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WASHINGTON, DC — Today, Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia (TX-29) announced that Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is awarding nearly $16 million for continued Hurricane Harvey recovery efforts.
These awards were granted through FEMA's Public Assistance Grants Programs, which funds the repair, reconstruction or replacement of a public facility or infrastructure damaged or destroyed by a natural disaster.
The grantees include:
WASHINGTON, DC — Hoy, la congresista Sylvia Garcia (TX-29) anunció que el Departamento de Salud y Servicios Humanos (HHS en inglés) otorgó casi $400,000 para programas de salud comunitarios en el distrito 29 de Texas en el Congreso.
WASHINGTON, DC — Today, Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia (TX-29) announced that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded nearly $400,000 for community health programs in the Texas 29th Congressional District.
The Association for the Advancement of Mexican Americans received $300,000 from the HHS Mental Health & Substance Abuse Service Grants Program, which will support its Minorities Action Program for patients who are HIV/AIDS positive and suffer from past or current substance abuse.
HOUSTON, TX — La congresista Sylvia Garcia tuvo un foro público sobre temas de inmigración esta noche, 21 de agosto del 2019, donde informó a sus constituyentes sobre su trabajo legislativo en Washington, DC abogando por las comunidades de inmigrantes y latinas en el distrito 29 de Texas en el Congreso.
HOUSTON, TX — Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia hosted an Immigration Forum today, August 21st, 2019, where she updated constituents on her work in Washington, DC advocating for Latino and immigrant communities in the Texas 29th Congressional District.
EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14) - Members of the United States Judiciary Committee are meeting in El Paso to discuss issues regarding immigration and violence in our country linked to racism.
The meeting comes one month after the Cielo Vista Walmart shooting and the announcement that arrests at the United States border have decreased significantly in the last couple of months.
The Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship will be focusing on conditions along the border and violence targeted toward minority communities.
As reports of racist attacks spike and the nation continues to reel from the El Paso massacre that police are investigating as a hate crime as well as the latest Odessa shooting, Houston and San Antonio legislators agree there is a problem in Texas and the U.S.
The solution, however, varies depending on who you ask.
According to statistics released by the FBI late last year, hate crimes in the U.S. rose 17 percent in 2017 compared to the previous year, part of a three-year upward trend.
At Kashmere High School, Houston ISD administrators and community members touted the school's profound turnaround—earning a passing grade on the state's rating system for the first time in almost a decade.
"With the right support, we have changed the narrative," interim Superintendent Grenita Lathan told the audience Aug. 15.
On Tuesday, the House Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship will hold a field hearing in El Paso, TX on Friday, September 6th, 2019 focusing on conditions along the southern border and the violence aimed at immigrant communities.
The hearing is open to the public and will take place at UTEP's El Paso Natural Gas Conference Center at 10 a.m. MDT, doors open at 9:45 a.m. MDT.
Democrats voiced frustration over their blocked gun-control agenda after Saturday's shootings in West Texas, with one 2020 presidential candidate tweeting the situation was "f---ed up."