WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Rep. Ruben Gallego, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: PHOENIX Rep. Ruben Gallego (AZ-03) has become the first Democrat to back the Anti-Border Corruption Improvement Act. The legislation would remove the polygraph requirement for Customs and Border Protection (CBP) applicants who have prior law enforcement experience or military security clearances. "When I meet with CBP and border community leaders, one of the first things they mention to me is the shortage o  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 7 -- The University of Illinois Chicago campus issued the following news release: The University of Illinois Chicago-led initiative Crossing Latinidades will continue for another three years, thanks to a $5 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The research initiative supports Latino humanities faculty and doctoral students, and the extension to 2027 will focus on third- and fourth-year doctoral students as they develop their dissertation proposals on Lati  more