The border city of Laredo, Texas, is getting its 1st-ever set of immigration courts and judges to help tackle an ever-rising backlog, a South Texas congressman said recently. U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, a Democrat who serves as vice-chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security, Cuellar announced the approval of the addition of eight immigration judges to Laredo, Texas, and the establishment of the 1st-ever immigration courts there.
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