Mayra Flores is a former Texas Congresswoman and current Senior Fellow at the Texas Public Policy Foundation. Mayra was born and raised in Burgos Tamaulipas, Mexico. She came legally to the United States at age 6 with the help of her father. Growing up, Mayra worked alongside her parents in the cotton fields in Memphis, Texas to earn extra money for school clothes and supplies. After graduating high school in San Benito, Texas, Mayra earned a bachelor’s degree from South Texas College. She is a proud U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) wife and a mother.
Media’s rush to praise Biden’s visit to the border is drastically premature At the outset of the new year, President Joe Biden deserves some acknowledgment for finally doing the bare minimum and visiting the U.S.-Mexico border. But the mainstream media’s rush to praise his visit as a sign that the president is getting serious about...
Our asylum laws were never meant to encourage millions to make a dangerous journey to the U.S. They are not a blueprint for a human trafficking pipeline America is under siege by both cartels and our own politicians. Since day one of his presidency Joe Biden has made it clear that he would rather allow cartels to...