The Immigration track at The 2015 Texas Tribune Festival featured panel discussions on Hispanic voters, the border and the Legislature, border communities, and immigration reform.
Demographics
Explore population trends, diversity, and data shaping Texas communities, politics, and policy.
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2015 Tribune Festival: Audio From the National Keynote Track
The National Keynote track at the 2015 Texas Tribune Festival featured several one-on-one interviews and panel discussions. Listen to audio from those sessions.
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New in TribTalk: Undocumented Immigrants and Birth Certificates
The 14th Amendment to the Constitution makes clear that Texas has an obligation to make sure all children who are born in this state have a birth certificate issued shortly after birth — even those of undocumented immigrants — writes lawyer Jim George.
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Criminal Justice
Lawsuit Targets Detention Center Licensing by State
A coalition of immigrants’ rights and civil liberties groups have filed suit claiming Texas hastily created a new type of state license that might allow two controversial detention centers for illegal immigrants to remain open.
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Criminal Justice
Judge Denies Emergency Relief in Birth Certificate Case
A federal district judge Friday declined to order Texas officials to institute a temporary fix so children of undocumented immigrants born in the United States can get their birth certificates while a lawsuit filed by their parents is being tried.
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Criminal Justice
Inside a Texas Lawyer’s Campaign to Ditch Workers’ Comp
One Texas attorney is helping companies opt out of workers’ compensation insurance and write their own rules. What does it mean for injured workers?
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Criminal Justice
Patrick Directs Senators to Study Jail Safety, Police Safety
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick added police safety and jail safety issues, as well as sanctuary cities and veteran benefits to the Senate’s to-do list Friday ahead of the next scheduled legislative session in 2017.
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Demographics
More Foreign Migrants Make Their Way to Texas
Thousands of migrants born in other countries continue streaming into Texas, but lately more of them are Asian and have lived somewhere else in the country first, usually California or Florida, according to a new analysis by the state demographer.
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Criminal Justice
Judge Presses State on Birth Certificate Denials
The first arguments were held Friday in a federal lawsuit challenging Texas policies that effectively deny birth certificates to some U.S.-citizen children of undocumented immigrants. U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman questioned the state’s reasoning.
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Criminal Justice
McCaul, Vela Praise Extradition of Alleged Criminals
A pair of Texas congressmen who lambasted the Mexican government after the embarrassing July escape of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzmán lauded Mexico on Thursday for extraditing 13 alleged criminals to the United States.
