EDINBURG – Faced with multiple reports that migrants are being released in Hidalgo County infected with COVID-19, Hidalgo County Judge Richard F. Cortez is calling on federal immigration officials to stop releasing these migrants into our communities. Cortez is also calling on Texas Governor Greg Abbott to restore Hidalgo County’s ability to implement safety measures, such as mask mandates, to contain the surge in infection of COVID-19 that is beginning to tax local resources. “We have been doing well as a community in slowing the spread of this deadly virus,” Cortez said. “But ill-conceived policies by both the federal and state governments ...