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Though well behind Mexico, China ranks second for international trade at the three largest United States-Mexico border crossings in Texas: Laredo, El Paso and Pharr. Its status on the border is buoyed by imports of auto parts, cellphones, electrical circuit boards and other goods, say public officials and industry experts. Teclo Garcia, Laredo’s economic development ...

Share: Though well behind Mexico, China ranks second for international trade at the three largest United States-Mexico border crossings in Texas: Laredo, El Paso and Pharr. Its status on the border is buoyed by imports of auto parts, cellphones, electrical circuit boards and other goods, say public officials and industry experts. Teclo Garcia, Laredos economic development director, said cellphones were the top imports from China through Port Laredo during 2020. "We had $1.16 billion in total tr...

‘Just so big’: China’s outsize role in trade at Texas border crossings China ranked second behind Mexico in total international trade at Laredo, El Paso and Pharr 0 89 4 minutes read China is the second-largest international trading partner for the three largest land border crossings in the Lone Star State totaling about $2 billion in trade in 2020. (Photo: FreightWaves staff) Though well behind Mexico, China ranks second for international trade at the three largest United State...

email article Joe Flores, NP, JD, has been defending nurses against investigations by the Texas Board of Nursing for several years. Flores, a Corpus Christi attorney and part-time hospice care nurse practitioner, rarely turns away these clients. He feels its important they have representation if they have a case. But since the pandemic started, Flores has had to turn away many cases. Demand for his services is up, he says, as nurses are being investigated by the Board even as they struggl...

Texas Leaders Unite To Urge Passage Of A Permanent Legislative Solution For DACA Recipients Texas Opportunity Coalition will work to build bipartisan support for effort among Texas congressional delegation News provided by Share this article Share this article AUSTIN, Texas, Feb. 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the Texas Business Immigration Coalition (a member of the American Business Immigration Coalition) and the Texas Business Leadership Council, along with more than thirty Texas leaders in...

Listen • 31:09 By: María Méndez, Angela Kocherga and Paul Flahive For over a year Delfina Gracilazo has traveled across the Texas-Mexico border between Piedras Negras and Eagle Pass, TX to sell her blood. It’s a common way to make some extra money at the border. She stands outside one of Eagle Pass’s two Plasma donation facilities waiting with a group of other Mexican citizens who can sell it multiple times a month, earning about $40 per donation. The money didn’t ...