Monday was the first day of what could be a lengthy legal battle over Senate Bill 4, which has been billed as the toughest state-based immigration bill in the country.
Demographics
Explore population trends, diversity, and data shaping Texas communities, politics, and policy.
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U.S. Supreme Court tosses cross-border shooting case back to lower court
The nation’s high court on Monday sent a case involving the cross-border shooting death of a Mexican teenager back to the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals. At issue is whether the teen’s family can sue the U.S. border patrol agent who killed him.
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Trump administration weighs in on sanctuary cities court battle
The Justice Department filed a statement of interest in the federal court case over Texas’ Senate Bill 4, arguing that the state is within its rights to adopt the anti-“sanctuary cities” law.
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Houston is the latest city to join court fight over Texas immigration law (video)
The four largest cities in Texas are now party to a lawsuit that seeks to stop the state’s new controversial immigration law from going into effect.
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Texas Hispanics behind half of state’s growth since 2010
Hispanics are behind a large portion of the state’s growth since 2010, according to population estimates released by the U.S. Census Bureau.
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Houston votes to join other Texas cities in lawsuit over new immigration law, Senate Bill 4
The Houston City Council voted 10–6 Wednesday morning to join a growing lawsuit against Senate Bill 4, an immigration enforcement law that allows peace officers to question the immigration status of people they legally detain.
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Democrats want more Texas communities to join suit against immigration law
Several local governments have signed on to a lawsuit that seeks to stop Senate Bill 4, the state’s new immigration law, from going into effect. But some opponents of the bill want more communities to join in.
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University of Texas/Texas Tribune Polls
UT/TT Poll: Majority of Texas voters back new immigration provisions
The state’s new immigration law has the support of most Texas voters, but the differences on partisan and ethnic lines are dramatic, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll.
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Lock the Vote
As court scoldings pile up, will Texas face a voting rights reckoning?
A barrage of court rulings has forced Texas leaders to confront whether they strayed too far in enacting voting laws found to have disproportionately burdened minorities.
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While Legislature passed “sanctuary” bill, E-Verify enforcement fell short
Though Texas has required state agencies and their contractors to verify the employment eligibility of their workers since 2014, efforts to put teeth behind that mandate failed again during the recent legislative session.
