It was the single deadliest migrant smuggling case in U.S. history, according to a Homeland Security official. Citizens of Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador were among the victims.
Dave Harmon
Dave Harmon joined the Tribune in 2017 after spending 18 years at the Austin American-Statesman as a reporter, assistant metro editor and member of the investigative team. A Kalamazoo, Michigan, native, Dave moved to Texas with his family in 1981 and went to high school in Katy. After graduating from the University of Texas at Austin with a journalism degree, he started his reporting career in the Rio Grande Valley at The (McAllen) Monitor, covering health care and the environment on both sides of the Texas-Mexico border. Dave lives in Austin, is a proud Longhorns fan and taught journalism at his alma mater as an adjunct instructor for more than a decade. He’s proficient in Spanish and travels frequently to Mexico.
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Broken Border
After reports of squalid conditions, Border Patrol gives tour of facility housing migrant children
The Border Patrol facility in Clint was under scrutiny after lawyers interviewed migrant children there and gave disturbing accounts of the conditions inside.
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In Harvey's Wake
Coastal communities hit by Harvey will get $1 billion for hazard mitigation, Abbott announces
Half of the FEMA-provided money is available immediately, the governor said at a press conference in Rockport. The rest will come on or before the one-year anniversary of Harvey’s landfall in late August.
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In Harvey's Wake
Four months after Hurricane Harvey, four major questions about recovery for 2018
Harvey’s historic floods left behind epic damage — and some urgent questions that will take months, if not years, to answer.
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In Harvey’s Wake: The Tribune’s complete coverage of Texas’ monster hurricane
Even before Hurricane Harvey made landfall on the Texas coast, Tribune reporters were there to cover the storm for our audience, and in the months since we’ve produced hundreds of stories, videos and visuals. You can find them here.
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In Harvey's Wake
How we’re covering the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, and how you can help
Hurricane Harvey’s wrath was unprecedented — and its fallout is far from over. Here’s how The Texas Tribune plans to cover the aftermath, and how you can help us.