The suit targets a new Biden administration policy that allows spouses to remain in the U.S. while they apply for legal status and possibly a path to citizenship.
Texas, other GOP-led states sue over program to give immigrant spouses of U.S. citizens legal status
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Criminal Justice
Texas DPS Director Steve McCraw retiring after 15 years as state’s top law enforcement officer
The longtime head of the Department of Public Safety will step down at the end of the year.
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2024 Texas Elections
Sheila Jackson Lee’s daughter files to finish out her mother’s term
Carter will run against two Republicans for her mother’s seat to hold for a few weeks before the winner of the general election takes over.
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2024 Texas Elections
Veronica Escobar’s role with the presidential campaign offers exciting and sometimes uneasy spotlight
The El Paso Democrat has defended the Biden and Harris campaign through its best — and worst — moments
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Investigations
A North Texas college donated land to a Christian school. State and federal laws prohibit such gifts, experts say
Two years later, the donation highlights a gap in government oversight at a time when state and local officials are increasingly blurring the lines between church and state.
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2024 Texas Elections
Progressive Democrat’s ad decrying “chaos” on the border riles up her South Texas supporters
Michelle Vallejo, who is challenging Republican U.S. Rep. Monica De La Cruz, put out a political ad decrying the “chaos” on the border.
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2024 Texas Elections
Colin Allred urges voters to back Kamala Harris at Democratic National Convention
Allred has largely run his Senate race keeping his distance from Harris. On Thursday, before a national audience, he said he is proud to support her.
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State Government
Texas’ busing of migrants hits a speed bump as fewer enter country
The bus trips to Democrat-run cities stopped after June as the number of migrants apprehended across the southwest border plummeted.
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Health care
UT San Antonio and UT Health San Antonio will merge into one institution
The UT System hopes to combine the two institutions by 2025, making it the third largest public research university in the state.
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Criminal Justice
U.S. indicts Guatemalan man over 2022 deaths of 53 migrants in San Antonio trailer
The indictment of the alleged leader of the human smuggling organization comes a day after Guatemalan authorities arrested him and six others in connection with the tragedy.
