The camp began forming last summer in Matamoros, Mexico, and now an estimated 2,000 people, many of them children, live in squalid conditions as they wait weeks or months to request U.S. asylum.
Acacia Coronado
Acacia Coronado was a 2019 reporting fellow. A graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, Acacia previously interned at the The Wall Street Journal, the Texas Standard, the Austin Chronicle and the Human Rights Clinic at the UT School of Law. At UT, she co-founded a breaking news platform for Central Texas’ Spanish-speaking community, and she reported for The Daily Texan. Acacia is fluent in Spanish and French.
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Broken Border
She fled a violent Honduran gang to seek asylum in Texas. Now she might be deported because she didn’t file paperwork in Mexico.
The Trump administration’s policy to deny asylum to migrants who didn’t seek protections elsewhere is now being enforced. Immigration attorneys warn the new rule could forever diminish U.S. asylum policy.
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Politics
Federal government awards three contracts for 65 new miles of border fencing in South Texas
The cost of the new fencing will range between $385 million and $800 million. Construction is set to begin in early 2020.
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Health care
Fearing deportation, immigrants are dropping Medicaid over misinformation about Trump’s new policy
Changes to the federal “public charge” rule are set to take effect in October, but fear and confusion are already causing immigrants to drop benefits.
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State Government
San Antonio sued for excluding Chick-fil-A from airport
The lawsuit, filed by five area residents, cites state legislation passed this year that outlaws government retaliation based on “membership in and support to religious organizations.”
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Criminal Justice
Odessa shooter failed gun background check, Gov. Greg Abbott says
Abbott’s tweet doesn’t reveal the reason the Odessa man failed the background check or how he obtained the gun used in the mass shooting. Police say the gunman and his company both called 911 shortly before the rampage.
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Criminal Justice
Death toll in Midland-Odessa mass shooting climbs to eight, including the shooter
Officials say the shooting began with a traffic stop in which the gunman shot a state trooper. Police say the gunman acted alone and was shot to death outside a crowded movie theater.
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Criminal Justice
After West Texas shooting, Texas House Rep. says “NO” to gun restrictions
Rep. Matt Schaefer, R-Tyler, has received a wave of reactions — and criticism — following his tweets reacting to Saturday’s Permian Basin shooting.
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Graphics and data reporting
Texas police can seize money and property with little transparency. So we got the data ourselves.
A Texas Tribune study analyzed 560 cases from four Texas counties to shine a light on how the controversial practice of civil asset forfeiture is used by law enforcement.
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Politics
Joaquin Castro appears likely to challenge U.S. Sen. John Cornyn
A source close to Castro said the four-term congressman will very likely soon announce a bid for U.S. Senate.