The accelerated reviews seek to accomplish two of the president’s goals: deterring migrants from attempting to cross the U.S. border and pushing asylum seekers out of the United States.
Immigration
In-depth reporting on border issues, policies, communities, and the impact of immigration across the state, from The Texas Tribune.
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Immigration agency decides against six-figure fines for undocumented immigrants living in sanctuaries
Last summer, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents told some undocumented immigrants it was considering giving them six-figure fines. Last week, the agency backed down.
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Texas 2020 Elections
Donald Trump fans in Dallas say the president just “gets” them
Their support for the president is steeped in two main beliefs: He’s done exactly “what he said he’d do,” and his remarks toward Democrats and people of color matched what they said and believed.
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Broken Border
She fled a violent Honduran gang to seek asylum in Texas. Now she might be deported because she didn’t file paperwork in Mexico.
The Trump administration’s policy to deny asylum to migrants who didn’t seek protections elsewhere is now being enforced. Immigration attorneys warn the new rule could forever diminish U.S. asylum policy.
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No refugees allowed? Trump’s plan to give states and cities a veto prompts an outcry.
Gov. Greg Abbott in 2016 threatened to pull Texas from a refugee resettlement program. But Austin Mayor Steve Adler thinks refugees benefit his city. A new White House plan could mean a state could ban refugees even when a city is prepared to welcome them.
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Immigration
Lower federal courts side against Trump on border fence funding, ‘public charge’ rule
El Paso County, one of the plaintiffs in the border fence lawsuit, is the first local jurisdiction to successfully sue the president to stop construction of a border barrier.
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Immigration
Texas sheriff at White House briefing: If criminal immigrants are released, “drunks” will “run over your children.”
The remarks by Tarrant County Sheriff Bill Waybourn came during a White House press briefing about border security.
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Broken Border
Border Patrol apprehensions dipped last month, but 2019 saw a dramatic increase from 2018
Despite the months-long trend downward, the 2019 fiscal year’s total represents nearly a 90 percent increase from 2018.
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Health care
Trump’s order will deny visas to immigrants who lack health-care coverage
President Trump said the new rule, issued late on Friday, is intended to “protect the availability of health care benefits for Americans.”
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Broken Border
A Mexican citizen had court papers allowing him to be in the U.S. But a Border Patrol agent detained him anyway.
The man, whose immigration case received “administrative closure” from a U.S. judge, was detained by Border Patrol agents at a highway checkpoint. Lawyers say the agents went too far, but federal officials say otherwise.