Reynaldo Leaños Jr.
Border and Immigration ReporterReynaldo Leanos Jr. covers immigration and the U.S.-Mexico border for Texas Public Radio.
Prior to joining Texas Public Radio, Reynaldo was a freelance journalist in the Rio Grande Valley of south Texas and in New York City. His work has appeared in Public Radio International’s The World and Global Nation, NBC News, NPR’s Latino USA, KUT’s Texas Standard and KUT.
He has an undergraduate degree from Texas State University, where he studied journalism and international studies. Leanos also has a master’s degree from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY, where he specialized in international reporting.
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Stephen Miller’s rise to the White House is the subject of a new book by investigative journalist Jean Guerrero called, Hatemonger: Stephen Miller, Donald Trump, and the White Nationalist Agenda.TPR’s Reynaldo Leaños Jr. spoke with Guerrero about Miller’s early days, how he made his way to the White House, his influence on the Department of Homeland Security and what Guerrero thinks the next four years might look like if President Trump is reelected. -
The Cameron County Commissioners Court announced this morning during a meeting that they will receive a $250, 973 grant from Arnold Schwarzenegger that will help with voter access and opening up polling stations in the area. -
Acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf answered questions Wednesday morning before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, as part of his confirmation hearing to become DHS secretary. -
Jessica and her five children haven’t seen Hilder Lainez-Alvarez — their husband and father — in several months. He’s being detained at the Port Isabel… -
Ahead of the November election, President Trump’s administration said it is racing to build 10 miles of border wall a week.Many of those projects along… -
This post has been updated. It was originally published on Monday, Aug. 17, at 4:28 p.m.A man entered a Weslaco Walmart armed with a hand gun and an… -
Hector Guajardo is a land surveyor tasked with inspecting a 3-mile long private border wall in Mission, Texas. He and others recently spotted significant,… -
Read this story in English here.La administración Trump anunció esta semana que no expulsará a niños inmigrantes y padres que se encuentran retenidos en… -
A small apartment on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande is not where a 23-year-old Honduran mother thought she’d end up after fleeing her home country.She… -
The Trump administration announced this week that it will not expel migrant children and parents who were being held at the Hampton Inn Hotel and Suites…
