Pablo De La Rosa
ReporterPablo De La Rosa is a freelance journalist reporting statewide with Texas Public Radio and nationally with NPR from the Texas-Mexico border in the Rio Grande Valley, from where he originates.
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He led the recently formed Global Migration Caucus to introduce a legislative roadmap that proposes solutions to the root causes of forced migration from Latin America and the Caribbean to the U.S. -
The Biden administration’s new limits on asylum introduced in June, combined with a coordinated crackdown with Mexico, led to a significant reduction in the number of migrants arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border. -
The iconic Mexican heritage craft of “cuera tamaulipeca” is featured as part of the boxing championship belt to be awarded after Saturday’s boxing match between Saúl 'Canelo' Álvarez and Edgar Berlanga in Las Vegas. -
The tiger that escaped from Mexican zoo “Quinta La Fauna” in the border city of Reynosa last week, was found and safely captured early Tuesday morning. -
A federal judge in McAllen on Wednesday denied a motion to dismiss a lawsuit against Starr County officials brought by Lizelle Gonzalez, a South Texas woman who was unlawfully charged with murder after a self-induced abortion. -
SpaceX is currently seeking approval from the FAA to begin launching 25 times per year from the Rio Grande Valley and land its Super Heavy booster right on the beach launch tower, rather than into the Gulf of Mexico. -
A bipartisan group of U.S. legislators recently signed on to a letter urging “designated funds” be withheld from Mexico if it does not comply with a long-standing treaty that says it must periodically release water from the Conchos River in Coahuila into the Rio Grande watershed. -
Irada Akhoundova entered a guilty plea to a charge of failing to register as a foreign agent for the country of Azerbaijan. Henry and Imelda Cuellar have pleaded not guilty on all charges. -
Ariel Ruiz Soto, senior policy analyst at Migration Policy Institute, said they 'could have consequences that actually raise the pressures and boiling points that raise issues for migrants and for local communities.' -
The declarations are the next step in an effort to conserve water locally, ask the state for resources and assistance, and work with the U.S. government to influence Mexico to deliver water owed to the region under an international treaty.
