Berenice Garcia
@beregarcia.bsky.social
Rio Grande Valley reporter for The TexasTribune via Report for America. Formerly @ The Monitor. If the apocalypse comes, beep me.
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BREAKING NEWS: Elon Musk wanted to turn his SpaceX launch site into a city. Voters in Texas just said 'yes.'
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Elon Musk wanted to turn his SpaceX launch site into a city. Voters in Texas just said ‘yes.'
A small group of mostly SpaceX employees voted to incorporate the area around the SpaceX rocket testing and launch site near Brownsville as the City of Starbase.
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May 4, 2025 at 12:35 AM
BREAKING NEWS: Elon Musk wanted to turn his SpaceX launch site into a city. Voters in Texas just said 'yes.'
With @beregarcia.bsky.social of the @texastribune.org. www.kut.org/politics/202...
With @beregarcia.bsky.social of the @texastribune.org. www.kut.org/politics/202...
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Texas is a Trump state, but it's also an exporting state. Why even some of Trump's backers in Texas are skittish on his tariffs:
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Trump’s tariffs loom and even his supporters in Texas are nervous
Trump has vowed punishing tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China, which are Texas’ biggest international trading partners.
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January 31, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Texas is a Trump state, but it's also an exporting state. Why even some of Trump's backers in Texas are skittish on his tariffs:
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SpaceX wants to incorporate Starbase, its South Texas headquarters, into an official city. This, after Cameron County denied them a variance request that would allow them to subdivide their limited residential area into more lots last month.
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SpaceX wants to turn its Texas launch site into a city
Citing all the work the company has put into the region, employees are requesting a special election in Cameron County to incorporate a city.
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December 13, 2024 at 12:20 AM
SpaceX wants to incorporate Starbase, its South Texas headquarters, into an official city. This, after Cameron County denied them a variance request that would allow them to subdivide their limited residential area into more lots last month.
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Texas offers Trump administration more land and support for mass deportations.
Two events in the Rio Grande Valley on Tuesday made clear Texas officials will work with the Trump administration on immigration.
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Two events in the Rio Grande Valley on Tuesday made clear Texas officials will work with the Trump administration on immigration.
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Texas offers Trump administration more land and support for mass deportations
Two events in the Rio Grande Valley on Tuesday made clear Texas officials will work with the Trump administration on immigration.
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November 27, 2024 at 12:59 AM
Texas offers Trump administration more land and support for mass deportations.
Two events in the Rio Grande Valley on Tuesday made clear Texas officials will work with the Trump administration on immigration.
Reporting from @beregarcia.bsky.social
www.texastribune.org/2024/11/26/t...
Two events in the Rio Grande Valley on Tuesday made clear Texas officials will work with the Trump administration on immigration.
Reporting from @beregarcia.bsky.social
www.texastribune.org/2024/11/26/t...
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Texas officials sent a clear message Tuesday during twin events in the Rio Grande Valley that they would be a willing partner to the incoming Trump administration for its pledged immigration crackdown.
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Texas offers Trump administration more land and support for mass deportations
Two events in the Rio Grande Valley on Tuesday made clear Texas officials will work with the Trump administration on immigration.
www.texastribune.org
November 27, 2024 at 12:57 AM
Texas officials sent a clear message Tuesday during twin events in the Rio Grande Valley that they would be a willing partner to the incoming Trump administration for its pledged immigration crackdown.
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www.texastribune.org/2024/11/26/t...
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Texas is offering up more land to Trump to assist with mass deportations
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Texas offers Trump administration more land to stage mass deportations
“We have 13 million acres around the state, and if there’s something that meets the federal government’s needs, we want them to be able to utilize that,” Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham said.
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November 26, 2024 at 7:51 PM
Texas is offering up more land to Trump to assist with mass deportations
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TX Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham announced the state will offer up more land to the Trump administration for deportation facilities.
My story for The Texas Tribune via Report for America:
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Texas offers Trump administration more land to stage mass deportations
“We have 13 million acres around the state, and if there’s something that meets the federal government’s needs, we want them to be able to utilize that,” Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham said.
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November 26, 2024 at 6:15 PM
TX Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham announced the state will offer up more land to the Trump administration for deportation facilities.
My story for The Texas Tribune via Report for America:
www.texastribune.org/2024/11/26/t...
My story for The Texas Tribune via Report for America:
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We’re here in Starr County where TX Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham is about to kick off construction of more state border wall.
She’s also offered up this land to the incoming Trump administration to build detention facilities for mass deportations of undocumented immigrants.
She’s also offered up this land to the incoming Trump administration to build detention facilities for mass deportations of undocumented immigrants.
November 26, 2024 at 3:39 PM
We’re here in Starr County where TX Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham is about to kick off construction of more state border wall.
She’s also offered up this land to the incoming Trump administration to build detention facilities for mass deportations of undocumented immigrants.
She’s also offered up this land to the incoming Trump administration to build detention facilities for mass deportations of undocumented immigrants.
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November 25, 2024 at 11:10 PM
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We found out where SpaceX gets its water for its deluge system. There's a bunch of stuff a Brownsville utility does not want us to know.
SpaceX consumes millions of gallons of Brownsville water amid scarcity
As municipalities throughout the Rio Grande Valley contend with the reality that water scarcity is a long-term issue with no easy solution, many have turned to water conservation efforts that target t...
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November 22, 2024 at 11:07 PM
We found out where SpaceX gets its water for its deluge system. There's a bunch of stuff a Brownsville utility does not want us to know.
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November 22, 2024 at 2:36 PM
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Hello world.
I love Texas and I love pie and I love pie about Texas.
Proof: this pie-version of a cartogram that I made for my colleagues @texastribune.org. (Pie by me, map by my colleague Yuriko Schumacher)
See the map here: apps.texastribune.org/features/202...
I love Texas and I love pie and I love pie about Texas.
Proof: this pie-version of a cartogram that I made for my colleagues @texastribune.org. (Pie by me, map by my colleague Yuriko Schumacher)
See the map here: apps.texastribune.org/features/202...
November 21, 2024 at 10:30 PM
Hello world.
I love Texas and I love pie and I love pie about Texas.
Proof: this pie-version of a cartogram that I made for my colleagues @texastribune.org. (Pie by me, map by my colleague Yuriko Schumacher)
See the map here: apps.texastribune.org/features/202...
I love Texas and I love pie and I love pie about Texas.
Proof: this pie-version of a cartogram that I made for my colleagues @texastribune.org. (Pie by me, map by my colleague Yuriko Schumacher)
See the map here: apps.texastribune.org/features/202...
Spoke to Rio Grande Valley locals about Trump’s first visit to Texas following his historic win for @texastribune.bsky.social through Report4America
Trump’s first Texas visit after historic Rio Grande Valley win spurs mix of excitement, trepidation
The president-elect was in South Texas to witness a test flight at SpaceX, whose founder, Elon Musk, is co-leading Trump’s government efficiency commission.
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November 20, 2024 at 6:19 PM
Spoke to Rio Grande Valley locals about Trump’s first visit to Texas following his historic win for @texastribune.bsky.social through Report4America
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Last week, @texastribune.bsky.social convened officials and civic leaders to discuss the future of rural Texas, the challenges our regions face and the opportunities they offer. Grateful to our regions team for its leadership and to our speakers for giving voice to these issues.
Rural Texas officials and civic leaders discuss economic development, health care and water supply in smaller communities
The Tribune’s rural symposium highlighted the challenges the state’s far-flung regions face — and the opportunities they offer.
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November 18, 2024 at 7:45 PM
Last week, @texastribune.bsky.social convened officials and civic leaders to discuss the future of rural Texas, the challenges our regions face and the opportunities they offer. Grateful to our regions team for its leadership and to our speakers for giving voice to these issues.
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A South Texas coffee shop showcased art by migrant children living in encampments across the border. One piece depicted a child’s journey through the Darién Gap, including a body he saw on the edge of a river.
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McAllen exhibit showcases artwork created by children seeking asylum
McALLEN — A few dozen people wandered throughout Kreative Grounds Cafe Thursday, studying the displays by local artists on the walls.
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November 16, 2024 at 4:53 PM
A South Texas coffee shop showcased art by migrant children living in encampments across the border. One piece depicted a child’s journey through the Darién Gap, including a body he saw on the edge of a river.
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