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13 Sep 2022, 9:31 am by Irene
Among the 14 attendees at the Mayorkas meeting was Juanita Valdez-Cox, Executive Director of La Union del Pueblo Entero (LUPE), an affiliate of the influential National Council of La Raza (NCLR), which changed its name to a less divisive UnidosUS. [read post]
10 Apr 2019, 9:18 am by Gritsforbreakfast
During his campaign last year during a debate with Democrat Lupe Valdez, Governor Greg Abbott announced his support for making possession of up to two ounces of marijuana a Class C misdemeanor. [read post]
9 Nov 2018, 11:40 am by James Warner, Esq.
Governor Greg Abbott won re-election in Texas, easily defeating democratic challenger Lupe Valdez. [read post]
4 Jan 2017, 2:32 am by Michael Lowe
This summer, Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez was all in favor of the new RIGHT Program. [read post]
29 Jun 2016, 9:24 am by Michael Lowe
Sheriff Lupe Valdez’s Controversial Policy Is a Lot Like California’s New Law Valdez’s policy? [read post]
13 Nov 2015, 6:15 pm by Staff Writer
  Dallas County Sheriff No Longer Holds Non-Citizen Inmates for 48 Hours   This past September, Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez said her office would no longer honor every ICE requests to hold non-citizens for 48 hours, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, past their release dates. [read post]
4 Nov 2015, 4:12 pm by CJLF Staff
Strips State Grant Funding from Sanctuary City Sheriffs:  Following an order by Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez to scale back on honoring detainers from U.S. [read post]
12 Oct 2015, 2:59 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
 In Dallas, Sheriff Lupe Valdez will no longer honor immigration holds for low-level offenses, reported the Dallas News. [read post]
27 Jul 2013, 1:01 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
Further, "Evidence in the case shows that the county and Sheriff Lupe Valdez have deliberately decided not to train jailers to recognize medical problems even though state regulations require it." [read post]
22 Feb 2012, 2:18 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
The story opens:Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez said Tuesday that she will soon begin charging certain jail inmates for their basic medical expenses, a practice common in some other states and a few Texas counties.Valdez said Tuesday that within six months she will implement the plan to charge inmates a medical co-payment by tapping money in their commissary accounts, which they use to buy such items as toiletries and snacks. [read post]
14 Jun 2011, 7:14 am by Susan I. Nelson
Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez said the measure would add up to an extra $1.5 million in housing costs annually if each of the 26 municipalities that uses the county jail hauled in just one additional detainee. * * * Though lawmakers insist the issue is not about race or ethnicity, the inherent cultural divide the issue has sparked was apparent in moments throughout the day. [read post]
30 Nov 2010, 6:38 am by Gritsforbreakfast
 [Sheriff Lupe] Valdez said there is always initial resistance whenever an outside agency is brought in to study an organization's operations. [read post]
18 Sep 2010, 11:45 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Dallas Sheriff Lupe Valdez also recently questioned the relative physical fitness of area constables.This blog has long held that it's unwise and wasteful for constables to take on everyday policing duties normally performed by municipal police and sheriffs' deputies. [read post]
9 Sep 2010, 6:14 am by Kelley Jones King
  Juanita Valdez-Cox, executive director of La Union del Pueblo Entero (LUPE), complained that there was no representative of the community on the task force. [read post]
1 Sep 2010, 7:04 am by Elie Mystal
The blade is supposed to be picked up after it is used, said Kim Leach, spokeswoman for Sheriff Lupe Valdez. [read post]
4 Aug 2010, 7:29 am by Texas RioGrande Legal Aid
“We are disappointed that CBP feels the need to harass local residents and make their lives even more difficult than they already are,” said Juanita Valdez-Cox, executive director of LUPE. [read post]
18 Nov 2009, 11:08 pm
For example, "Sheriff Lupe Valdez said she would support a resign-to-run policy for her department," reported Krause. [read post]
1 Jan 2009, 12:03 am
UTMB, which ran the hospital, laid off thousands of employees.DNA-based exonerations continue in Dallas and elsewhere, though the Innocence Project of Texas which provided attorneys in many of these cases was hit hard in the pocketbook by Wall Street fraud.Big cities going D: Harris County judicial races flip Democratic following a similar shift in Dallas County in 2006, which solidified this year with Sheriff Lupe Valdez's re-election.The order here is decidedly arbitrary,… [read post]
5 Nov 2008, 1:08 pm
Bradford has yet to concede, though, and there are still 10,000 uncounted provisional ballots; as of the most recently reported numbers, Lykos was ahead by around 5,000 votes.Congratulations, Lupe, now fix the jailIn Dallas, Sheriff Lupe Valdez defeated her Republican challenger by a 55-45 margin with the help of higher than usual central city turnout, giving her four more years to figure out how to get the jail to pass inspection.Step One: Don't Get Indicted for… [read post]
9 Oct 2008, 10:39 am
The Dallas News' endorsement of Republican Lowell Cannady was essentially a recitation of the failures of incumbent Lupe Valdez, most of which I'd agree with on its face. [read post]