The group, We Build The Wall, said it has cleared a mile and a half of land next to the Rio Grande and plans to begin installing the wall within 48 hours, with a goal of completing it by Jan. 15.
Teo Armus
Teo Armus was a reporting fellow in 2018. A graduate of Columbia University, he previously reported on the D.C. metro area at The Washington Post and on Latino and LGBTQ issues at NBCNews.com. Teo is a native New Yorker and Argentine American who enjoys biking, empanadas and Pixar movies.
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State Government
Audit questions how DPS verifies eligibility when issuing Texas driver’s licenses
The audit says the Texas Department of Public Safety lacks the controls to ensure necessary documents are collected and retained.
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The Taking
In the Rio Grande Valley, plans for a border wall ignite fight between church and state
The Catholic Diocese of Brownsville is resisting the government’s efforts to take over the historic chapel that gave Mission its name. And a man known as the “cowboy priest” finds himself at the center of a national debate with local implications.
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Politics
Texas secession was a key theme in Russian disinformation campaign during 2016 elections, report says
The Russian-based Internet Research Agency used two social media accounts in particular โย “Heart of Texas” on Facebook and @rebeltexas on Instagram โย to spread falsehoods and exert divisions during the 2016 elections, according to a new report.
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Families Divided
A court ruling may allow migrant families to be held indefinitely. These families know what that could be like.
Migrant children are not supposed to be detained for more than 20 days in unlicensed facilities. Texas may be able to license two family detention centers, in Dilley and Karnes County, after an appeals court ruling last week.
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Politics
“Some people play golf. Iโm in the Legislature.โ Rep. Tom Craddickโs tenure in the Texas House will soon reach 50 years.
Craddick, who is best known for his iron-fisted grip on the gavel during his six years as speaker of the Texas House, has not lost any interest in serving in the Capitol.
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Politics
Texas AG says board led by Gov. Greg Abbott can remove Confederate plaque in the Capitol
State Rep. Eric Johnson, D-Dallas, renewed his call to take down the plaque, noting that the preservation board had never approved his request to do so.
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Texas Elections 2018
Trailing GOP U.S. Rep. Will Hurd by 689 votes, Gina Ortiz Jones campaign says Texas race “is not over”
Ortiz Jones has not called for a recount, but says she wants to see all provisional, absentee and military votes counted.
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Immigration
Texas’ border lawmakers say they’re in the dark on troop deployment
A day after federal officials announced that active-duty military will descend on the border to thwart the caravan of Central American asylum-seekers slowly approaching the United States, border lawmakers said they haven’t been given details about the estimated 5,200-troop deployment.
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Texas Elections 2018
Ted Cruz targets conservative Hispanics in deep-blue Rio Grande Valley
The Rio Grande Valley has long been a Democratic stronghold. But U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz is trying to tap into an often overlooked conservative base in this stretch of the border in his re-election bid against U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke.