In what might just be the toughest letter you’ll see exchanged among legislative colleagues, state Rep. Burt Solomons today attacked state Rep. Leo Berman over his “conspiracy theories” regarding illegal immigration.
Demographics
Explore population trends, diversity, and data shaping Texas communities, politics, and policy.
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TribBlog: Texas Ranks Fourth in Legal Immigrants
About 83,000 immigrants become legal permanent residents in Texas each year, according to data compiled by California Watch. California averages three times as many.
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Fred Lewis: The TT Interview
Harris County has a voting problem, and the ethics reform lobbyist and campaign finance lawyer aims to do something about it. As he told the Tribune last week, he’s behind a new nonpartisan voter registration drive that targets what he calculates are the 600,000 unregistered adult citizens there.
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TribBlog: “Take Our Jobs,” United Farm Workers Challenge
For those who grouse that undocumented immigrants are taking jobs from U.S. citizens and legal residents, the United Farm Workers of America has a challenge: Apply to be a farm worker.
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TribBlog: Another Drone Bound for Texas [Updated]
The Federal Aviation Administration is expected to announce today it has approved the deployment of a second unmanned aerial drone to patrol the Texas-Mexico border.
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The Crackdown
Dozens of Texas border counties now check the immigration status of anyone who ends up in jail, removing thousands of criminal suspects from the country. But detainees are also being deported for minor infractions — including some who are never formally charged.
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TribWeek: In Case You Missed It
M. Smith’s interview with the new chair of the Texas GOP, Philpott on Republicans and Tea Partiers living in harmony, Aguilar on Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s not-yet-released strategic plan, Ramshaw’s tragic tale of out-of-state kids in Texas treatment centers, Grissom on how budget cuts could impact juvenile justice, Stiles’ awesome new population app, Galbraith on the decline of the Ogallala Aquifer, Hamilton’s interview with the commissioner of higher education and the debut of Hu’s new video debate series: The best of our best from June 14 to 19, 2010.
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On the Records: Mapping U.S. Growth by County
See how Texas’ fastest-growing areas compare with the 3,000 other counties across the country.
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The New ICE Age
The federal government could begin cracking down on employers who hire undocumented workers, according to a copy of Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s new strategic plan obtained by The Texas Tribune.
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Data App: Texas Population Estimates
Texas now has about 24.8 million residents, an increase of 3.9 million, or almost 20 percent, since 2000, and trails only California in the proportion of its residents who identify themselves as Hispanic. We’re also the third-youngest state, with a median age of 33; only Utah and Alabama have younger populations. These and other fun facts can be discovered in a new database application that helps explain and visualize how the makeup of Texas counties has changed since the last U.S. Census.