A new reporting requirement for firearms dealers in four border states, including Texas, intended to curb the flow of weapons into Mexico has prompted a veteran San Antonio gun dealer to file suit against the federal government.
Demographics
Explore population trends, diversity, and data shaping Texas communities, politics, and policy.
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Texas Peace Officers to Train Mexican Law Enforcment
An agreement signed on the Texas border this week paves the way for the Webb Country Sheriff’s Department and other local law enforcement officers to train peace officers in Mexico and Central America.
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DHS to Review and Possibly Halt Some Deportation Cases
The Obama administration announced today it will begin reviewing the case files of the estimated 300,000 illegal immigrants in deportation proceedings to determine which should be released from custody.
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Guest Column: Why Rick Perry is Bad for Hispanics
As the last legislative session demonstrated, the governor has a failing record on issues important to Latinos, including public education, expanded pre-K, college access, redistricting and immigration.
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The Border is Safe, Federal Officials Say
The federal government’s top border official fought back this week against heightened criticism of President Obama’s border security policy, while U.S. Rep. Silvestre Reyes said Rick Perry’s bid for the White House made him want to “throw up.”
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31 Days, 31 Ways: Driver’s License Policy Becomes Law
DAY 12 of our month-long series on the effects of new state laws and budget cuts: applicants for driver’s licenses and IDs must furnish proof of legal status.
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On the Border, Selling the High Price of Security
It’s not a sales pitch heard too often in the Rio Grande Valley, but farmers and ranchers here have a new, tax-deductible option for improving their businesses — and the company offering it promises to take a bullet for its client.
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TribWeek: In Case You Missed It
Aguilar on the denial of asylum petitions by border judges, Galbraith on the history of wind, Grissom talks to the head of the Jail Standards Commission, Hamilton on plans for the state’s new online university, Murphy and Ramsey on political warchests at midyear, Philpott on Texas’ trucker shortage, Ramsey talks data privacy and abortion with Susan Combs, Ramshaw on the Rick Perry’s experimental adult stem cell procedure, Root on the response to The Response, M. Smith on the country’s could-be next first lady and Tan on a few of the ways Texas will change on Sept. 1: The best of our best content from Aug. 1 to 5, 2011.
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Feds: Secure Communities Not Optional
The federal government on Friday announced it was rescinding memorandums of agreement with 39 states, including Texas, that participate in the Secure Communities program. The decision does not end the controversial policy, though.
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Too Tough, But Not for Long
An Austin judge ruled this week that the Texas Department of Public Safety overstepped its authority when it enacted tougher requirements for immigrants trying to obtain driver’s licenses, giving immigrants’ rights groups and some business leaders a glimmer of hope.