 AM ESTUpdated: Dec 9, 2020 / 07:38 AM ESTMcALLEN, Texas  — Just weeks before the Biden administration is set to take over, the Trump administration has announced that it is making a DNA collection program standard operation across the Southwest border for all migrants in custody.U.S. Customs and Border Protection had initiated a pilot program to collect DNA saliva swabs in January, and recently announced that the program will be standard course of action by Dec. 31.The samples will be sent to the Combined DNA Index Systems (CODIS), But the...WW…

'So many businesses rely directly or indirectly on birding'Posted: Dec 1, 2020 / 06:51 PM CSTUpdated: Dec 2, 2020 / 10:00 AM CSTWESLACO, Texas — In a quiet thicket behind a locked gate at the Frontera Audubon Nature Preserve, turkey vultures roost and circle over a pond while dozens of other species of birds frolic in the thorny brush of the Tamaulipan thornscrub forest just not far from the Mexican border in deep South Texas.The thousands of species of migrating birds that pass through the Rio Grande Valley in route to points south each winter are safe from hunters and are a living legacy...…'So many businesses rely directly or indirectly on birding'Posted: Dec 1, 2020 / 06:51 PM CSTUpdated: Dec 2, 2020 / 10:00 AM CSTWESLACO, Texas — In a quiet thicket behind a locked gate at the Frontera Audubon Nature Preserve, turkey vultures roost and circle over a pond while dozens of other species of birds frolic in the thorny brush of the Tamaulipan thornscrub forest just not far from the Mexican border in deep South Texas.The thousands of species of migrating birds that pass through the Rio Grande Valley in route to points south each winter are safe from hunters and are a living legacy...WW…

'So many businesses rely directly or indirectly on birding'Posted: Dec 1, 2020 / 10:48 PM ESTUpdated: Dec 2, 2020 / 11:00 AM ESTWESLACO, Texas — In a quiet thicket behind a locked gate at the Frontera Audubon Nature Preserve, turkey vultures roost and circle over a pond while dozens of other species of birds frolic in the thorny brush of the Tamaulipan thornscrub forest just not far from the Mexican border in deep South Texas.The thousands of species of migrating birds that pass through the Rio Grande Valley in route to points south each winter are safe from hunters and are a living legacy...…'So many businesses rely directly or indirectly on birding'Posted: Dec 1, 2020 / 10:48 PM ESTUpdated: Dec 2, 2020 / 11:00 AM ESTWESLACO, Texas — In a quiet thicket behind a locked gate at the Frontera Audubon Nature Preserve, turkey vultures roost and circle over a pond while dozens of other species of birds frolic in the thorny brush of the Tamaulipan thornscrub forest just not far from the Mexican border in deep South Texas.The thousands of species of migrating birds that pass through the Rio Grande Valley in route to points south each winter are safe from hunters and are a living legacy...WW…