A crisis, but not for the Rio Grande Valley

McALLEN, Texas — It might be a “humanitarian crisis” for the country, as President Obama has labeled it. But “crisis” and “emergency” are two words that local officials and businesses in the Rio Grande Valley don’t want to apply to the arrival of large number of migrant families and unaccompanied children crossing the U.S.-Mexico border here in recent weeks.

The situation, which has captured national attention, is “pretty standard, business as usual” for Hidalgo County, said Jaime Longoria, an administrator in the office of the county judge.