State of Texas: Lawmakers pledge to explore fix to veteran benefit loophole (2024)

State of Texas: Lawmakers pledge to explore fix to veteran benefit loophole

Veteran Tax Exemption – Our investigation into the case of a Texas veteran seeking a property tax exemption is getting attention from lawmakers. We look at how trouble for one veteran could lead to legislative change.

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Fuerzas Amigas 2024 mock train derailment in Juarez

Fuerzas Amigas 2024 mock train derailment and chemical fire in Juarez. 06-24-2024.

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U.S., Mexican troops tend to mock train derailment,…

Mexican Army Maj. Jose Luis Cora Torres explains training in which U.S., Mexican troops tend to mock train derailment, chemical fire in Juarez, Mexico, on 06-27-2024.

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Chihuahua on alert due to 16 deaths from tick bites

Dr. Gumaro Barrios of the Chihuahua Health Department talks about preventing further deaths from Rickettsia, or Rocky Mountain spotted fever. The Mexican border state has reported 16 such deaths so far this year, with eight taking place in Juarez.

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Fast-moving water a death trap for migrants

This is a spot in the Rio Grande at the Texas-New Mexico border in far west El Paso where three men the Border Patrol characterized as migrants drowned on Tuesday.

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Activist: Biden restrictions, Texas enforcement pushing…

Alan Lizarraga, a spokesman for Border Network for Human Rights, says President Biden's new asylum restrictions and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's Operation Lone Star are forcing migrants to attempt dangerous, clandestine crossings.

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Zapata drought on Rio Grande

The rural South Texas border town of Zapata could run out of drinking water because there isn't enough water in the Rio Grande for the town of 5,000 to pump. Mexico owes the U.S. years worth of water and there is a punishing drought and triple-digit heat. The Zapata district water manager says if the river drops five feet then they won't be able to pump any more. (Sandra Sanchez/Border Report Video)

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Border Patrol issues a warning to migrants.

CBP warns migrants that crossing into U.S. will lead to a swift removal, after thousands of migrants are trying to cross over.

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BNHR: Immigration reform needed to stop criminalizing…

Alan Lizarraga, a spokesman for Border Network for Human Rights, talks about the systematic federal prosecution of migrants who refuse to give up on the American Dream by coming across the border illegally on multiple occasions.

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Engineering team works to fix migrant facilities…

Engineering team works to fix migrant facilities in Reynosa

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U.S., Mexico soldiers in disaster joint exercise

A joint disaster military training with U.S. and Mexico soldiers to work on how to prepare for said trainings and to strengthen the relationship between the two nations.