After 12 years of rule under the conservative National Action Party, Mexicans on Sunday elected Enrique Peña Nieto, a candidate from the Institutional Revolutionary Party, to lead Texas’ largest trade partner and southern neighbor. Full Story
Texas lawmakers are watching Sunday's Mexican election with great interest. Some are concerned that if the Institutional Revolutionary Party returns to power, it would revive its tainted past. Full Story
No matter who wins Sunday's presidential election in Mexico, many on both sides of the Texas-Mexico border believe that cartel-related violence will continue across Mexico. Full Story
In a new TV ad, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst describes the southern border as "a 2,000-mile monument to the failure of Washington," and the U.S. Senate candidate says President Obama's recent executive order "burns me up." Full Story
Opinions on the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on Arizona's immigration law, SB 1070, run the gamut. Here's an aggregated look at where Texas lawmakers and interest groups fall on the spectrum. Full Story
The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld a key provision of Arizona’s controversial immigration law that requires police officers to verify the legal status of people they stop or arrest. But it struck down much of the rest of the measure. Full Story
I am a legal immigrant to this country. My parents and I followed the law, waited in line and did things the right way at a cost of significant time and treasure. Full Story
Aguilar on the aftermath of changes in U.S. immigration policy, Batheja on how the Republican candidates for Senate are handling that sensitive issue, KUT's Philpott on new driver's license laws and immigration, M. Smith on racial tensions and an ousted police chief in Jasper, Galbraith on the state's efforts to limit electric service blackouts, Hamilton on the hot Campbell-Wentworth Senate runoff in Central Texas, Murphy maps the May primary voting, Root on the restoration of the arson-damaged Texas Governor's Mansion and Dehn's latest Weekend Insider on obese Texans: The best of our best content from June 18 to 22, 2012. Full Story
Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst opposes the DREAM Act, and former Texas Solicitor General Ted Cruz doesn't support amnesty. Yet after the back-and-forth between the rival U.S. Senate campaigns, some voters could be left wondering. Full Story
Immigration advocates say how the government treats illegal immigrants who come forward after last week’s federal policy shift will provide a test for other reforms — including those championed by some Texas Republicans. Full Story
Gov. Rick Perry calls President Obama's newsmaking decision on immigration policy "amnesty" and "an election-year tactic." Democrats say Perry's position on the issue conflicts with his defense of in-state tuition. Full Story
The Obama administration announced Friday that, effective immediately, it will begin issuing work permits and grant relief from deportation to certain illegal immigrants brought to the country before they were 16 years old. Full Story
State Republicans are defending their support for a guest-worker program, which they say is the most reasonable proposal that either party has put forward in decades. Full Story
Stakeholders are awaiting the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on Arizona’s controversial immigration-enforcement law. But opponents of the law were recently given, at least temporarily, a new path to try to stop the legislation. Full Story
A new radio ad from Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst brought race and illegal immigration to the forefront of the U.S. Senate race Friday, the last day of early voting before Tuesday's primary. Full Story
Endorsements stack up, so we've prepared a big spreadsheet to show you who is getting the political support of some prominent interest groups, trade groups and political action committees. Full Story
A bankruptcy case pending in a Dallas courtroom has analysts waiting to see if the outcome could affect how U.S.-based companies do business in Mexico. Full Story
Calling the "humanitarian crisis" a byproduct of President Obama’s failed effort to secure the border, Gov. Rick Perry has asked the White House to address an influx of unaccompanied minors crossing in to the country. Full Story