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When ICE agents beat and pepper-sprayed two U.S. citizens on their way to enlist in the Marines, it struck a nerve across the Rio Grande Valley.

Historian Trinidad Gonzales traces why in a new op-ed for Across The Americas. From LULAC and the American G.I. Forum to the Felix Longoria Affair and Edinburg’s Vietnam losses, military service has long been how Mexican Americans claimed their place in the country.

Now, with early voting underway and three Valley congressional races that could decide control of the House, Gonzales argues silence from South Texas Republicans on ICE arrests carries a political cost.

Please remember to participate! Let Texas hear from the Valley 🤠

From what you earn, to what rent costs. Whether you can afford basic groceries, electricity/utilities, and a doctor’s visit. This matters!

How immigration laws are written and enforced—and how those decisions affect families and workplaces. This matters!

Voting helps determine who makes those decisions, spends public money, and oversees government agencies. It shapes the future for our kids who don't yet have their say!

You don’t need to love a candidate or agree with every position. You can compare the choices and decide who best represents your priorities.

Check your county’s official early-voting schedule, review your sample ballot, and choose a time to go. Encourage the people in your life (18+) to make their own plan, too. Offer a ride or help finding reliable information if they need it.

One election won’t solve everything. But participation gives you a say in what comes next. We in the Valley (Upper, Middle, or Lower RGV) are important to Texas and the United States! We should be heard!

Cameron County Sample Ballot

How was the transition? Did you like it/not like it? And how different is Houston in terms of weather to Rgv?

Me and my classmates were talking about the old 'party' places that used to be open. We could only think of the zone and gorilla George's. Was there any more?

anyone know of a non partisan group offering rides to polling locations? texas is rampant with voter suppression and has some of the lowest voter turnout in texas. i’d seen this service in years past but haven’t seen it recently shared.

Just wanted to update y'all on the filmmaking work I'm doing here in the Valley.

I'm in the midst of post-production on El Jardin, the horror film starring and executive produced by David Barrera. In the meantime, I wanted to share the drama feature film I'm co-producing for director-producer Nate Boyer and Black List-placing screenwriter Reynaldo Leal just attached Valley-born actors: Valente Rodriguez, Dannie McCallum, and David Barrera.

If you know any RGV actors or film folks, please feel free to DM me! Really excited to continue on this film journey with y'all!

Previous posts:

https://www.reddit.com/r/RioGrandeValley/s/Z6SpKpeGj6

https://www.reddit.com/r/RioGrandeValley/s/aFKx0tXC9H

https://www.reddit.com/r/RioGrandeValley/s/LG8L9UO0nX

https://www.reddit.com/r/RioGrandeValley/s/1IpBI5TdCg

https://www.reddit.com/r/RioGrandeValley/s/jgIRyii6IR

I've been listening to many helicopters passing every few hours for several days, either at night or day, today about 3 passed by this same area with a time difference, and they sound like big helicopters, I almost didn't get to see them but the other one I saw and it was war helicopter style.

Donde puedo encontrar productos de Buc-ee´s en el Rio Grande Valley?

Does anyone know of a fun thing to do on Halloween that isn’t the Donna corn maze????😭😭 I was planing on going to this concert with my friends (21+) but it’s on the 30th not 31st. So pls if anyone knows of any events going on lmk!!🥲

Hello! I need to get recertified for my cpr! Somewhere in San Benito, Harlingen, Los Fresnos, and Brownsville! Any help!

Hopefully this post won't get removed, but what are y'all's experiences with renting here in the RGV..?

Literally every landlord we've ever had has fucked us over when it comes to repairing appliances that break. All of the contracts we've signed have clearly stated what the landlord would be responsible for and what us as tenants would be responsible for.

We always notify our landlord in a timely manner and he just gives us the same run around of them sending someone to check it out. Well, the landlord lets us know a time that maintenance will be coming and we'll be waiting the entire day here just for no one to show up. And they absolutely refuse to have someone working here while we're not home so we have to move all of our errands around for something that doesn't even end up happening!

We've gone months with appliances staying broken because we continue to believe the words that someone will eventually come to fix what needs to get fixed.

So now we've refused to pay this month's rent because why are we gonna hold up our end of the contract if the landlord won't..? You'll get your money once you take the repairs seriously. Well, we relayed that to him and he said he would be more than willing to send someone to come check on what's broken as soon as he gets the rent money.

We've dealt with a lot of this back and forth bullshit with no improvement for the ENTIRE 2 and a half years we've been living here. They claimed to have renovated just for us to find out the AC unit they had put in wasn't strong enough for the size of our apartment. Mind you, we have 2 little ones and it had been in the low to mid 80s everyday regardless of the outside weather! I even have pictures saved of the temps just in case they wanted to try me because they would send someone just to check the thermostat and if it was good, that just meant the AC was working just fine too, apparently. Not to even mention this place is literally falling apart! There's cracks all in the ceiling, we've had leaks, and don't even get me started on the outdated plumbing! Renovated, my ass!

We've already taken another rental property to court for doing the same thing to us a few years back and I'm really not wanting to go through that process again even though the judge sided with us and we won. But it seems like every landlord down here is like that. A lot seem to take advantage of the fact that we're struggling and they're betting on us not having money to deal with things legally.

I would just like to hear from other locals, what their experiences have been like and how they dealt with it moving forward. If anyone could offer advice or suggest rental properties that don't fuck over their tenants, it would be greatly appreciated. Trying to stay within the McAllen/Edinburg areas. TIA!

Hi, does anyone here can recommend a good doctor or clinic for kids? We need a new doctor for my 15 month old. We are in Mission but willing to travel somewhere else. Thanks!

Hey everyone, I wanted to come on here and see if anyone knew of any venues in the McAllen area showing the LoL World Championship between this Friday when Swiss stage starts and finals on Nov 14. Thx in advance