Reps. Cuellar and Gonzalez discuss U.S. border security and immigration policy

Published: Dec. 4, 2019, 8 p.m.

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MISSION, RGV - Congressmen Henry Cuellar of Laredo and Vicente Gonzalez were asked at a news conference if Mexican drug cartels should be classified as terrorist organizations.\\xa0

President Trump recently made this suggestion after a Mormon family from the U.S. was gunned down in Chihuahua, Mexico.\\xa0

The congressmen were also asked about asylum seekers living in tents in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, and the new United States-Mexico-Canada trade agreement.

The news conference was called by UT-Rio Grande Valley to discuss federal funds that the two congressmen had secured for the university. It was held at the Center for Education & Economic Development in Mission.\\xa0

The above podcast focuses on questions asked about U.S. immigration policy, security in Mexico and USMCA.

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