Beto O'Rourke to march, speak against border wall during Trump rally in El Paso
The rally comes as O'Rourke enters the final stages of deliberation over a potential presidential campaign. Full Story
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What we know about the migrant caravan waiting at the Texas-Mexico border
The roughly 1,600 migrants, who are mostly Honduran, are being housed in a former warehouse in Piedras Negras — and being guarded by Mexican law enforcement — while they wait to be let into the U.S. But processing is slow. Full Story
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Congressional negotiators near border deal that would offer Trump less money for barriers than he has demanded
“I can tell you this just for sure. It’s not $5.7 billion for the wall. It’s not anywhere close,” said U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Laredo. Full Story
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Texas AG Ken Paxton says his office hasn't launched criminal investigations of voters flagged for citizenship review
Some lawmakers had fretted that sending the preliminary, faulty list to the state's top prosecutor would intimidate voters. Full Story
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Trump falsely said El Paso was a hub of violent crime before the border fence. Now he's holding a rally there.
This will be the president's seventh rally in Texas and his first in El Paso. Full Story
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In State of the Union speech, Trump continues hammering Congress over border wall funding
Raising warnings of out-of-control illegal immigration and soaring crime by immigrants — including debunked claims about El Paso's crime — the president tried to pressure Congress to end a stalemate over border wall funding and avert another government shutdown. Full Story
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Another group of civil rights organizations sues Texas over voter citizenship review
The ACLU and others are asking a federal court to block counties from sending notices requiring certain voters to prove their citizenship. Full Story
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Naturalized citizens suing over Texas voter citizenship review, calling it conspiracy to single out foreign-born Texans
The plaintiffs allege the state's move to flag tens of thousands of registered voters for citizenship reviews violates the U.S. Constitution and the federal Voting Rights Act. Full Story
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Naturalized citizen flagged in Texas voter citizenship review joins lawsuit against state
Atascosa County resident Julie Hilberg — a naturalized citizen whose registration was flagged by the state — is joining a lawsuit against top Texas officials. Full Story
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In advisory, Texas implies its list of thousands of voters flagged for citizenship reviews could include naturalized citizens
Those citizens are in addition to the people who were removed from the list earlier this week after the secretary of state's office found they had been added by mistake. Full Story
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Lawyer group says Trump policies have erected "invisible wall" to slow legal immigration
A national group of immigration lawyers studied federal data and found that legal immigrants are facing significantly longer wait times to process requests for visas, green cards and other documents. Full Story
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Texas quietly informs counties that some of the 95,000 voters flagged for citizenship review don't belong on the list
County officials said the number mistakenly flagged is "significant." Full Story
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Latino civil rights group sues over Texas voter citizenship review, calling it an "election-related 'witch hunt'"
The lawsuit comes after at least one county has begun sending notices asking certain voters to prove that they are citizens. Full Story
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Some Texas voters already are being asked to prove their citizenship after state's announcement
The Texas Tribune reached out Monday to 13 of the 15 counties with the most registered voters; only Galveston County indicated it would immediately send out letters asking voters for proof of citizenship. Full Story
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Mexico agrees to accept some asylum seekers while migrant advocates worry for their safety
As the Trump administration continues to demand a wall on the southern border, it has started forcing some asylum seekers to stay in Mexico while their cases are pending. But just how much the Mexican government is willing to cooperate with Washington remains uncertain. Full Story
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Texas officials flag tens of thousands of voters for citizenship checks
The list compiled by the Texas secretary of state contains 95,000 names. It’s unclear exactly how many of those individuals are not actually U.S. citizens and whether that number will be available in the future. Full Story
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Texas dreamers in limbo as Trump bargains their protections for border wall funding
The standoff between the president and Congress that has led to a monthlong government shutdown has thrown DACA recipients in the middle of another round of political drama over immigration. Full Story
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Texans fighting citizenship question on 2020 census are headed to court. Here's what you need to know.
A group of Texans is headed to court in hopes of blocking the Trump administration from including a citizenship question on the 2020 census. Here's a primer on the legal fight and what it could mean for the state. Full Story
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Trump offers 3-year extension of protection for ‘dreamers’ in exchange for $5.7 billion for wall
Democrats called the deal a ‘non-starter.' Full Story
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Trump administration took thousands more migrant children from parents, report says
According to the Department of Health and Human Services’s inspector general report, the separated children include 118 taken between July and early November — after the administration halted a short-lived family separation policy. Full Story
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