Defense Secretary Jim Mattis visited Base Camp Donna in South Texas Wednesday, weeks after President Trump dispatched thousands of active-duty forces to the border in anticipation of a Central American migrant caravan.
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Politics
Texas education board set to approve curriculum some say is historically inaccurate
After a politically charged September meeting, the State Board of Education meets this week to approve “streamlined” social studies curriculum standards. Teachers’ responses are mixed.
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Border arrests surged to highest levels of Trump presidency in October
Homeland security officials blame the growing numbers of arrests on what they decry as a flood of frivolous asylum claims by Central Americans attempting to game the U.S. immigration system.
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Immigration
Border Patrol conducts “crowd control” exercise in El Paso
As a caravan of Central American migrants continues to make its way toward the U.S., the Border Patrol held a mobile field force training exercise near the Paso Del Norte international bridge.
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Immigration
Texas’ border lawmakers say they’re in the dark on troop deployment
A day after federal officials announced that active-duty military will descend on the border to thwart the caravan of Central American asylum-seekers slowly approaching the United States, border lawmakers said they haven’t been given details about the estimated 5,200-troop deployment.
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U.S. militia groups head to border, stirred by Trump’s call to arms
The Texas Minutemen, according to its president, have 100 volunteers en route to the Rio Grande who want to help stop the migrants, with more likely on the way.
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Texas Elections 2018
Ted Cruz targets conservative Hispanics in deep-blue Rio Grande Valley
The Rio Grande Valley has long been a Democratic stronghold. But U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz is trying to tap into an often overlooked conservative base in this stretch of the border in his re-election bid against U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke.
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Department of Defense says it’s sending 5,200 troops to U.S.-Mexico border
Officials say the deployment will include three helicopter units, mobile command and medical units, military police and more.
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Immigration
Trump considering plan to ban entry of migrants at southern border, deny asylum
President Donald Trump is weighing a plan to shut the U.S. border to Central Americans and deny them the opportunity to seek asylum, asserting similar emergency powers used during the early 2017 “travel ban,” according to administration officials and people familiar with the proposal.
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Trump administration to send hundreds of troops to the U.S-Mexico border, reports say
President Donald Trump has raised alarm about a caravan of migrants heading for the border. He tweeted Thursday morning that he is “bringing out the military for this National Emergency.”
