Texas voters have a strong preference for politicians from their own parties, but overall, the president is as popular here as the governor or either of the state’s U.S. senators.
Joe Biden
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Criminal Justice
Freshman GOP Texas congressman made a personal pitch to Joe Biden: Let me help with criminal justice reform
U.S. Rep. Troy Nehls, the former sheriff of Fort Bend County, made the request after Biden’s joint address Wednesday night. Biden’s answer: “I’ll reach out to you.”
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Immigration
Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez, a vocal critic of Trump’s immigration policies, tapped by Biden to lead ICE
The president on Tuesday also said he’ll nominate former Texas congressional candidate Gina Ortiz Jones to serve as under secretary of the Air Force.
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Texas Legislature 2021
Texas Republicans are vowing to defy any new federal gun rules. Experts say it’s largely a symbolic gesture.
The push to steel Texas against new federal rules comes as gun violence nationwide — including a recent shooting in Bryan — has sparked Democrats to call for an assault weapons ban and stronger background checks, among other changes.
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Health care
Feds rescind health care funding agreement that would have paid for care for uninsured, poor Texans after 2022
The Washington Post, citing two federal health officials, said the decision was a bid to push Texas toward expanding Medicaid.
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Politics
Texas sues Biden administration in effort to reinstate Trump-era “remain in Mexico” immigration policy
The policy required asylum seekers who passed through Mexico on their way to the U.S. to stay in Mexico while their claims were processed. Many were forced to live in sometimes dangerous and unsanitary migrant camps.
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Politics
Advocates back Gov. Greg Abbott’s call for greater oversight at migrant shelters. But they question his timing and motivations.
Abbott largely remained silent despite reports of widespread abuse in migrant shelters during former President Donald Trump’s administration.
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Politics
Texas investigating allegations that unaccompanied migrant children are being abused, sexually assaulted in San Antonio
The governor did not know the identities of those who alleged assault, nor did he provide many details. He said he was concerned more than one child may have been assaulted.
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Economy
President Joe Biden’s $2 trillion jobs and climate change plan would improve internet access, upgrade power grids and make road improvements
The proposal would be paid for, in part, by raising the corporate tax rate and global minimum tax. It calls for improving roads, increasing public transit spending and preparing for hurricanes, among other things.
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Immigration
Teenage migrant boys will be housed in Dallas and Midland as South Texas border facilities experience overcrowding
The Biden administration’s emergency measure will send the boys to Dallas’ convention center and a former oil field workers’ camp in Midland.
