A mandate handed down by the Trump administration designed to speed up activity within the country’s clogged immigration court system could actually have the opposite effect, the president of the National Association of Immigration Judges said Wednesday.
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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Immigration
Trump to sign proclamation sending National Guard units to U.S.-Mexico border
The Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday announced the National Guard will once again be deployed to the country’s southern border in an effort to stop illegal immigration into the country.
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Economy
Abbott urges Trump administration to protect two key NAFTA provisions
As the future of NAFTA remains in flux, Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday asked the country’s top trade representative to retain two long-standing provisions of the trade pact that have boosted the Texas economy.
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Demographics
Critics of Texas’ “sanctuary cities” law ask federal appeals court to reconsider case
Opponents of Senate Bill 4 have asked a federal appeals court to reconsider a decision that allowed most of the controversial immigration enforcement law to go into effect. The case could eventually end up before the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Demographics
How Donald Trump’s border wall fared in the $1.3 trillion spending bill he just signed
“We funded the initial down payment of $1.6 billion,” Trump said of border wall funding Friday. “We’re going to be starting work – literally – on Monday on not only some new wall … but also fixing existing walls.”
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Texas Elections 2018
Former state Rep. Norma Chávez sues over alleged election fraud in race to replace U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke
A lawsuit filed in El Paso County on Thursday alleges fraud in the Democratic primary race for Texas’ 16th Congressional District.
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Demographics
ACLU lawsuit alleges ICE field office in El Paso among those holding asylum seekers without cause
The plaintiffs in the case include a Haitian ethics teacher fleeing political persecution, a Honduran national who alleges persecution for being gay and asylum seekers from Mexico, El Salvador, Venezuela and Cuba.
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Demographics
After ruling on Texas’ “sanctuary cities” law, opponents say they’re down but not out
Attorneys and immigrants’ rights groups who fought against Senate Bill 4 say their next move isn’t exactly clear, but they insist they have a handful of options remaining.
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Politics
Federal appeals court’s ruling upholds most of Texas’ “sanctuary cities” law
As the case over Senate Bill 4 plays out, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that most of the immigration enforcement legislation can remain in effect.
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Environment
Two men in Texas immigration detention are undergoing treatment after being bitten by a bat
Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials say the detention center where the bites occurred is being inspected.
