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Rio Grande Valley

Back of agent looking over river

This underground railroad took slaves to freedom in Mexico

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President Donald Trump wants to stop illegal immigration at the southern border. More than 100 years ago, many Americans were trying to get into Mexico, illegally, to escape slavery.

This is the first RAPIDO house, located in Brownsville, Texas.

A custom three-bedroom house for $69,000? Welcome to the new model for disaster relief.

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Members of a Right to Light campaign in Hidalgo County, Texas, where many of the colonias along the border lack street lights.

On the Texas border, they’re fighting for the right to have street lamps

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