After debate, O’Rourke scrambles to shore up immigration credentials
The Democratic presidential candidate, sharply challenged on his signature issue Wednesday night, spent the next few days working to show his bona fides. Full Story
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![Presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke speaks at a rally the Customs and Border Patrol facility in Clint on June 30, 2019.]()
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Texas lawmaker files bill to allow donations of diapers, other goods to migrant kids in Border Patrol facilities
A bill filed Friday by U.S. Rep. Chip Roy, R-Austin, would allow Border Patrol to accept donations from those wanting to give to children at stations in Texas. Full Story
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![From left: Meagan O'Toole-Pitts, Mark Cortez, holding his son Oliver, Ashley Cortez and Austin Savage attempt to deliver diaper and toys to an immigrant detention center in Clint on June 24, 2019. The facility is currently housing an estimated 250 children.]()
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No toothbrushes or showers, kids coughing all night: Migrants describe conditions inside border facilities
The Tribune interviewed more than a dozen migrants after their release from U.S. Customs and Border Protection facilities. The conditions they described ranged from livable to horrible. Full Story
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![A group of migrants secure their bus tickets at the McAllen Bus Station in McAllen on June 28, 2019.]()
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Supreme Court to review DACA program protecting young undocumented immigrants
The Supreme Court would likely render its verdict during the 2020 presidential election year. Full Story
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June has been a deadly month for migrants crossing the border into Texas
As migrants continue arriving at the Texas-Mexico border, drownings have spiked in recent weeks, with nine people dying in El Paso-area canals this month alone. Border Patrol and soldiers have rescued others. Full Story
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![At the historic La Lomita Chapel in Mission, Rio Grande Valley residents held an early-morning vigil for migrants who drowned attempting to cross the Rio Grande, on June 28, 2019.]()
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U.S. House passes $4.6 billion aid bill backed by Senate, Trump administration
Without passage of the bill, the agency responsible for caring for unaccompanied children who have overwhelmed border facilities would have run out of money within days, and conditions for minors in U.S. custody would worsen. Full Story
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![A young boy looks though fencing and razor wire inside a temporary migrant holding area under the Paso del Norte International Port of Entry between Juarez and El Paso set up by Customs and Border Protection , Wednesday, March 27, 2019, in El Paso, TX. Photo by Ivan Pierre Aguirre]()
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Here's what's in the $4.6 billion border aid bill passed by Congress
Democratic leadership in the House signed onto the GOP-led Senate's proposal Thursday after a fight over what should be included in the bill. Full Story
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![A group of kids are seen inside a temporary migrant holding area set up by Customs and Border Protection under the Paso del Norte International Port of Entry between Juarez and El Paso, on March 27, 2019.]()
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Asylum officers ask federal court to end "remain in Mexico" policy, saying it threatens migrants' lives
Roughly 12,000 migrants have been sent to Mexico while their asylum claims are pending. U.S. asylum officers say the policy is "fundamentally contrary to the moral fabric" in the country. Full Story
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![A group of women in their room at El Buen Pastor migrant shelter, on Monday, May 13, 2019, in Ciudad Juárez.]()
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In his breakout moment of the debate, Julián Castro sparred with Beto O’Rourke
Castro drew praise from pundits for his sharp answers during a portion of Wednesday's debate focused on immigration, part of which involved Castro arguing with the other Texan onstage over whether improper border crossings should be decriminalized. Full Story
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![Democratic 2020 presidential candidates former HUD Secretary Julian Castro, U.S. Senator Cory Booker, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren and former U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke participate in the first U.S. 2020 presidential election Democratic candidates' debate in Miami, Florida on June 26, 2019.]()
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After reports of squalid conditions, Border Patrol gives tour of facility housing migrant children
The Border Patrol facility in Clint was under scrutiny after lawyers interviewed migrant children there and gave disturbing accounts of the conditions inside. Full Story
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![The U.S. Customs and Border Protection substation in Clint where young migrant children are being held, on Sunday, June 23, 2019.]()
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Migrants' deaths on the Rio Grande bring attention back to government asylum policy
Known as "metering," the policy blocks migrants from crossing into the U.S. to claim asylum and forces them to wait in Mexico for extended periods. Full Story
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![Workers from the Centro de Atención Integral a Migrantes (CAIM) call out numbers from the waiting list outside the center in Ciudad Juárez on May 13, 2019. Migrants go the center twice a day to hear numbers from a waitlist called out. If their number is called, they are allowed to enter the U.S. to be processed by CBP.]()
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TribCast: Is Joe Straus keeping the door open for a 2022 statewide run?
On this week’s TribCast, Emily talks to Aman, Brandon and Cassi about the crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border, state Rep. Jonathan Stickland’s departure from the Texas Lege and former House Speaker Joe Straus' new PAC. Full Story
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A widely circulated photo shows the bodies of a man and his toddler daughter who drowned trying to seek asylum in the U.S.
The Associated Press reported Tuesday that the photograph “highlights the perils” that thousands of Central Americans face as they travel through Mexico in hopes of reaching the U.S. border. Full Story
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![Oscar Alberto MartÃnez RamÃrez, an unidentified woman and his nearly 2-year-old daughter Valeria.]()
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GOP U.S. Rep. Will Hurd joins Texas Democrats in backing $4.5 billion border aid bill
Every Texas Democrat voted in support of the the $4.5 billion humanitarian aid package, which includes provisions to help migrant children. U.S. Rep. Will Hurd was the only Texas Republican to buck his party and support the measure. Full Story
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![U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar, D-El Paso, speaks to reporters after a House Judiciary Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., on May 21, 2019.]()
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Immigrant children returned to West Texas facility despite reports of squalid conditions
The Border Patrol facility in Clint has been under intense scrutiny after reports surfaced last week alleging children were held without adequate water, food and proper sanitation. Full Story
![The U.S. Customs and Border Protection substation in Clint where young migrant children are being held, on Sunday, June 23, 2019.]()
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Top U.S. border official John Sanders to step down, deepening DHS turmoil
The resignation comes as U.S. Customs and Border Protection faces scrutiny over substandard conditions in which migrant children are being held in U.S. custody along the border. Full Story
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How Texans in Congress feel about Trump's delay of family deportations depends on their party affiliation
Republicans say the postponement will be successful at bringing Democrats to the negotiating table. But Democrats say the president is making people pawns in a political game. Full Story
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Migrant children moved from Border Patrol facility after reports of unsafe conditions
Hundreds of children have been moved from the facility in Clint to another Border Patrol facility in El Paso. Full Story
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People want to donate diapers and toys to children at Border Patrol facilities in Texas. They’re being turned away.
A Border Patrol official told a state lawmaker that the agency doesn't accept donations for facilities where children are reportedly being held in substandard conditions. Full Story
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![From left: Meagan O'Toole-Pitts, Ashley Cortez, Oliver Cortez and his father Mark Cortez attempt to drop-off diapers and toys for detained children at the immigration detention center in Clint on June 24, 2019.]()
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Border Patrol finds three children, one woman dead at South Texas border
The four bodies were found southeast of Anzalduas Park in the Las Palomas Wildlife Management Area, south of McAllen. Full Story
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![A suspected smuggler uses his arms to paddle a raft of immigrants across the Rio Grande in an illegal crossing of the Mexico-U.S. border near McAllen.]()
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