White Rock Lake spillway problems, Border Patrol chief says detained Dallas man never claimed citizenship : Your Friday morning roundup

 [Morning roundup]( 07/26/2019 By Narda Pérez and [Carla Solórzano]( Good morning! Here is a look at the top headlines as we start the day. 🌤️ Weather: Mostly sunny and warmer. High of 91. 🔎 Prefer the online view? It's [her]( Officials surveyed the spillway at White Rock Lake on Thursday in Dallas. (Ryan Michalesko/Staff Photographer) DALLAS [Missing beams along Dallas' White Rock Lake spillway caused 'dramatic' drop in lake levels]( For two days White Rock Lake-goers have complained about a dramatic drop in water levels. And for two days, Dallas Water Utilities officials believed the lake was down simply because of the lack of rain in recent weeks. But Thursday evening, DWU's assistant director Randy Payton discovered the lake indeed had [an issue along the spillway that has caused water levels to drop between 4 to 6 inches]( — a "significant" amount, Payton said. Payton said the spillway is missing "at least one, maybe two" of the stoplogs — timber beams, essentially — that are used to regulate lake levels. As a result, water was flowing over the spillway and into White Rock Creek, he said. Crews were making temporary repairs Thursday evening. But DWU was already planning major repairs at the spillway and dam, which is seeping in spots along the base. In fact, according to a timeline DWU director Terry Lowery recently provided to The Dallas Morning News, that project is supposed to be awarded sometime this winter, with construction scheduled to begin shortly after.  Crane collapse: An Occupational Safety and Health Administration spokesman said the owners of the Elan City Lights apartments[can remove the crane]( whenever they are able to safely do so.  IMMIGRATION [A Border Patrol chief testifies that Francisco Galicia never claimed U.S. citizenship, but document says otherwise]( A U.S. Border Patrol chief on Thursday testified before the House Judiciary Committee that 18-year-old Francisco Erwin Galicia never claimed to be a U.S. citizen when he was in Border Patrol custody for 23 days. But that [contradicts a notice to appear in immigration court served to Galicia]( in which the Department of Homeland Security accused him of falsely claiming to be a U.S. citizen while in custody. Galicia is a Dallas-born U.S. citizen who lives in Edinburg in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley. He also says he has dual citizenship in Mexico. The story of his 26 days in detention after being picked up by the Border Patrol in Falfurrias garnered widespread national attention after The Dallas Morning News first reported it on Monday. Also: An emergency facility for unaccompanied migrant children in southwest Texas [will be empty less than a month after its rushed opening to deal with an influx of migrants]( at the southern border. ADVERTISEMENT CRIME & COURTS [Sherin Mathews' father transferred into state custody to begin life sentence for her death]( A Richardson father has been [transferred to state prison to begin his life sentence]( in connection with the death of his 3-year-old adopted daughter. Wesley Mathews, 39, was taken from the Dallas County Jail on Thursday to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice in Huntsville so he can be assigned to a prison unit, according to the Dallas County Sheriff's Department. A Dallas County jury sentenced him last month for the 2017 death of Sherin Mathews, whose body was found in a culvert weeks after he falsely reported her missing. Wesley Mathews avoided a capital murder trial in June by pleading guilty to injury to a child by omission in Sherin's death. He told jurors she choked on milk in the family's garage, and he dumped her body in the culvert near the family's home. Mathews' attorneys have requested a new trial for their client. In a motion filed last week, they argued prosecutors showed graphic photos to the jury that were prejudicial and prevented Mathews from receiving a fair trial.  Also: An Arlington man [has been sentenced to 60 years in prison]( for the rape and kidnapping of a University of Texas at Arlington student last year.   And: Dallas police[have released a suspect sketch and video]( from an east Oak Cliff shooting that left a 22-year-old woman dead earlier this month.  BUSINESS [Mass layoff' hits Huawei's Plano-based research arm Futurewei amid trade crackdown]( Futurewei, the research arm of Huawei, laid off dozens of workers at its Plano facility this week amidst the Trump administration's crackdown on the Chinese telecom giant. The[layoffs at Futurewei's headquarters in Plano were described as part of a "mass layoff."]( The job eliminations at the Plano headquarters will include 38 workers and will begin Sept. 23, according to a notice provided to the Texas Workforce Commission. "Decisions like this are never easy to make," the company said in a statement issued Thursday. "Eligible employees will be offered severance packages, including both pay and benefits." Overall, the layoffs represent more than two-thirds of the research subsidiary's U.S. workforce, amounting to the elimination of more than 600 jobs, Reuters first reported Monday.  Also: Comerica Inc. executive Julia C. Wellborn is [leaving Dallas for Wells Fargo & Co.’s]( private wealth management division.   And: Even with a significant drop in residential building this year, Dallas-Fort Worth is still the [second-most active construction market]( in the country.  ADVERTISEMENT EDITORS' PICKS - Curious Texas: Is Texas the [only state with kolaches]( or do other states also have them? - Watchdog: This is how you can use Texas’ new ‘Super-Duper Anti-Spoofing Law' to [stop phone scammers from calling you.]( - Commentary: A [final walk through Plano’s Collin Creek Mall]( with a mom, her daughter and the ghosts of our younger selves. - Scared, Potter? Tom Felton, known for his role as Draco Malfoy, [will be a special guest at LeakyCon in Dallas](. (Ashley Landis/Staff Photographer) FINALLY [Here’s how much cooler Dallas-Fort Worth has been this July — and why]( Dallas-Fort Worth has been lucky this month. North Texas is typically sweltering by July,[but high temperatures have been below normal.]( The average high temperature this month in Dallas-Fort Worth through Wednesday has been 94 degrees, according to the National Weather Service — 1.6 degrees below average. Last July, the average high was a whopping 100 degrees. On Thursday morning, the temperature at DFW International Airport dipped to 67 degrees — just two degrees from breaking a record low for the day set in 1915. So what’s to blame — or thank — for the milder weather?  👋 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 [newsletters@dallasnews.com](mailto:newsletter-feedback@dallasnews.com?subject=). 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