President Trump tours a section of the southern border wall in 2019, in Otay Mesa, Calif.
President Donald Trump will visit the Rio Grande Valley on Tuesday, only days before the end of his presidency.
South Texas Congressman Henry Cuellar explained to TPR on Saturday that he confirmed the visit with the Federal Aviation Administration and people on ground from the Department of Homeland Security.
The Hidalgo County Democrat said Trump was expected to arrive at Harlingen’s airport and travel to a nearby area to showcase border wall construction. I guess in his mind this is the priority, but right now, during a pandemic, he’s got the wrong priority, Cuellar said. The priorities should be fighting the pandemic, healing the country from what happened last week, but as you can tell, he’s been obsessed with the border wall these last four years.
A program critical to improving trade and commerce across the Texas-Mexico border has been reauthorized. South Texas Congressman Henry Cuellar says the Donations Acceptance Program has been extended for another year.
The 6-year-old program brings the public and private sectors together to pay for needed infrastructure improvements at the land ports of entry when federal dollars alone aren’t available. Since 2014, the program has helped pay for things like lane expansions, new inspection technologies, and high-tech cameras.
The program is currently being tapped to facilitate the Anzalduas International Bridge for handling northbound cargo trucks – a project local officials say would be an economic development game changer.
A program critical to improving trade and commerce across the Texas-Mexico border has been reauthorized. South Texas Congressman Henry Cuellar says the Donations Acceptance Program has been extended for another year. The 6-year-old program brings the public and private sectors together to pay for needed infrastructure improvements at the land ports of entry when federal dollars alone aren’t available. Since 2014, the program has helped pay for things like lane expansions, new inspection technologies, and high-tech cameras. The program is currently being tapped to facilitate the Anzalduas International Bridge for handling northbound cargo trucks – a project local officials say would be an economic development game changer.