The Trump administration’s now-paused “zero tolerance” policy has placed a significant strain on Texas’ shelters for unaccompanied children, creating an influx of more than 1,600 children that has pushed the facilities close to capacity, state data shows.
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Darla Cameron is the chief product officer at The Texas Tribune. She guides product development and management, engineering and design, working closely across the organization to deliver the Tribune’s journalism in fresh and innovative ways that build trust with more Texans. Before May 2024, Darla was the managing editor for visual journalism, overseeing the work of the photo, multimedia and data visuals teams. Previously, she was the data visuals editor, leading a team of developers at the intersection of graphics and news applications. Before moving to Texas, Darla worked at The Washington Post and the Tampa Bay Times. She is a Colorado native with a degree in journalism from the University of Missouri. She also serves on the board of Investigative Reporters and Editors.
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Families Divided
Everything we know about Texas-regulated facilities holding migrant children: violations, numbers and more
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.
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Families Divided
What happens when immigrant families cross the border outside a port of entry
How exactly are families being separated at the border? Here’s where parents and children go after they’re apprehended.
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Graphics and data reporting
We visualized how underrepresented Texas women are in government. This year, it could change — but not by much.
This year’s surge in women candidates could result in a record high percentage of female representation in Texas’ congressional delegation and the state legislature. But regardless of the outcome in November, Texas women will still fall short of equal representation in their government.
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Texas Elections 2018
We asked 22 Texas Democrats running for Congress whether they’d vote to impeach Trump. Here’s what they said.
It’s clear that many Democrats running for office in Texas oppose President Donald Trump. But when asked about a hypothetical impeachment, many Democratic candidates weren’t so fast to say “yes” to oust a sitting president.
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Politics
Immigrants in Texas are among the least likely to have a lawyer, most likely to get deported
Less than 30 percent of immigrants facing deportation proceedings in Texas have lawyers, according to the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse at Syracuse University.
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Immigration
Donald Trump is deploying troops to the border. But border crossings are lower than they have been.
As the Trump administration prepares to deploy National Guard units to the border, a look at the federal government’s own statistics show that, despite a recent spike, overall border crossings are at historic lows.