Yes, indeed, Hidalgo County can seem strange at times. Especially during election season. Dead people rising from the graves to vote by mail. That sort of thing. Hidalgo County has always been unique in that regard. Alive, dead, doesn’t matter, as long as people vote. That’s what really counts. Get out the vote. Put some names in the hands of politiqueras, and off they go.
State trooper who responded to Uvalde shooting fired amid investigations into police response
*Due to differences in data processing, timing, and methodology, there may be discrepancies between the information presented in this report and the Texas DSHS dashboard.
The number of people, 2.38 million, caught crossing the southern border illegally last fiscal year, which ended Sept. 30, continues to increase, up 37 percent over the previous fiscal year, according to figures released last Friday by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). How many escaped capture by BP agents is anyone’s guess. The people apprehended, or who willingly turned themselves in, hoping for asylum status, largely came from Venezuela, Cuba, and Nicaragua, if you include the group as a whole, according to the CBP report.
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month during which the public is reminded that too many people, mainly women, are needlessly victimized by abusers, mainly men, even though help is there, if someone will just pick up the phone before it’s too late.
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