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Immigration
Trump tightens asylum rules, will make immigrants pay fees to seek humanitarian refuge
The order bans work visas for anyone crossing the border illegally and comes as the president focuses on illegal immigration ahead of his 2020 reelection campaign.
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Public Education
An exchange student from Pakistan struck up an unlikely friendship. Then another student opened fire at Santa Fe High School.
Sabika Sheikh was a Muslim exchange student with dreams of changing the world, and she bonded with an evangelical Christian girl from small-town Texas. The two became inseparable — until May 18, 2018.
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The race for Dallas mayor: 9 hopefuls, but no frontrunner, headed for May 4 election
Meet the nine candidates running to replace Mayor Mike Rawlings.
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Environment
West unveils memorial six years after fertilizer plant explosion killed 15
The memorial is about 100 yards away from where the fertilizer plant once stood and has a reflecting pool surrounded by 15 plaques — one for each person who died.
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Politics
Trump says he has no plans to revive policy of separating migrant families
“We’re not looking to do that, now,” the president said. He also blamed Barack Obama for the chain-link pens where migrants were held last year.
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Immigration
El Paso medical examiner: Guatemalan girl taken into custody after crossing the U.S. border died from bacterial infection
Jakelin Caal Maquin had a “rapidly progressive infection” that led to liver failure after she and her father were apprehended crossing into the United States illegally. An autopsy report did not resolve disputes over whether she was taken to the hospital quickly enough.
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Families Divided
Despite migrant surge, federal officials weigh plan to phase out family detention at South Texas facility
The residential center in Karnes City holds more than 500 adults and children, but federal officials are considering releasing them with notices to appear in court and using the facility to house single adults instead.
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Congress
Democrats grill Trump officials over family separations and threaten wider legal probe
Federal officials said they didn’t try to halt the implementation of the “zero tolerance” policy despite warnings that separated kids would be traumatized. Testimony came as the policy took center stage at separate Washington hearings.
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Immigration
Trump says he could declare national emergency to build border wall
Asked Friday if he would declare a national emergency to get the wall built, Trump responded: “We can do it. I haven’t done it. I may do it. I may do it.”
