Immigration judges told to speed it up, Border agent charged, H-E-B progress: Your Wednesday morning roundup

April 11,  2018 By Nicholas Friedman and Carla Solórzano Good morning! Here is a look at the top headlines as we start the day. 🌞Weather: Sunny and warmer with a high of 80 degrees. 🔎 Prefer the online view? It's [here](. Attorney General Jeff Sessions introduces Vice President Mike Pence at the Justice Department's National Summit on Crime Reduction and Public Safety, in Bethesda, Md. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File) Immigration Immigration judges, attorneys worry that Sessions’ quotas will cut into justice in clogged court system A case takes nearly 900 days to make its way through the backlogged immigration courts of Texas. The national average is about 700 days in a system sagging with nearly 700,000 cases. A new edict from President Donald Trump's administration [orders judges of the immigration courts to speed it up](. Quotas planned for the nation’s 334 immigration judges will just make the backlog worse by increasing appeals and questions about due process, says Ashley Tabaddor, Los Angeles-based president of the National Association of Immigration Judges. Some have even called the slowdown from the backlog “de facto amnesty.” Meanwhile: Since the Democratic primary election, Colin Allred's raised $220,000 for his campaign, and [he raised over $400,000 for the first three months of the year.]( And: Object to abortion? You may be able to get an exemption from the Affordable Care Act tax penalty [for people who don't get health insurance.]( Also: Vice President Mike Pence on Tuesday endorsed Bunni Pounds [in the Republican runoff for Congressional District 5.]( Advertisement [Mike Birbiglia at the Majestic Theatre]( (File/AP) Crime Border Patrol agent charged with murder after woman, child found dead near Rio Grande A U.S. Border Patrol agent [has been arrested]( after the bodies of a woman and a 1-year-old child were found near a rural park in South Texas. The bodies of 27-year-old Grizelda Hernandez and her son Dominick Alexander Hernandez were discovered about 15 feet apart near the banks of the Rio Grande on Monday. Ronald Anthony Burgos-Aviles, 28 — the Border Patrol agent who reported finding the bodies — was arrested on two counts of capital murder, Laredo police announced Tuesday afternoon. Burgos-Aviles and Hernandez had been in a romantic relationship, police said at a news conference. Meanwhile: Border Patrol agent [David Villarreal faces charges]( of sexual assault, tampering with or fabricating physical evidence and official oppression. Also: A Fort Worth couple [have been charged with murder]( in the death of a woman whose burned body was found in a wooded area in East Texas. H-E-B renderings supplied by the supermarket chain to the City of Mansfield. (City of Mansfield/H-E-B) Retail H-E-B plans for Mansfield still alive, city officials told New retail developments in Mansfield may just be the spark to get San Antonio-based H-E-B to build a store in the southern suburb. It has owned property there for a few years. Monday night, [H-E-B representatives told the Mansfield City Council the company is still planning to open a store]( in the fast-growing Tarrant County suburb.  The City Council approved on a first reading revisions to the site plan that included moving the store's gasoline pumps and some other pad sites for restaurants.  But no timetable was given for when the store may begin construction or open, said city of Mansfield spokeswoman Belinda Willis. H-E-B owns property throughout the Dallas-Fort Worth area. So far, the company has decided to expand in D-FW with its Central Market stores. While it's purchased property from Mansfield to Frisco in recent years, more recently it's been working on a Central Market that will open this summer on W. Northwest Highway and Midway Road.  Meanwhile: Two out-of-state investors are teaming up with Irving-based apartment builder JPI [to develop a mixed-use project near the Galleria Dallas mall.]( And: American Airlines Group Inc. [tumbled 4.8 percent to $47.44]( at 1:35 p.m., the second-worst drop on the S&P 500 Index. Advertisement [Mike Birbiglia at the Majestic Theatre]( (Smiley N. Pool/The Dallas Morning News)  Photo of the Morning Dirk Nowitzki addresses the media before the Dallas Mavericks season finale against the Phoenix Suns at American Airlines Center on Tuesday. Nowitzki had ankle surgery last week. [He also announced that he'll back for a 21st season. One more year!]( Around The Site - Crime: A Frisco man jailed in February over an online gambling habit that violated a judge's order [has once again been released from federal custody while awaiting trial]( on health care fraud charges. - Arrested: A man suspected in a Fort Worth slaying [was arrested Tuesday in New Mexico, state police said.]( - Television: Two Fox anchors drew criticism after [calling a Texas senior who earned full ride scholarships to all 20 schools]( he applied to “obnoxious.” - Analysis: Massage parlors offering customers sex aren't just hidden away in the seedy parts of Texas cities. They can be found in middle-class neighborhoods [just down the street from public schools, too.]( - Sports: What happened the only time [the Cowboys picked 19th overall in the NFL draft?]( - Travel: A new tour company called Off the Grid is asking travelers to [put their cellphones away and not even use them for photos.]( - Movies: The wait is almost over. Marvel Studios announced Tuesday that the [home entertainment release ofÂ]([Black Panther]([ will be next month.]( - Comics: An unlikely team of Marvel heroes and a story about one man's revenge [lead this week's must-have comic books.]( The author drives her grandfather's 1989 Chevy pick-up. (Parker Nolan/The Red Ledger) Finally ... Pappy wasn't there to teach me how to drive, but I could feel his presence in his Chevy pickup From contributor Mary Catherine Wells: I remember that car like the back of my hand. In my earliest memory of the car I sit on those Mexican blanket seats in between Pappy and Dylan, driving up to the Sonic Drive-In to get a root beer float. I will play that memory in my head forever and never forget, for if I could go back to that day, I would. Leaning on Pappy, hearing his laugh, him joking about me getting behind the wheel one day. In September of 2014, Pappy was admitted to the hospital with what we thought was pneumonia. At the time it wasn't a big deal and we, or at least I, assumed he would be out soon. After about a month, he was transferred to Medical City in Dallas and put into the intensive care unit. This confused me because I didn't know how bad the sickness was progressing or what it had turned into. On Dec. 12, 2014, Pappy passed away. [Read more from her here.]( AdVERTISEMENT [Mike Birbiglia at the Majestic Theatre]( 👋 That's all for this morning! For up-to-the-minute news and analysis, check out [DallasNews.com](. 💖 Share the love! If you like this newsletter, please forward this email to a friend and [check out our other newsletters here](. 📧 Do you have feedback? Send your thoughts, questions, praise and corrections to [newsletter-feedback@dallasnews.com](mailto:newsletter-feedback@dallasnews.com?subject=). 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