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The boy is the fourth migrant child to die since December after being apprehended at the southern border and taken to the hospital. All have been from Guatemala.

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Tuesday’s decision means the program will continue and that hundreds —  if not thousands more asylum seekers — will be sent back across the U.S.-Mexico border pending further hearings.

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The order bans work visas for anyone crossing the border illegally and comes as the president focuses on illegal immigration ahead of his 2020 reelection campaign.

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It’s not my job to tell people what they should think about the border; their own perspectives, politics and histories should shape their perceptions. But it is my job to tell people what’s happening here, and I’m lucky to have the added context of actually being from here.

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The Democratic presidential candidate held an event in San Antonio several hours after President Donald Trump visited the city for a fundraiser.

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Texas lawmakers pass resolutions all the time. They can make the folks back home happy and commemorate people, places and things. And resolutions can serve — as one did for Senate Republicans this week — as a form of political advertising.

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President Donald Trump backed down from his threat on Thursday to close the southern border immediately, telling reporters at the White House that he is giving Mexico a one-year warning before taking action.

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Among those voicing opposition to the move are U.S. Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz, as well as Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick.

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The vice president's trip comes as officials grapple with an influx of migrants at the Texas-Mexico border. He will also visit College Station for an event on the vice presidency at the George H. W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum.

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Across the country, experts and interest groups opposed to a border shutdown are weighing in about how a closure could affect people on both sides of the border.

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Republican state senators passed a resolution that would declare a crisis at the Texas-Mexico border and request Congress to fully fund border security measures. Democratic senators say they never saw the measure until it hit the floor.

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It would take “something dramatic” in the coming days to persuade President Donald Trump not to close the U.S.-Mexico border, acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney said Sunday.

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Jakelin Caal Maquin had a "rapidly progressive infection" that led to liver failure after she and her father were apprehended crossing into the United States illegally. An autopsy report did not resolve disputes over whether she was taken to the hospital quickly enough.

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On this week’s TribCast, Emily talks to Patrick, Matthew and Jay about whenever the heck Beto O’Rourke is going to announce his next move, the admissions scandal facing colleges across the country, including UT-Austin, and "Border Hustle," a big Tribune collaboration with Time Magazine.

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Even if President Donald Trump gets his way, eminent domain lawyers say a variety of legal issues would arise surrounding private land seizures that could delay wall construction for years — and even derail it entirely.

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Most Texas voters believe noncitizens are often voting in the state's elections, and a sizable number believe people who ought to be allowed to vote are often prevented from doing so, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll.

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Federal officials said they didn't try to halt the implementation of the "zero tolerance" policy despite warnings that separated kids would be traumatized. Testimony came as the policy took center stage at separate Washington hearings.

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In the latest episode of our podcast about the 86th Legislature, Evan Smith talks to state Rep. Poncho Nevárez, chair of the House Homeland Security & Public Safety Committee, about the president’s emergency declaration — and how the Texas Legislature should address the issue of unauthorized immigration.

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The 45-year-old undocumented immigrant is the third person to die in the agency's custody since December.

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As the president declares a national emergency to get more money for a border barrier, it's worth taking a look at what happened last time the government took private land along the Rio Grande.

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