The latest immigration news from The Texas Tribune.
Customs and Border Protection has been authorized to reassign more officers to respond to the surge at the U.S.-Mexico border, and more asylum seekers will be sent to Mexico to await court hearings. Full Story
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It would take “something dramatic” in the coming days to persuade President Donald Trump not to close the U.S.-Mexico border, acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney said Sunday. Full Story
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The former congressman and U.S. Senate nominee held the first of three Saturday launch rallies in his hometown of El Paso, and planned gatherings later in the day at Texas Southern University in Houston and at the Texas Capitol in Austin. Full Story
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Jakelin Caal Maquin had a "rapidly progressive infection" that led to liver failure after she and her father were apprehended crossing into the United States illegally. An autopsy report did not resolve disputes over whether she was taken to the hospital quickly enough. Full Story
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The encampment is a makeshift shelter surrounded by fencing and razor wire where migrants are held when Border Patrol stations can't hold more people. Border Patrol agents say it's a temporary solution amid a surge of undocumented immigration. Full Story
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The agency's chief said 750 agents will be reassigned indefinitely from across the southwest border to aid the El Paso sector, where agents apprehended more than 1,000 immigrants Monday. Full Story
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The House also signed off on a $9 billion supplemental budget that would withdraw $4.3 billion from the state savings account. Full Story
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A government spokesman said shutting down the checkpoints near El Paso is a temporary measure. Full Story
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The Department of Homeland Security confirmed that its Migration Protection Protocols, also called “remain in Mexico,” now includes the El Paso port of entry. Full Story
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The director of the El Paso-based Annunciation House said he needs more help from the city to ensure the migrants, most of whom are seeking asylum, don’t end up on the streets. Full Story
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A decade ago, Laredo leaders hatched an idea for a riverfront development aimed at luring more people to downtown. Now they're trying to get the federal government to make it part of President Donald Trump's border wall. Full Story
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Joint Base San Antonio, Fort Bliss, Fort Hood and the naval reserve center in Galveston could all lose funding for construction projects if the president's plan to divert money from the military to a border wall succeeds. Full Story
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The residential center in Karnes City holds more than 500 adults and children, but federal officials are considering releasing them with notices to appear in court and using the facility to house single adults instead. Full Story
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But multiple Republican senators joined Democrats in backing the resolution, which passed the Senate. President Donald Trump has said he'll veto the measure. Full Story
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In the wake of the Trump administration's "zero-tolerance" policy that separated thousands of migrant children from their parents — in turn swelling the number of kids in Southwest Key's shelters — Sanchez came under fire for a series of controversies. Full Story
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Even if President Donald Trump gets his way, eminent domain lawyers say a variety of legal issues would arise surrounding private land seizures that could delay wall construction for years — and even derail it entirely. Full Story
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The ruling dramatically expands the scope of the class-action lawsuit that compelled the Trump administration to reunite the separated families. The migrants added to the lawsuit now include those separated during a 2017 trial run of the program in West Texas. Full Story
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On this week’s special pollster edition of the TribCast, Ross talks to Josh Blank, Jim Henson and Daron Shaw from the University of Texas about the findings of the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll. Full Story
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Follow two Honduran migrants as their journey to the U.S. for a better life leads them into a giant border hustle where coyotes, cartels and corporations make big bucks off desperate people. Full Story
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Carlos left Honduras with 6-year-old Heyli and a dream of lifting his family out of poverty, only to be caught in the web of a billion-dollar smuggling industry, then separated from his daughter for months. "Right now, the money's in the people," one smuggler says. Full Story
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