EDINBURG – Hidalgo County Judge Richard F. Cortez invited President Joseph R. Biden to come to South Texas “to witness first-hand the challenges being created by current (immigration) policy.” The invitation was extended in a one-page letter in which Cortez tells the President “immediate and decisive action” is needed to address the current immigrant surge. Cortez then followed up with a flurry of morning meetings with federal, state and local representatives, and is calling on Congress and the President to move quickly to resolve major immigration policy shortcomings that are now causing significant capacity issues in Hidalgo County. “There are two factors at ...