https://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/perla-trevizo/The latest news by Perla Trevizo.enWed, 06 Nov 2024 21:45:00 -0600https://www.texastribune.org/2024/11/06/donald-trump-near-sweep-texas-border-counties/The former president captured 55% of Latino voters in the state, according to exit polls. He also won 14 out of the 18 counties within 20 miles of the border, a number that doubled his 2020 performance in the Latino-majority region.By Jasper Scherer, Zach Despart and Berenice Garcia, The Texas Tribune, and Perla Trevizo and Dan Keemahill, The Texas Tribune and ProPublicaWed, 06 Nov 2024 21:45:00 -0600https://www.texastribune.org/2024/11/06/donald-trump-near-sweep-texas-border-counties/Democratic Val Verde County Sheriff Joe Frank Martinez, right, secured a fifth term in office with bipartisan support. The county tipped strongly for Donald Trump, reflecting a broader trend of Republican gains along the border.Gabriel Garza, left, augmentee with the sheriff’s office, congratulates, Sheriff Joe Frank Martinez, right, after the final vote counts for the night were announced around 10pm at Val Verde County Courthouse on election day on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024 in Del Rio, Texas. Martinez was in the lead ahead of his opponent Rogelio “Roger” Hernandez 7,926 votes to 6,033.Salgu Wissmath for The Texas Tribune and ProPublicahttps://www.texastribune.org/2024/11/03/joe-frank-martinez-sheriff-del-rio-documentary/Del Rio Sheriff Joe Frank Martinez’s run for reelection provides a glimpse at how new patterns of immigration along the U.S.-Mexico border have coincided with, if not driven, changing attitudes among voters who live there.By Gerardo del Valle, ProPublica, and Perla Trevizo, The Texas Tribune and ProPublicaSun, 03 Nov 2024 05:05:00 -0600https://www.texastribune.org/2024/11/03/joe-frank-martinez-sheriff-del-rio-documentary/https://www.texastribune.org/2024/11/03/del-rio-texas-immigration-local-politics/Immigration is not part of Joe Frank Martinez’s job. But in Del Rio, like in other majority Latino communities across the country, the issue is high on voters’ minds and is disrupting long-standing political allegiances.By Perla Trevizo, The Texas Tribune and ProPublica, Data reporting by Dan Keemahill, The Texas Tribune and ProPublica, Photos by Gerardo del Valle, ProPublicaSun, 03 Nov 2024 05:00:00 -0600https://www.texastribune.org/2024/11/03/del-rio-texas-immigration-local-politics/The memory of nearly 20,000 primarily Haitian immigrants arriving at the border is seared into the minds of Del Rio residents. Many fear it could happen again, making immigration one of the key issues in Sheriff Joe Frank Martinez’s race for reelection and disrupting local politics.The memory of nearly 20,000 primarily Haitian immigrants arriving at the border is seared into the minds of Del Rio residents. Many fear it could happen again, making immigration one of the key issues in Sheriff Joe Frank Martinez’s race for reelection and disrupting local politics.From left: Jordan Vonderhaar for The Texas Tribune, Liz Moughon/ProPublica, Gerardo del Valle/ProPublicahttps://www.texastribune.org/2024/05/23/texas-mrg-lawsuit-texas-tribune-propublica/The court ruled that MRG Medical filed its lawsuit against the news organizations past the statute of limitations.By Perla Trevizo, The Texas Tribune and ProPublicaThu, 23 May 2024 10:30:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2024/05/23/texas-mrg-lawsuit-texas-tribune-propublica/https://www.texastribune.org/2024/05/01/us-immigration-asylum-policy-juarez-fire/A year ago, 40 men died in a detention center fire in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. An examination by The Texas Tribune and ProPublica shows that it was the foreseeable result of landmark shifts in U.S. border policies.By Perla Trevizo and Dan Keemahill, The Texas Tribune and ProPublicaWed, 01 May 2024 05:00:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2024/05/01/us-immigration-asylum-policy-juarez-fire/Bodies of those who died during the fire inside a Mexican detention facility were laid in a parking lot outside the offices of the National Migration Institute near the U.S.-Mexico border in Ciudad Juárez on March 27, 2023. The fire killed 40 immigrants and injured more than two dozen.Bodies of those who died during the fire inside a Mexican detention facility were laid in a parking lot outside the offices of the National Migration Institute near the U.S.-Mexico border in Ciudad Juárez on March 27, 2023. The fire killed 40 immigrants and injured more than two dozen.Paul Ratjehttps://www.texastribune.org/2023/04/06/portable-generators-carbon-monoxide-cpsc-safety-shutoff/Saying that manufacturers failed to make generators safer, the Consumer Product Safety Commission is moving forward with proposed regulations to bolster protections. The proposal comes after reporting by ProPublica, The Texas Tribune and NBC News.By Perla Trevizo, The Texas Tribune and ProPublica, and Suzy Khimm, NBC NewsThu, 06 Apr 2023 05:00:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2023/04/06/portable-generators-carbon-monoxide-cpsc-safety-shutoff/Photo illustration by NBC Newshttps://www.texastribune.org/2023/02/23/mass-shootings-guns-obtained-legally/Most of the state’s 19 mass shootings over the past six decades were carried out by men who legally possessed firearms, an investigation by ProPublica and The Texas Tribune found.By Jessica Priest and Perla Trevizo, The Texas Tribune and ProPublicaThu, 23 Feb 2023 12:00:00 -0600https://www.texastribune.org/2023/02/23/mass-shootings-guns-obtained-legally/Gov. Greg Abbott speaks in Uvalde three days after a man used legally purchased firearms to kill 19 children and two adults at Robb Elementary School.Gov. Greg Abbott speaks at a presser at Uvalde High School on May 27, 2022.Evan L'Roy for The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2023/02/16/mass-shootings-texas-gun-control/State lawmakers have rejected dozens of bills that would have prevented people from legally obtaining weapons used in many mass shootings. Instead, they’ve made it easier for residents to get guns and harder for local governments to regulate them.By Jessica Priest and Perla Trevizo, The Texas Tribune and ProPublicaThu, 16 Feb 2023 12:00:00 -0600https://www.texastribune.org/2023/02/16/mass-shootings-texas-gun-control/A group of men embrace during a vigil on Aug. 4, 2019, one day after a mass shooting at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas.A group of men embrace during a vigil a day after a mass shooting at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas, U.S. August 4, 2019. REUTERS/Callaghan O'Hare TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC1E05433300Callaghan O’Hare/Reutershttps://www.texastribune.org/2022/12/02/border-wall-texas-doj-arcadis-webuildthewall/The report confirms a ProPublica and Texas Tribune investigation that found the privately built fencing could collapse during major flooding. The federal government resisted making the findings public for more than a year.By Jeremy Schwartz and Perla Trevizo, The Texas Tribune and ProPublicaFri, 02 Dec 2022 05:00:00 -0600https://www.texastribune.org/2022/12/02/border-wall-texas-doj-arcadis-webuildthewall/Erosion can be seen along a privately funded border wall in Mission in June 2020.Erosion can be seen along the privately funded border wall that was built less than a year ago on June 19, 2020 in Mission, Texas. Verónica G. Cárdenas for The Texas Tribune/ProPublicaVerónica G. Cárdenas for The Texas Tribune/ProPublicahttps://www.texastribune.org/2022/11/06/texas-churches-johnson-amendment-election/Churches in Texas invited Beto O’Rourke and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick to speak to their congregations before the 2022 midterms, raising questions about the effectiveness of the Johnson Amendment.By Jeremy Schwartz, Jessica Priest and Perla Trevizo, The Texas Tribune and ProPublicaSun, 06 Nov 2022 05:00:00 -0600https://www.texastribune.org/2022/11/06/texas-churches-johnson-amendment-election/Juanjo Gasull for ProPublica/The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2022/10/25/greg-abbott-texas-governor/Abbott has consolidated power like none before him, at times circumventing the GOP-controlled Legislature and overriding local officials. A flurry of executive measures has solidified his base and raised his national profile.By Perla Trevizo, The Texas Tribune and ProPublica, and Marilyn W. Thompson, ProPublicaTue, 25 Oct 2022 05:00:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2022/10/25/greg-abbott-texas-governor/Gov. Greg Abbott after a Houston press conference in 2017.Pu Ying Huang for The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2022/10/14/abbott-migrants-washington-investigation/Gov. Greg Abbott and others have been sending thousands of migrants to Washington. D.C. District Attorney General Karl Racine is investigating whether migrants have been deceived.By Marilyn W. Thompson, ProPublica, and Perla Trevizo, The Texas Tribune and ProPublicaFri, 14 Oct 2022 11:00:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2022/10/14/abbott-migrants-washington-investigation/Two buses from Texas transporting immigrants arrive at Washington D.C.’s Union Station on April 21.Union Station, Washington, DC - Activists line up to impede journalists from photographing as two buses of migrants arrive near Union Station as part of Gov. Greg Abbott’s new plan in response to the end of Title 42, a pandemic-era emergency health order to that allowed immigration authorities at the border to deny entry to migrants in Washington, DC, on Thursday, April 21, 2022.Shuran Huang for The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2022/09/21/generators-carbon-monoxide-shutoff-switch-texas-cpsc/The generator industry has touted automatic shut-off switches as a lifesaving fix for carbon monoxide poisoning. But the voluntary standard falls short of what federal regulators say is necessary to eliminate deaths.By Perla Trevizo, The Texas Tribune and ProPublica, and Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC NewsWed, 21 Sep 2022 05:00:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2022/09/21/generators-carbon-monoxide-shutoff-switch-texas-cpsc/An automatic shut-off switch on a 6,250-watt Briggs & Stratton Storm Responder generator was not enough to prevent the carbon monoxide poisoning of a family of three.An automatic shut-off switch on a 6,250-watt Briggs & Stratton Storm Responder generator was not enough to prevent the carbon monoxide poisoning of a family of three.Briggs & Strattonhttps://www.texastribune.org/2022/07/17/uvalde-shooter-warnings-background/Identified as at-risk, he never received special education services and ultimately flunked out, according to a Texas House committee report.By Perla Trevizo, The Texas Tribune and ProPublicaSun, 17 Jul 2022 12:01:12 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2022/07/17/uvalde-shooter-warnings-background/School chairs sit outside a store on June 2, 2022, in remembrance of the victims of the Robb Elementary School shooting.Storefronts around downtown were painted in memorial of the 21 people who died in the mass shooting at Robb Elementary in Uvalde on June 2, 2022.Kaylee Greenlee Beal for The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2022/07/06/operation-lone-star-doj-investigation-abbott/Emails obtained by The Texas Tribune and ProPublica confirm that federal authorities are probing discrimination claims involving Gov. Greg Abbott’s multibillion-dollar border initiative.By Perla Trevizo, The Texas Tribune and ProPublicaWed, 06 Jul 2022 05:00:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2022/07/06/operation-lone-star-doj-investigation-abbott/Texas Department of Public Safety special agents apprehend a group of five men from Honduras who were caught on private property as part of Operation Lone Star in Kinney County near Brackettville in November 2021.Texas DPS special agents apprehend a group of five undocumented migrants from Honduras that were caught in private property as part of Operation Lone Star in Kinney County near Brackettville, Texas on Nov. 8, 2021. The owner of the property did not sign an affidavit for arrests of undocumented migrants to be taking place at their property so the group of Hondurans will be processed by Border Patrol instead. Verónica G. Cárdenas for ProPublica/The Texas TribuneVerónica G. Cárdenas for ProPublica/The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2022/06/29/texas-winter-storm-carbon-monoxide-deaths-generators/Many generators on the market have not received potentially lifesaving safety upgrades. Citing an investigation by The Texas Tribune, ProPublica and NBC News after the February 2021 winter storm, a House committee wants to know why.By Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC News, and Perla Trevizo, The Texas Tribune and ProPublicaWed, 29 Jun 2022 14:30:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2022/06/29/texas-winter-storm-carbon-monoxide-deaths-generators/Laila Milevski/ProPublicahttps://www.texastribune.org/2022/06/04/texas-private-border-wall-environmental-damage/Federal authorities have reached a deal that gives builders of the privately funded fence control over where to inspect for damage and leeway over which issues they choose to repair.By Perla Trevizo and Jeremy Schwartz, The Texas Tribune and ProPublicaSat, 04 Jun 2022 05:00:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2022/06/04/texas-private-border-wall-environmental-damage/The 2020 storm Hurricane Hanna left waist-deep cracks on the banks of the Rio Grande along parts of a private border fence, which threatened the structural integrity of the project, experts said.The 2020 storm Hurricane Hanna left waist-deep cracks on the banks of the Rio Grande along parts of a private border fence, which threatened the structural integrity of the project, experts said.James Hord for The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2022/05/02/texas-border-wall-kolfage-plea/Air Force veteran Brian Kolfage faces more than five years in prison after pleading guilty to defrauding donors to the private wall effort.By Jeremy Schwartz and Perla Trevizo, The Texas Tribune and ProPublicaMon, 02 May 2022 05:00:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2022/05/02/texas-border-wall-kolfage-plea/Brian Kolfage faces more than five years in prison after pleading guilty to federal fraud charges last month.Devon Ravine/Northwest Florida Daily News via APhttps://www.texastribune.org/2022/04/27/texas-operation-lone-star-greg-abbott-border/As reporters investigated Gov. Greg Abbott’s border initiative, they repeatedly found situations in which Abbott and Department of Public Safety officials cited accomplishments that lacked crucial context or did not match reality. Here are a few examples.By Perla Trevizo and Lomi Kriel, The Texas Tribune and ProPublica, Kengo Tsutsumi, ProPublica, and Andrew Rodriguez Calderón, The Marshall ProjectWed, 27 Apr 2022 05:00:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2022/04/27/texas-operation-lone-star-greg-abbott-border/Photo Illustration by John Whitlock for ProPublica/Texas Tribune/The Marshall Project. Source images: Jordan Vonderhaar for The Texas Tribune; Eddie Gaspar/The Texas Tribune, Jordan Vondehaar for The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2022/04/18/texas-border-security-spending/Since 2005, Texas Govs. Rick Perry and Greg Abbott have launched a multitude of widely publicized and costly border initiatives, which usually kicked off during their reelection campaigns or while they were considering bids for higher office.By Lomi Kriel and Perla Trevizo, The Texas Tribune and ProPublica, and Andrew Rodriguez Calderón, The Marshall ProjectMon, 18 Apr 2022 05:00:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2022/04/18/texas-border-security-spending/Photo illustration by John Whitlock for The Texas Tribune/ProPublica/The Marshall Project