The month is almost over; however, there is still plenty of time to celebrate Pride in South Texas.

In late 2021, KSAT revamped the South Texas Pride series to bring viewers more long-form content full-length Q&As. We highlighted some stories that made a difference to the local LGBTQ+ community, as well as state, national and even international communities.

The town of Del Rio was shaken up by drag performances from their very own mayor and LGBTQ+ community members who were part of the Emmy-nominated HBO show “We’re Here.”

Federal officials have halted traffic so they can process thousands of Haitian migrants seeking asylum. The closure has made it difficult for the Texas city’s binational employees and business owners to keep normal operations going.

Dozens of Mexican nationals are stranded in Del Rio after U.S. Customs and Border Protection closed the port of entry due to the surge in migrants crossing the Rio Grande into the United States.

With an estimated 12,000 migrants already crowded under the international bridge and thousands more expected, Del Rio’s mayor declared an emergency Friday and requested state assistance.

Del Rio Mayor Bruno Lozano said the tally stands at 10,503 migrants, many of them Haitian.

Laredo and Del Rio are about 180 miles apart, and so are their mayors to some degree in their reaction to Gov. Greg Abbott’s disaster declaration for border counties.

DEL RIO, Texas – Unlike the influx of Central Americans arriving through Mexico, those arriving into Del Rio now are different having done so in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic and a historic winter storm. Mayor Bruno Lozano said he sent President Joe Biden a video message last month pleading him to stop asylum seekers from arriving in Del Rio. Tiffany Burrow, operations manager for the Val Verde Humanitarian Border Coalition, called the current situation in Del Rio “unsustainable.”“Our community is facing enormous challenges and Del Rio needs support,” Burrow said in a statement to KSAT. “The immigration issue here in Del Rio is much bigger than what our local government can provide. “I want them to be set up for success in our country.”However, Lozano said that is not possible with the current immigration system.

How City of Del Rio is responding to COVID-19There are two international land border crossings in Del Rio, including the Del Rio International Bridge and the Amistad Dam International Bridge. The Amistad Dam International Bridge is temporarily closed, and the Del Rio International Bridge has been limited to essential travel because of the ongoing pandemic. AdAgustin Angeles, with the Consulate of Mexico in Del Rio, said in March, they began communicating with Del Rio and Cuidad Acuna officials about the coronavirus pandemic. “On March 13 was the first time the emergency team from the city of Del Rio reached out to us asking for a meeting with health authorities in (Cuidad) Acuna,” Angeles said. Currently, there are 14 confirmed coronavirus cases in Ciudad Acuna and 13 confirmed cases in Val Verde County.

DEL RIO, Texas – The coronavirus pandemic has impacted cities across the nation, including the city of Del Rio, located along the U.S.- Mexico border. “People were like, ‘It’s not going to happen in Del Rio. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, more than 49,000 people live in Val Verde and contrary to what some Del Rio residents believed, the virus has made an impact. “We host a weekly local emergency planning committee community COVID-19 preparedness meeting, and we have over 100 participants on that,” said John Sheedy, emergency management coordinator for city of Del Rio. The National Guard also set up a pop-up testing site on April 23rd at the Del Rio Civic Center.