Government agencies are grappling to respond to the number of immigrants coming into the country. Many tax-funded shelters housing immigrants are overcrowded, and there are reports some have substandard living conditions. We’ve compiled a list of organizations that are mobilizing to help.
2018
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Politics
The Texas Tribune’s most-read stories of 2018
No surprise: Our audience was drawn to our reporting on the U.S. Senate race between Ted Cruz and Beto O’Rourke. And our most-read story of 2018 let readers know how they could help migrant children at the border.
Posted inHealth care
In Poland, midwives play a significant role in childbirth. In Texas? Not so much.
Poland and Texas have comparable populations and conservative governments. But they differ significantly in how health care is delivered for women. Revisit our July report about the role midwives play in the childbirth process in the two places.
Posted inCriminal Justice, State Government
How law enforcement can seize Texans’ cash and property — without filing criminal charges
Police use asset forfeiture to seize cash, cars and other property that they suspect is part of criminal activity. As our December story explains, they don’t have to get a conviction, but property owners have to prove they’re not a criminal.
Posted inCriminal Justice, State Government
This Texas program sinks thousands of citizens into debt to pay for trauma centers
“I hate the program,” said one lawmaker; another said it’s created a “permanent underclass.” So why is the much-maligned Driver Responsibility Program still around? As our August story points out, lawmakers haven’t yet figured out another funding source for the trauma centers that the DPR helps support.
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Blowout: Inside America's energy gamble
How a new oil boom is transforming West Texas and altering climate change math
Our series on the global implications of a new golden age for Permian Basin oil began with a very local story: How towns large and small are trying to deal with an explosion in drilling activity, population, traffic and other effects of the new boom.
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Guides
Can the Texas Legislature override local ordinances?
It can and it has. Last year, Texas lawmakers voted to override several local ordinances with new statewide measures — including relaxing regulations for ride-hailing services like Uber and Lyft.
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Immigration
As ICE releases hundreds of migrants en masse in El Paso, local shelter eyes more beds
Immigration shelters in the El Paso area are trying to expand capacity as the federal government released hundreds of migrants this week with no place to go and without warning.
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Criminal Justice
In fiery filing, Ken Paxton prosecutors ask Texas court to undo “patently absurd result” in pay case
The state’s highest criminal court must reconsider a November decision to ensure its proceedings “appear fair to all who observe them,” prosecutors argued.
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Blowout: Inside America's energy gamble
U.S. fossil fuel exports spur Asian building boom, climate worries
As American natural gas production soars, South Korea rushes to build tankers to move that energy to Asia’s top economies.