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Some Texas lawmakers including Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick slammed the Biden administration over the auction of wall materials. But the sale was directed by Congress — and Texas has already bought some of it.
Thousands of people have been arrested under Texas’ human smuggling law. Now they face at least a decade in prison under sentencing guidelines that took effect this year.
Gov. Greg Abbott announced the new strategy, which will cost an estimated $100,000, during a press conference in Eagle Pass.
At least a third of landowners approached by state officials have refused to let wall be built on their properties. That’s forced the state to largely build on ranchland in remote areas, or erect sections that are full of gaps.
A Votebeat analysis shows how such requirements risk disenfranchising key voter groups, including Native Americans and college students.
The grants will go to private and public sector recipients in Texas for a variety of public safety priorities, including securing the southern border.
As Republican Texas leaders show support for Trump’s mass deportation plans, undocumented people — some who have lived in America for decades — are weighing their options amid mounting fears.
Groups are urging the state’s estimated 1.6 million undocumented migrants to prepare financially and make plans for their loved ones if they’re detained.
The temporary injunction issued Monday would affect roughly 90,000 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients in Texas.
A comptroller’s report found that deporting the estimated 1.4 million undocumented immigrants living in Texas in 2005 would have cost the state about $17.7 billion in gross domestic product.
The congressman said he joined other Democrats in opposition to the use of the floating barriers and razor wire at Texas’ border because of the lack of permits.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton had sued the Biden administration after Border Patrol agents had cut the razor wire.
Houston construction company CEO Stan Marek calling for solutions to immigration other than President-elect Donald Trump’s mass deportation plans.
Two events in the Rio Grande Valley on Tuesday made clear Texas officials will work with the Trump administration on immigration.
El gobernador Greg Abbott quiere saber cuánto gastan los hospitales en el cuidado de inmigrantes indocumentados. Los hospitales no deben negar atención en ningún caso.
Gov. Greg Abbott wants to know how much hospitals spend caring for undocumented immigrants. Hospitals should not deny care based on how patients respond.
With Donald Trump returning to the White House, Gov. Greg Abbott and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick have both recently signaled new openness to winding down the state’ border security operation.
Those enrolled in the federal program shielding them from deportation can enroll through Jan. 15, but a lawsuit and Trump’s anti-immigration stance threaten to eliminate eligibility.
Texas is positioned better than any state to help Trump carry out his ambitious anti-immigration agenda. But it is also vulnerable to those policy’s impacts.
A Starr County property was purchased to build border wall, while Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham said the state has many options for a sprawling ranch in West Texas.
“I’ve got blue hair, tattoos. I don’t look like your average person that is on stage with Donald Trump,” the 27-year Latino-American mother said on Saturday afternoon.
Hazel Eileen Diaz received nearly $40,000 in cash and money transfers for letting human smugglers use her rental properties.
During a tense debate with U.S. Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, Flores attacked Gonzalez for being soft on border security, then suggested requiring residents to prove citizenship in some instances was appropriate.
Gov. Greg Abbott said the primary showed Texans want vouchers. In House District 18, an ad blitz and immigration fears may have played a larger role.
Franklin Pena and Johan Martinez-Rangel have been indicted for capital murder in Harris County and each have a $10 million bond.
Attorney General Ken Paxton has investigated at least five organizations this year that do immigration-related work.
Reporters from both organizations spent a day documenting the reality on the border. Here’s a summary of what they found.
The Texas Tribune and The Associated Press visited five locations along the 1,254-mile span to separate the facts from the political narrative during a heated election year.
Details on the announcement are unclear, but a press release from the governor’s office says the efforts are a response ”to the Biden-Harris Administration’s reckless open border policies that have allowed dangerous criminals to enter our country illegally.”
Months after two Venezuelan immigrants were charged with the murder of 12-year-old Jocelyn Nungaray, one of the suspects asked for a protective order to ensure the media attention about the case won’t prevent him from having a fair trial. Wednesday morning, that order was rejected when the two men appeared in court
The new list includes many right-wing priorities, and would escalate Republicans’ wars against diversity, equity and inclusion programs and review laws to keep noncitizens off voter rolls.
The request by the Texas Senate Democratic Caucus in a letter to the Department of Justice follows a similar request by a Latino civil rights organization.
In a significant move to ensure election integrity, Texas has removed over one million people from its voter rolls, Governor Greg Abbott announced on Monday.
The AG’s office sought to depose the leader of Team Brownsville, which provides water, shelter and basic necessities to asylum-seeking migrants.
Biden announced the program in June and Republicans in 16 states filed suit. The federal judge issued an order that puts the program on hold for at least two weeks.
Paxton’s office claimed the group broke rules prohibiting political activity by nonprofits, but the judge rejected the case outright.
Due to the case gaining national and media attention, Franklin Peña’s attorneys have filed a protective order claiming “the additional extra-judicial statements to the news media are likely to produce a result of undue prejudice in the community to deprive the Defendant of a fair trial”
Attorney General Ken Paxton has targeted similar organizations that aid migrants at the border. The lawsuit appears to be the first to focus on political speech and rules that govern nonprofits.
Congressman Al Green and other leaders addressed Gov. Greg Abbott’s executive order that requires hospitals in Texas to collect information on the immigration status of patients so that the hospitals can then track costs incurred for the care of undocumented migrants.
The executive order from the Texas governor will require hospitals to track the cost of care for undocumented migrants, in order for the state to push for federal reimbursement.
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Senator Ted Cruz holds a news conference with the family of Jocelyn Nungaray, and details the "Justice for Jocelyn Act" he plans to introduce.
Texas sued to stop an executive order issued by President Biden on his Inauguration Day to stop border wall construction and divert funds that had already been allocated for the project.
After Texas deployed the barrier, a panel ordered it removed. The full appeals court says it can stay while a lower court hears a case on the merits.
County officials issued a disaster declaration Tuesday, saying the state’s mass arrests at the border have cost the county millions of dollars and overwhelmed its criminal justice system.
Wednesday’s ruling is the second time a Texas judge has ruled against the attorney general for investigating shelters helping migrants.
The governor accused the president of fighting tooth and nail to stop Texas and other Republican states from securing their borders.
Poll after poll shows Texas voters rank immigration and the border as the most pressing issues.
Migrant apprehensions in Texas decreased by nearly one-third in June, the first month of a new order by President Joe Biden that widely limited asylum claims.
The federal government has deployed National Guard to the border for years, but more than a dozen states have dug into their own budgets to send even more personnel
Texas has sent thousands of soldiers to the border as part of Gov. Greg Abbott’s multibillion-dollar initiative Operation Lone Star. No border town has felt their presence more than Eagle Pass.
On July 10th at NRG Arena, 3,360 people from 121 countries were sworn in as new U.S. citizens. It was Houston's largest-ever naturalization ceremony and took place despite the massive heatwave and power outages affecting the region after Hurricane Beryl.
The state has built about 34 miles of wall spread out across at least six counties on Texas’ 1,254-mile border with Mexico.
Houston area immigrant civil rights group FIEL gathered Tuesday afternoon to react to President Joe Biden’s announcement on immigration.
Migrants in Mexico said they’ve been shot by the rounds, which leave bruises and disperse a chemical irritant. The state says Guard members are trained not to aim directly at people.
Texas argues that Annunciation House is breaking state law by harboring undocumented immigrants, something the shelter's lawyers called "utter nonsense."
Both Democrats and Republicans have criticized the order, which limits asylum requests when illegal border crossings ramp up.
Herrera said he doesn’t expect the results to change, “but I feel I owe it to my volunteers, voters, and supporters to leave no stone unturned.”
Hours before President Joe Biden was set to roll out an executive order aiming to cap asylum requests, KPRC 2 spoke with immigration attorneys to get a legal understanding of what this could mean for an overwhelmed border during an already tense election year.
President Joe Biden’s new executive order, unveiled Tuesday, will restrict the number of asylum seekers allowed to cross the border when crossings reach a certain level.
Claudia González was 15 when she crossed the border into Texas to reunite with her mother. Now she’s back in Mexico, separated from her 15-year-old son and her husband in Houston.
Abbott has credited his Operation Lone Star for a recent drop in migrant encounters on the Texas-Mexico border.
Los residentes presentaron más de 60 quejas en contra de Colony Ridge. No obtuvieron muchas soluciones del estado.
Students whose parents do not have Social Security numbers have been blocked from completing the federal financial aid form.
Authorities said the 26-year-old turned around at a Border Patrol checkpoint and fled from police in Kinney County.
The Beaumont Republican’s foes are trying to paint him as soft on the border, even after last year’s passage of far-reaching laws and record border funding.
Texas’ plans to arrest migrants suspected of illegally entering the U.S. will remain on hold under a federal appeals court order.
As a legal battle between state and federal government wages on over Texas' controversial immigration law, Mexico is making its voice heard on SB 4.
The president’s arrival comes on the heels of a legal chess match between Texas and the federal government over controversial immigration law, SB 4.
A new law allowing local authorities to deport migrants remains tied up in court. Even if it goes back into effect, logistical challenges could complicate enforcement.
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments about whether to allow back into effect a law allowing state and local authorities to deport migrants.
Law enforcement officials might find themselves in a strange limbo due to the legal chess match regarding Senate Bill 4. Especially after a U.S. appeals court put the state’s controversial immigration law, Senate Bill 4, back on hold.
A legal chess match continues with Texas and the federal government over a controversial ruling on SB 4, which was once again back in the arena after a Federal Appeals Court put the state’s controversial immigration law back on hold.
Hours after the U.S. Supreme Court had allowed Senate Bill 4 to go into effect, a federal appeals court let an earlier injunction stand. SB 4 lets Texas police arrest people suspected of illegally crossing the Texas-Mexico border.
The ruling allows Texas to start enforcing SB 4 while a lawsuit over its constitutionality remains pending before a federal appeals court.
The South Texas Democrat said Latinos who support former President Donald Trump are voting against their self interest, but Republicans recoiled at the comparison.
When the two presidents used the Texas-Mexico boundary as a backdrop for the national immigration fight, residents felt they were left out of the conversation.
