The administration said an immigration judge must sign off first and the payment would be sent only after immigrants are back in their home countries.
Trump administration to offer undocumented minors $2,500 to voluntarily return home
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Politics
Texas attorney general tells 4 cities to drop tax hikes amid investigations into incomplete audits
Most of the cities — Odessa, La Marque, Tom Bean and Whitesboro — said they are following the law and Ken Paxton’s office is jumping the gun on enforcing new state rules.
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Robert Roberson
Renewed focus on Roberson case is latest in deluge of political pressure aimed at Texas judiciary
The latest calls to stave off the politically charged execution come after a summer where GOP leaders asked the state courts to kick Democrats out of office and throw Beto O’Rourke in jail.
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Criminal Justice
Texas megachurch founder Robert Morris pleads guilty to child sex abuse
The ex-pastor of Gateway Church in Southlake will serve the first six months of his 10-year suspended sentence in a county jail in Oklahoma, where the abuse took place.
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The Texas Tribune-ProPublica Investigative Unit
New Uvalde records reveal how school district changed course on supporting police chief
The details were revealed in more than 25,000 pages of records released after a yearslong legal fight by news outlets including ProPublica and The Texas Tribune.
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Higher Education
UT-Austin considering offer to adopt Trump priorities for funding advantages
The funding deal would reportedly ask the university to adopt a stricter definition of gender and a tuition freeze, among other conditions.
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Higher Education
Roughly 350 complaints filed against Texas teachers for alleged comments on killing of Charlie Kirk
Several school districts have already taken disciplinary action against staff for comments made about the Christian conservative activist’s death.
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Immigration
Trump administration could process new DACA applications after Texas’ lawsuit paused enrollment
If a judge accepts the plan, the Trump administration will reopen new applications for DACA for the first time in four years — but Texas applicants would no longer receive work permits.
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Running Out: Texas’ Water Crisis
Economic boom or environmental disaster? Rural Texas grapples with pros, cons of data centers
Local leaders see data centers, which help power the world’s shift to artificial intelligence, as a way to keep their towns open. Residents worry their way of life — and water — is at stake.
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Immigration
ICE complies with judge’s order and quickly releases El Paso DACA recipient
The El Paso federal judge said the Trump administration is violating the constitutional rights of Catalina “Xochitl” Santiago, a DACA recipient who has lived in the U.S. for two decades.
