Trying to keep cool during a record-setting summer is a social divide for residents of low-income colonias, where running water can be in short supply.
In the Laredo region, long a Democratic stronghold, that single issue appears to be driving the decision for many voters, the majority of whom are Catholic.
A first look inside the camp where more than 1,000 migrants are being quarantined after testing positive for the virus. At least 1,000 others are also under isolation after positive Covid tests.
In South Texas, Hispanic Republicans Try to Cement the Partyâs Gains
Conservative Hispanic leaders, especially women, are ascendant in the Rio Grande Valley, where Republicans are trying to forge lasting bonds with voters who swung sharply to the right in 2020.
Adrienne Pena-Garza, the chair of the Hidalgo County Republican Party, switched parties in 2010 because she felt Democrats had veered too far to the left, particularly on issues like abortion and gun control.Credit.Verónica G. Cárdenas for The New York Times
May 2, 2021, 3:23 p.m. ET
McALLEN, Texas â The front door of the Hidalgo County Republican Partyâs office is covered with photographs of high-profile politicians in the party: Gov. Greg Abbott, Senator John Cornyn and former President Donald J. Trump. Nearly all of them are white men.