In light of a recent surge of undocumented immigrants crossing the state’s southern border, the state health department has sent 2,000 state-purchased flu vaccines to a federal shelter housing unaccompanied minors in South Texas.
Demographics
Explore population trends, diversity, and data shaping Texas communities, politics, and policy.
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Cornyn Campaign Hopes Tea Party Strategy Will Help GOP Diversify
John Cornyn’s campaign is actively seeking to reach diverse communities that haven’t been traditional Republican supporters. And his team is trying to use Tea Party-style strategies to do it.
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Texas Health Officials: Immigrant Surge Presents a Medical Crisis
As the state’s top elected officials debate how to halt a surge of immigrants across the border, health officials and volunteer doctors are voicing concerns over what they say is the more serious challenge: a looming medical crisis.
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Abbott, Cruz Blame Obama for “Humanitarian Crisis”
Warning of the dangers faced by undocumented and unaccompanied children crossing the border into the U.S., Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott and U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz on Monday called on the Obama administration to more strictly enforce immigration laws.
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Davis Calls for Special Session on Border Surge
State Sen. Wendy Davis, the Democratic nominee for governor, has added her name to the list of lawmakers calling for a special legislative session to immediately address the unprecedented number of illegal border crossers into Texas.
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Demographics
Video: Cruz, Abbott at Lackland Air Force Base
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz and gubernatorial hopeful Greg Abbott appeared together at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio on Monday following their tour of base facilities housing unaccompanied minors who have crossed the border.
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Inside Texas Politics: Doing the “Oops” Thing
On this week’s edition of WFAA-TV’s Inside Texas Politics, I talked with host Jason Whitely and the Fort Worth Star-Telegram’s Bud Kennedy about more results from the latest UT/TT Poll, Gov. Rick Perry’s recent controversial statements and more.
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Criminal Justice
White House Under Fire for Proposed Solution to Immigrant Surge
Both immigrants’ rights groups and conservative lawmakers are criticizing the White House’s plan, announced Friday, to deal with the influx of migrants illegally crossing Texas’ southern border.
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Criminal Justice
DPS Addresses New Border Operation
UPDATED: The Texas DPS said Thursday that as part of its new mission, it will partner with local and federal authorities to “deter and disrupt drug and human trafficking, and other border-related crimes.”
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University of Texas/Texas Tribune Polls
UT/TT Poll: Sharp Lines Drawn on Immigration
In a year when immigration issues have figured prominently in primary elections, the University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll finds voters — particularly conservative voters — taking a hard line.
