This rancher doesn’t want a border wall on his land. He fears Texas will build it anyway. Anti-border wall activists are racing to find landowners along the Rio Grande before they sign contracts with the state. BY SAMANTHA AGUILAR MARCH 17, 2023   Joseph Hein drives about 20 miles from his Laredo home to the 580-acre […]

Laredo's Epic Battle Against Federal and State-Funded Border Walls: A Conversation with Tricia Cortez "It's an obscene amount of money to destroy 16 river miles," says Cortez of Texas' new border wall plan In 2019, former President Donald Trump declared a national emergency at the border, making border wall construction a top priority. Some of […]

PARA PUBLICACIÓN INMEDIATA:   21 de febrero de 2023 CONTACTO PARA LOS MEDIOS DE COMUNICACIÓN: Tricia Cortez | 956-319-4374 | tricia@rgisc.org      LOS RESIDENTES DE RÍO BRAVO RECLAMAN UN LUGAR EN LA MESA DE DEBATE SOBRE SEGURIDAD FRONTERIZA DEL GOBERNADOR ABBOTT Y EXIGEN QUE SE ESCUCHE SU VOZ La asamblea municipal de emergencia pone de […]

PARA PUBLICACIÓN INMEDIATA:  16 de febrero de 2023 CONTACTO PARA LOS MEDIOS DE COMUNICACIÓN: Tricia Cortez | 956-319-4374 | tricia@rgisc.org     LA ALCALDESA DE EL CENIZO Y LOS RESIDENTES LOCALES SE OPONEN AL MURO FRONTERIZO DEL GOBERNADOR ABBOTT EN LA ASAMBLEA MUNICIPAL DE EMERGENCIA “¡NO FIRMEN! El muro afectará el valor de sus tierras […]

PARA PUBLICACIÓN INMEDIATA:   13 de febrero de 2023 CONTACTO PARA LOS MEDIOS DE COMUNICACIÓN: Tricia Cortez | 956-319-4374 | tricia@rgisc.org     FUNCIONARIOS FRONTERIZOS & RESIDENTES LOCALES ORGANIZAN ASAMBLEAS MUNICIPALES DE EMERGENCIA, RECHAZAN EL ESFUERZO DEL GOBERNADOR ABBOTT DE REANUDAR “EL FALLIDO MURO FRONTERIZO DE TRUMP”   “Nuestro río no tiene precio” – Amanda Agüero, […]

Emergency Townhall highlights community rejection of 30-foot steel border wall, demands for different solutions to security challenges   RIO BRAVO, TX -- At an emergency townhall Monday evening, Rio Bravo residents in southern Webb County asked why they have been ignored by Austin and demanded a seat at Gov. Abbott’s table in finding real and […]

“DO NOT SIGN! The Wall will destroy your land value and divide our community.” Demand $361 million redirected for “real security solutions”     LAREDO, TX -- Dozens of El Cenizo residents in southern Webb County attended an emergency town hall event Wednesday night expressing outrage over Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s move to fast-track the […]

No Border Wall Rally Part 2 (2020) Webb and Zapata County residents rally in front of Webb County Courthouse to take a stand against Trump's border wall. "The wall is not a done deal... if we stand together WE can stop it!"- Tricia Cortez, Executive Director of the Rio Grande International Study Center Video by: […]