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Brooks County judge frustrated following local Abbott visit
and last updated 2021-02-25 20:32:00-05
FALFURRIAS, Texas â Following Gov. Greg Abbott s visit to Corpus Christi, some parts of the Coastal Bend remain unhappy with the state when it comes to the distribution of COVID-19 vaccinations.
As KRIS 6 News reported Wednesday, Brooks County Judge Eric Ramos said rural counties are not getting their fair share of the vaccines. I want him to come where there s a failure in the distribution system, he said.
In a Facebook post Thursday, Ramos vented his frustrations with the state, calling his county the island of the lost.
Congressman Gonzalez Urges President Biden to Prevent Further Devastation of Border Communities
WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) called on President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to address the impending influx of Central American migrants at the U.S. - Mexico border. Congressman Gonzalez also urged for the Biden administration to create a humane process that allows for individuals to apply for asylum at any U.S. embassy abroad that does not place border communities at risk during a pandemic. With the suspension of the Safe Third Country Agreements , the Biden administration must offer a more clearly communicated and defined option for individuals to apply for asylum from their home or neighboring countries. Migrant caravans approaching our southern border will overwhelm our many unvaccinated Customs and Border Patrol agents and put our frontline workers at greater risk d
Missing Persons and Unidentified Remains Act provides funding to Coastal Bend counties facing immigration issues
In 2020, there were some 35 bodies found in Brooks County alone, bringing the total to around 800 remains found over the past 10 years. Author: Michael Gibson (KIII) Updated: 6:57 PM CST February 1, 2021
TEXAS, USA Brooks, Duval and Kenedy County are soon going to get some financial relief thanks to a new law that Congressman Vicente Gonzalez helped get enacted. The law will reimburse counties for the cost associated with immigrant bodies discovered in South Texas.
The remains of immigrants have turned up around Brooks County for as long as anyone can remember. The county sits in some of the hottest and driest stretches of the Wild Horse Desert, or as some people call it, The Desert of the Dead.
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Every year, Hidalgo County Sheriff Eddie Guerra and his deputies are called out to areas along the Rio Grande to investigate the cause of death and identify migrants. It is a lengthy process, especially if the individual does not have any forms of identification, Guerra said.
The process includes identifying the person and finding their family, which comes with a hefty price across counties throughout the southern border.
Brooks County Sheriff Benny Martinez said that between 2009 and 2012, Brooks County inherited a tab of about $680,700.