Immigration advocates say how the government treats illegal immigrants who come forward after last week’s federal policy shift will provide a test for other reforms — including those championed by some Texas Republicans.
Julián Aguilar
Julián Aguilar reported for the Tribune from 2009 to 2021, most recently on politics and on the Texas-Mexico border. He focused on immigration reform and enforcement, voter ID, international trade, border security, and the drug trade. His political coverage has included local, legislative and congressional races in Texas, as well as local and national elections in Mexico. Before joining The Texas Tribune, he was a freelance writer for the Fort Worth Weekly, a government and crime reporter for the Laredo Morning Times, and a political writer for the Rio Grande Guardian. A native of El Paso, he has a bachelor's degree in English from the University of Texas and a master's degree in journalism from the Frank W. Mayborn Graduate Institute of Journalism at the University of North Texas.
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Economy
Mexico Invited to Join Trade Pact Talk
After being excluded from the initial dialogue over a Pacific free-trade partnership that includes the U.S., Mexico has officially been invited to join the discussion.
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Demographics
Updated: DHS to Grant Relief for Some Young Illegal Immigrants
The Obama administration announced Friday that, effective immediately, it will begin issuing work permits and grant relief from deportation to certain illegal immigrants brought to the country before they were 16 years old.
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A Sea Change for El Paso? Some Have Their Doubts
Do the primary victories of an openly gay woman and a candidate who advocates for a new discussion on marijuana laws signal that voters in El Paso are becoming more progressive?
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Report Details Big Growth Potential for Latino Voting Population in State
A report indicates that if every eligible Latino in Texas registered to vote, the state would add more than 2 million people to its voter rolls. The data comes at a time when the state is gearing up for a legal battle over its voter ID law.
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Demographics
State GOP Stands By New Immigration Position
State Republicans are defending their support for a guest-worker program, which they say is the most reasonable proposal that either party has put forward in decades.
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Texas Democrats Elect Their First Hispanic Chairman
Texas Democrats made Gilberto Hinojosa their first Hispanic chairman Saturday, closing a convention peppered with questions about the viability of the party that once dominated the state’s politics.
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Demographics
For Texas GOP, a New Position on Immigration Reform
There’s something new in the Texas Republican Party platform: a call for a national guest-worker program.
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Texas Democrats Look Hopefully to the Future
Julián and Joaquin Castro and Houston Mayor Annise Parker — at the Texas Democratic Party’s convention in Houston — have some ideas about what Democrats will have to do to be viable again.
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Outgoing Democratic Party Chairman Cites Victories
Texas Democratic Party Chairman Boyd Richie said that despite his disappointment in being unable to propel a candidate to victory in a statewide race, the party should reflect on its significant accomplishments.
