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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
Federal judge issues partial block of Trump administration’s third-country asylum rule
A U.S. district judge ruled the administration’s third-country rule doesn’t apply to people who sought asylum before July 16.
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Immigration
Apprehensions of undocumented immigrants on the Southwest border continue to fall
The figure is the lowest since July 2018 and marks the fifth consecutive month that the number has dropped.
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Immigration
Trump administration tells Supreme Court it owns termination of DACA program
The U.S. Supreme Court heard opening oral arguments Tuesday on the legality of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.
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Broken Border
A Trump administration strategy led to the child migrant backup crisis at the border
Interviews, emails and memos detailing the strategy show that officials knew that without enough beds in government shelters, children would languish in Border Patrol stations not equipped to care for them.
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University of Texas/Texas Tribune Polls
On immigration issues, a wall between Texas partisans, UT/TT poll finds
Texas voters from the two major parties are split on a range of immigration issues, including immigration policy, deportations and bilingual education, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll.
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University of Texas/Texas Tribune Polls
Voters are worried about leadership, border issues, health care and guns, UT/TT Poll finds
National leadership and border issues top the list of voter concerns about the country; at home, it’s the border and gun control, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll.
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Immigration
ICE transfers detainees out of West Texas facility after water shortage in Sierra Blanca
The shortage has forced the West Texas Detention Facility, operated by Louisiana-based LaSalle Corrections, to turn off its water nightly.
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Immigration
Trump’s controversial “remain in Mexico” immigration policy expands along Texas’ southern border
The Migrant Protection Protocols, a program requiring migrants to wait in Mexico as their asylum requests are pending, is in effect in Eagle Pass, El Paso, Laredo and Brownsville.
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Environment
West Texas detention facility enacting water conservation measures after depletion of local water tanks
The Sierra Blanca facility, which houses ICE detainees, shuts down its water supply at 11 p.m. daily to allow its on-site water tanks to replenish overnight.
