President Trump said the new rule, issued late on Friday, is intended to “protect the availability of health care benefits for Americans.”
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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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.
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Politics
Federal government awards three contracts for 65 new miles of border fencing in South Texas
The cost of the new fencing will range between $385 million and $800 million. Construction is set to begin in early 2020.
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Immigration
Federal judge blocks Trump administration from detaining migrant children for indefinite periods
A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from activating new regulations that would have dramatically expanded its ability to detain migrant children with their parents.
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Immigration
U.S. announces asylum deal with Honduras, could send migrants to one of world’s most violent nations
The Trump administration’s deal with the violence-plagued nation comes shortly after U.S. prosecutors named Honduras’ president as a co-conspirator in a major drug case.
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Broken Border
Hundreds of CBP officers returned to port duty after assisting U.S. Border Patrol
In late March, more than 700 officers from ports of entry in El Paso; Laredo; Tucson, Arizona; and San Diego were reassigned amid the growing number of migrants arriving at the country’s southern border.
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Health care
Fearing deportation, immigrants are dropping Medicaid over misinformation about Trump’s new policy
Changes to the federal “public charge” rule are set to take effect in October, but fear and confusion are already causing immigrants to drop benefits.
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Broken Border
ICE to resume detaining migrant families at South Texas facility
The Trump administration had stopped holding families at the Karnes County Residential Center in the spring, saying it coudn’t transport migrants there because of a record influx of families at the border.
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The 2019 Texas Tribune Festival
Watch a 2019 Texas Tribune Festival conversation about 2020 and the border
In this discussion, panelists focused on how border and immigration policy and politics are shaping the 2020 landscape.
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Immigration
Trump administration reaches deal to send asylum seekers to El Salvador
In an effort to deter migrants from seeking asylum in the United States, the administration wants to send them to the Central American nation.
