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EDINBURG — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott will visit the area Tuesday to receive a briefing and provide an update on the ongoing response to the severe weather and flooding the Rio Grande Valley experienced last week.

Abbott will hold a news conference Tuesday morning at the Emergency Operations Center in Edinburg, his press office announced late Monday.

McALLEN — Melania Trump made an unannounced visit Thursday to the Rio Grande Valley, where she toured a children's detention center and got a first-hand look at some of the migrant children sent there by the U.S. government after their families entered the country illegally.

The first lady was scheduled to tour two facilities in the area, but her trip was cut short due to widespread flooding.

Congressman Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, held a press conference on Monday to discuss topics including border security, NAFTA and family separations.

A child could be separated from their parents within the zero tolerance policy, which was recently implemented to criminally prosecute those crossing the border illegally.

"When somebody comes in through the river banks, they're putting their kids in danger or themselves in danger," said Cuellar.

Small broker-dealers are hoping bills introduced in the House and Senate will ease some of the costs of required annual audits.

Under the legislation, small brokers would not have to hire an auditing firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board for their reviews.

The PCAOB was established in 2002 by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act to strengthen audits of public companies in the wake of the Enron and other accounting scandals.

Chain link fences, mattresses on the floor and families queuing to be processed -- and oftentimes separated. These are the photos of the processing detention center in McAllen, Texas, that the Customs and Border Protection agency wants you to see.

More than 1,100 immigrants -- including children -- were being held at McAllen when reporters were allowed in Sunday.

MCALLEN, Texas — They divided the young children who had been separated from their parents, placing 20 or more in a concrete-floor cage and providing foil blankets, thin mattress pads, bottled water and food.

The migrant children, some confused or expressionless, watched as uniformed officials led reporters on a brief tour Sunday of a processing center and temporary detention facility here. Some 1,100 undocumented individuals were being held, including nearly 200 unaccompanied minors, according to estimates.

Democrats expanded their campaign Sunday to spotlight the Trump administration's forced separation of migrant children from their families at the U.S. border, trying to compel a change of policy and gain political advantage five months before midterm elections.

Against a notable silence on the part of many Republicans who usually defend President Trump, Democratic lawmakers fanned out across the country, visiting a detention center outside New York City and heading to Texas to inspect facilities where children have been detained.

TORNILLO — World Cup soccer and backyard barbecues were set aside Father's Day morning for hundreds of people who chose instead to descend on this small West Texas outpost that's become famous the last 72 hours for being home to an immigration detention center for children.

Lawmakers, political candidates and members of the faith-based community joined people from across the country here to express their outrage toward the Trump administration's practice of separating immigrant children from parents who are seeking asylum.