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DEEP FREEZE ACROSS TEXAS AND U.S.
U.S.-MEXICO BORDER
Bitter cold delivers a shock to the deep South Advocates for homeless provide blankets, warm gear
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Family members reunite through the border wall between Mexico and United States, during the "Keep our dream alive" event, in Ciudad Juarez.
Officials plan immigration debate
A S S OCIAT E D PRE SS
Advocates for the homeless fanned out Tuesday across Houston to provide blankets and other warm gear as the National Weather Service issued a hard freeze warning until Wednesday for parts of the state. Freezing temperatures across parts of Texas have prompted traffic officials to warn about possible icy roads. The National Weather Service issued a hard freeze warning until Wednesday morning for parts of Central Texas, including Austin and south to San Antonio. A freeze warning for South Texas included McAllen, Edinburg, Pharr and Weslaco. Tuesday’s deep freeze stretched from South Texas to Canada and from Montana through New England. In Texas, freezing temperatures were reported in Amarillo, Lubbock, Dallas, Austin and Houston. Organizations assisting the homeless fanned out Tuesday across Houston to provide blankets and other warm gear. Some wrecks in East Dallas were blamed on an apartment complex sprinkler that appar-
Trump’s vow to build wall is a condition for any deal By Laura Litvan and Anna Edgerton BL OOMBERG NEWS Michael Ciaglo/Houston Chronicle / AP
Michael Labingo, right, reaches for a supply kit from Star of Hope outreach case manager Kenneth DeVon, left, as DeVon passes out blankets to the homeless as temperatures hover in the 30s Tuesday in Houston.
ently malfunctioned and sent water onto a road that became an icy hazard. Bitterly cold temperatures gripped much of the nation on Tuesday, testing the mettle of even winter-wise northerners and delivering a shock to those accustomed to far milder weather in the South. The cold has been blamed for at least a dozen deaths, prompted officials to open warming centers in the Deep South and triggering pleas from government officials to check on neighbors, especially those who are elderly, sick or who live alone. Nearly four dozen sea turtles Freeze continues on A8
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Michael Labingo wraps himself in blankets Tuesday in Houston. Plunging overnight temperatures brought rare snow flurries as accidents racked up on icy roads across the state.
President Donald Trump is emphasizing his vow to build a wall at the U.S.-Mexico border and additional conditions for an immigration deal, as congressional leaders and White House officials plan a meeting Wednesday that will set terms for a coming debate on the issue. GOP lawmakers have largely avoided talking about the border wall, a central Trump campaign promise, in negotiations with Democrats on legislation to provide protection against deportation for 800,000 young undocumented immigrants while also bolstering border security and interior enforcement of immigration laws. House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, a Louisiana RepubWall continues on A8
MEXICO
Political killings spike as election year begins By Nacha Cattan B L O O MBE RG NEWS
This year’s election in Mexico is already shaping up to be one of the bloodiest in decades after one mayor and two mayoral aspirants were murdered in less than a week. Saul Galindo, a local lawmaker and mayoral candidate from the left-leaning PRD party, was assassinated in the Pacific Coast state of Jalisco on Dec. 28. Shortly afterwards, Arturo Gomez, mayor of Petatlan in Guerrero state, was
“It’s indignant that these events are happening during an electoral process,” Manuel Granados, the head of the PRD, said in a statement.
gunned down, and then a few days later Adolfo Serna, who sought to be mayor of another Guerrero town, was shot dead. “It’s indignant that these events are happening during an electoral process,” Manuel Granados, the head of the PRD, said in a statement. “We call on all three branches of
government to find a path to peace and security.” Mexico’s Biggest Election Could Turn Dirty. It’s Happened Before The murders are no isolated incidents. There were 26,573 killings in the first 11 months of last year in Mexico, the most Mexico continues on A8
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Presidential hopeful Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador reads from a book during a campaign rally in Atizapan de Zaragoza, Mexico. It is Lopez Obrador’s third bid for Mexico’s presidency and his supporters still claim he lost the last election through vote fraud, fueling the divisiveness of his current campaign.