Remezcla https://remezcla.com/tag/texas/ Our Thing Wed, 08 Apr 2026 20:27:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://remezcla.com/wp-content/themes/remezcla/assets/images/social/precomposed-144x144.png Remezcla https://remezcla.com/tag/texas/ 144 144 Firefighters From Mexico Arrive in Texas to Support Flood Relief Efforts https://remezcla.com/culture/firefighters-from-mexico-arrive-texas-support-flood-relief-efforts/ Tue, 08 Jul 2025 14:26:28 +0000 https://remezcla.com/?p=436853 Firefighters from Acuña, Mexico have been lending a hand in the rescue and recovery efforts in Texas after devastating flooding.

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]]> Mexico firefighters A crew of firefighters from Ciudad Acuna, Mexico, gather for a briefing as they aid in search and rescue efforts near the Guadalupe River after a flash flood swept through the area Monday, July 7, 2025, in Ingram, Texas. (AP Photo/Eli Hartman) Pope Francis Fires Conservative Texas Bishop in Unprecedented Move – Here’s Why https://remezcla.com/culture/pope-francis-fires-conservative-texas-bishop-in-unprecedented-move-heres-why/ Mon, 13 Nov 2023 15:31:26 +0000 https://remezcla.com/?p=360942 Pope Francis ordered the removal of US Bishop Joseph E. Strickland of Tyler, Texas during the second weekend of November, in an unprecedented move by the Vatican. Strickland had refused to step down after an investigation.  Typically, a bishop in Strickland’s position will be asked to resign instead of being relieved of his duties outright.

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]]> Pope Francis Culture VATICAN CITY, VATICAN - NOVEMBER 01: (EDITOR NOTE: STRICTLY EDITORIAL USE ONLY - NO MERCHANDISING). Pope Francis greets pilgrims and visitors during the recitation of the midday Angelus prayer at St. Peter's Square on the Solemnity of All Saints on November 01, 2023 in Vatican City, Vatican. As war continues to rage in Gaza, Ukraine, and elsewhere, Pope Francis said he will celebrate Mass at the graves of Commonwealth soldiers in Rome. (Photo by Vatican Media via Vatican Pool/Getty Images) Here’s a First Up-Close Look at Gov. Greg Abbott’s River Barriers — & It’s Inhumane https://remezcla.com/culture/us-mexico-border-river-barrier-first-close-up-look-governor-greg-abbott/ Wed, 09 Aug 2023 20:17:51 +0000 https://remezcla.com/?p=353846 If you didn’t think the inhumane treatment of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border could get any worse, think again. It looks like Texas Governor Greg Abbott doesn’t think the large orange buoys he had placed in the Rio Grande as a river barrier are enough of a deterrent to stop migrants from crossing the river.

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]]> River Barrier Culture Buoys are placed on the water along the Rio Grande border with Mexico in Eagle Pass, Texas, on July 15, 2023, to prevent migrants from entering the US. The buoy installation is part of an operation Texas is pursuing to secure its borders, but activists and some legislators say Governor Greg Abbott is exceeding his authority. (Photo by SUZANNE CORDEIRO / AFP) (Photo by SUZANNE CORDEIRO/AFP via Getty Images) Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Being Sued for ‘Inhumane’ Treatment of Migrants https://remezcla.com/culture/texas-greg-abbott-being-sued-inhumane-treatment-of-migrants-us-mexico-border/ Fri, 28 Jul 2023 16:47:09 +0000 https://remezcla.com/?p=352976 The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a lawsuit on Monday (July 24) against Texas and Gov. Greg Abbott for installing a barrier in the Rio Grande. The lawsuit states that Abbott is breaking the Rivers and Harbors Appropriation Act of 1899, which bans the “creation of any obstruction not affirmatively authorized by Congress, to

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]]> Texas Greg Abbot AUSTIN, TEXAS - JUNE 08: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott displays a signed bill during a news conference on June 08, 2023 in Austin, Texas. Gov. Abbott and Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw joined bill authors, sponsors, legislators and law enforcement members in the signing of bills designated towards enhancing border security along the southern border. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images) Disturbing Allegations Surface in Rudy Farias Missing Persons Case — Here’s the Latest https://remezcla.com/culture/rudy-farias-disturbing-allegations-surface-in-missing-persons-case-heres-the-latest/ Thu, 06 Jul 2023 14:00:31 +0000 https://remezcla.com/?p=351258 New and disturbing allegations have surfaced in the story of Rudolph “Rudy” Farias, a 25-year-old Houston man who was thought to be missing for more than eight years. In March 2015, Farias was 17 years old when he disappeared while walking his dogs in his neighborhood. Last Thursday (June 29), he was found in front

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]]> Rudy Farias Culture Art by Stephany Torres Latino Teen Missing for 8 Years Found Alive — But Neighbors Say He Was ‘Never Missing’ https://remezcla.com/culture/latino-teen-missing-rudy-farias-for-8-years-found-alive-heres-the-details/ Wed, 05 Jul 2023 16:23:39 +0000 https://remezcla.com/?p=351188 After vanishing more than eight years ago while walking his dogs near his home in northeast Houston, Rudolph “Rudy” Farias has been found alive. But there are plenty of unanswered questions that are still lingering in the case, including whether Farias has been missing at all. Farias was 17 years old when he disappeared. According

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]]> Rudy Farias Culture Art by Stephany Torres Family of Latino Uber Driver Killed by Passenger Want Justice — ‘She Ruined Our Lives’ https://remezcla.com/culture/family-of-latino-uber-driver-killed-by-passenger-want-justice/ Fri, 23 Jun 2023 16:41:54 +0000 https://remezcla.com/?p=350471 Daniel Piedra Garcia, a 52-year-old Uber driver, was taken off life support earlier this week after he was shot by one of his passengers, who mistakenly believed he was trying to kidnap her and take her to Mexico. A vigil will be held for him Friday evening (June 23) in El Paso, Texas. On June

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]]> Uber driver Credit: DuKai photographer/Getty Images Texas Bill Aims To Create Civilian Force To Detain Migrants — & It’s a Terrible Idea https://remezcla.com/culture/texas-bill-aims-to-create-civilian-force-to-detain-migrants-its-a-terrible-idea/ Mon, 22 May 2023 16:01:12 +0000 https://remezcla.com/?p=348444 Texas Republicans aren’t giving up on a bill that would give a civilian-led task force the authority to “arrest, apprehend or detain persons crossing the Texas-Mexico border unlawfully.” Rep. Matt Schaefer and other conservative lawmakers introduced House Bill 20 to establish the new “Border Protection Unit,” but were able to stop the legislation from going anywhere.

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]]> Texas border police US Customs and Border Protection agents guard the Paso del Norte - Santa Fe International Bridge in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua state, Mexico that connects to El Paso, Texas on May 12, 2023. The United States bolted tough new immigration policies into place Friday, setting up an uncertain future for desperate migrants reaching its southern border as a top official expressed confidence the system will hold. Tens of thousands of people were expected to try to cross into the United States in coming days after it lifted pandemic-era rules, hoping to escape the poverty and criminal gangs wracking their own countries in what the United Nations called an "unprecedented displacement crisis". (Photo by HERIKA MARTINEZ / AFP) (Photo by HERIKA MARTINEZ/AFP via Getty Images) GoFundMe Set Up to Help Family of Allen Mall Shooting Victims Daniela & Sofia Mendoza https://remezcla.com/culture/gofundme-set-up-to-help-family-of-allen-mall-shooting-victims-daniela-and-sofia-mendoza/ Fri, 12 May 2023 15:07:20 +0000 https://remezcla.com/?p=347860 Fundraisers have been set up for the families of victims of the mass shooting at a shopping center in Allen, Texas. Eight people, including children, were killed when a gunman opened fire with an AR-15-style rifle at the Allen Premium Outlets north of Dallas. Two of the children whose lives were taken were 11-year-old, Daniela

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]]> Daniela and Sofia Mendoza Allen Mall Shooting Culture ALLEN, TEXAS - MAY 09: The names of victims are written on crosses setup in a memorial near the scene of a mass shooting at the Allen Premium Outlets mall on May 9, 2023 in Allen, Texas. Eight people were killed and seven wounded in the Saturday attack in which the gunman was killed by police, according to published reports. Three of the wounded are in critical condition, according to the reports. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) Ted Cruz Faces Backlash for ‘Thoughts and Prayers’ Comments After Latest Mass Shooting in Texas https://remezcla.com/culture/ted-cruz-faces-backlash-for-thoughts-and-prayers-comments-after-latest-mass-shooting-in-texas/ Mon, 08 May 2023 15:32:32 +0000 https://remezcla.com/?p=347496 Texas Senator Ted Cruz is getting dragged on social media for what many consider more empty words after another mass shooting took place in Texas on Saturday (May 6). A lone gunman, who has been identified as a neo-Nazi sympathizer, used an AR-15 style-assault weapon to kill eight people, including children, at a shopping mall

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]]> header-ted-cruz-cancun Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) walks out of a meeting room for the lawyers of former President Donald Trump and back to the Senate floor through the Senate Reception room on the fourth day of the Senate Impeachment trials for former President Donald Trump on Capitol Hill on February 12, 2021 in Washington, DC. Photo by Jabin Botsford - Pool/Getty Images