Guest Editorial Over the past several months, much attention has been focused on the city of McAllen and the situation at the border. Unfortunately, much of the information, including media reports, regarding the situation in our city have conveyed misleading or, in some cases, completely false information. The city has been dealing with this immigration situation since June 2014. At that time, due to large numbers of individuals from Central America seeking asylum in the U.S., the federal facilities (Border Patrol, Immigration and Customs Enforcement and others) could not handle the influx. Some of these individuals were released by the federal ...