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Trump administration says it has plan to reunite more than 2,000 migrant children still in federal custody

by Nick Miroff, The Washington Post

A lack of coordination between government agencies has led to weeks of confusion and swelling numbers of children at risk of being stranded in American foster care, thousands of miles from their parents.

No "zero tolerance" for migrant families released in McAllen

by Alexa Ura

As confusion swirls about the president's executive order to end family separations, undocumented immigrants with children continue to be apprehended in the Rio Grande Valley. But instead of being detained, some are being released from federal custody with ankle monitors.

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Betomania, the border and Trump-bashing: Five big takeaways from the Texas Democratic convention

by Patrick Svitek June 23, 2018

Texas Democrats held their biennial convention this weekend in Fort Worth, putting on a largely united front and focusing intensely on the family separation crisis at the border, among other highlights from the three-day gathering.

Legalizing marijuana, limiting access to assault-style weapons part of Texas Democrats' platform

by Alex Samuels June 23, 2018

Party delegates in Fort Worth also decided to back required paid sick leave for working Texans and oppose building a wall on the Texas-Mexico border. Many platform ideals contradict those of Republicans, who hold every statewide office and control both chambers of the state legislature.

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Congressmen Beto O'Rourke, Joaquin Castro visit tent camp for immigrant children near El Paso

by Julián Aguilar Updated: June 23, 2018

Joined by a senator from New Mexico, the two Texas congressmen got a short tour of the detention camp and said nearly 300 minors are there, including some whose parents have been deported to their home countries.

Arguments, confusion, second-guessing: Inside Trump's reversal on separating migrant families

by Devlin Barrett, Josh Dawsey and Nick Miroff, The Washington Post June 23, 2018

Under increasing public pressure, the president issued an executive order aimed at ending family separations at the border. But the federal agencies tasked with carrying out that order had different interpretations of what it really said.

Everything we know about Texas-regulated facilities holding migrant children: violations, numbers and more

by Edgar Walters, Ryan Murphy and Darla Cameron Updated: June 22, 2018

Many of the thousands of children separated from their parents at the southern border under a Trump administration “zero-tolerance” policy will end up in a Texas facility with a long history health and safety deficiencies.

Family separation crisis takes center stage at Texas Democratic convention

by Patrick Svitek and Alex Samuels June 22, 2018

The family separations crisis quickly emerged as the top issue at the state Democratic biennial convention, fueling anger and enthusiasm as the minority party charges into a general election season determined to push back against Trump and his GOP allies in Texas.

Legal aid group trying to help immigrant children detained in Tornillo find their families

by Julián Aguilar June 22, 2018

At the week-old immigration detention center for minors at the Tornillo port of entry near El Paso, a legal aid group is trying to reconnect parents and children because the government's system for doing so "is a bit of a nightmarish process."

"Not knowing anything about my daughter is torture.” Immigrant parents describe being without their children.

by Jolie McCullough June 22, 2018

Three Central American immigrant detainees have sued the government to be reunited with their children. On Friday, they sent handwritten notes to the court pleading for information about them.

Sens. Ted Cruz and John Cornyn tour shelters housing immigrant children separated from families

by Neena Satija, The Texas Tribune and Reveal June 22, 2018

The state's Republican senators reaffirmed their commitment to keeping kids with their parents after they cross the border — so long as future immigration policy better deters people from entering the country illegally.

Here’s a list of organizations that are mobilizing to help immigrant children separated from their families

by Alex Samuels Updated: June 22, 2018

Thousands of immigrant children have been separated from their parents at the Texas-Mexico border. We’ve compiled a list of organizations that are mobilizing to help.

With charges dropped against some parents who crossed the border with families, is “zero tolerance” still in effect?

by Emma Platoff and Alexa Ura Updated: June 22, 2018

The Trump administration says there is still "zero tolerance" for anyone who crosses the border illegally. But the top federal prosecutor in one of Texas' busiest border districts has dropped charges against immigrants who arrived with their families.

Texas Supreme Court rules Xerox responsible for fraudulent Medicaid dental payments

by Marissa Evans June 22, 2018

The decision comes years after the state found that Texas Medicaid and Healthcare Partnership, a subsidiary of Xerox, allowed workers with limited expertise to approve dental claims for the state's Medicaid program.

Texas Supreme Court strikes down Laredo's plastic bag ban, likely ending others

by Emma Platoff Updated: June 22, 2018

The state's highest civil court has ruled that Laredo's ban on plastic bags violates state law.

Read all our coverage of the crisis at the border

by The Texas Tribune June 22, 2018

A Trump administration "zero tolerance" policy regarding illegal border crossings has left more than 2,000 children separated from their parents and sowed confusion in federal immigration courts. Read all of our coverage from Austin, Washington and along Texas' 1,200-mile border with Mexico.

Special education advocates worry Texas governor's school safety plan will accelerate school-to-prison pipeline

by Aliyya Swaby June 22, 2018

As a recent spate of school shootings has provoked nationwide panic, some advocates and parents are worried school and state officials' response to the May massacre at Santa Fe High School could harm some students more than it protects them.

Japanese-Americans imprisoned at Texas internment camp in 1940s watch border crisis unfold with heavy hearts

by Alexa Ura June 22, 2018

For Japanese-Americans who were held at a South Texas internment camp, the trauma inflicted on migrant children who have been separated from their parents is all too familiar.

Faced with failure, state to propose new plan to protect West Texas lizard

by Kiah Collier June 22, 2018

The state comptroller's office went back to the drawing board after the failure of a 6-year-old plan to protect the dunes sagebrush lizard that relied on voluntary participation by the oil and gas industry.

In years-long fight over proposed South Texas landfill, flood risks now take center stage

by Natalia Alamdari June 22, 2018

Webb County officials say they want to rely on the latest science to ensure the site is safe from floods. The company behind the proposed landfill thinks opponents are playing politics to delay construction.

Trump wants to prosecute all illegal border crossings without splitting up families. That will be a challenge.

by Jolie McCullough and Emma Platoff June 21, 2018

A lack of space and a legal settlement stand in his administration's way.