More than a year after he drew criticism for comparing family detention to a “summer camp,” the nation’s top immigration enforcer gave a tour of one of the facilities where families are held.
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
After asylum ruling, migrants in Juárez face a new choice: stay in line or try crossing elsewhere
A federal court ruled last week that the U.S. government could reject asylum seekers who failed to seek protection in other countries first — but only applied the ruling to Texas and New Mexico. Will that push migrants to try their luck in Arizona and California?
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Blocked Out
Feds plan to make housing assistance harder for undocumented immigrants. Few in Texas are even getting it.
Undocumented immigrants don’t qualify for federal housing assistance. But a new U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development rule barring such residents from subsidized homes could prompt evictions of families.
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Immigration
Trump administration moves to terminate court agreement, hold migrant children and parents longer
The Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Health and Human Services will issue a new rule Friday to withdraw from the Flores Settlement Agreement, the federal consent decree that has set basic standards for the detention of migrant children and teens since 1997.
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Congress
“They should respect our opinions”: U.S. reps along the Texas-Mexico border serve as ambassadors for their homes
With the focus of Washington on the border, five Texas members of Congress have served as guides for their colleagues and advocates for their constituents.
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Texas 2020 Elections
Analysis: Texas presidential candidates and the strength of geography
As they retool and adjust their campaigns for the Democratic presidential nomination, two Texas politicians are finding their answers in the familiar — home and heritage.
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Broken Border
Trump administration’s latest asylum rule allowed to stand in Texas, New Mexico
The ruling could change the fate of thousands of people waiting to apply for asylum in Mexican border cities like Ciudad Juárez, Nuevo Laredo and Matamoros.
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Congress
Trump administration aims to make citizenship more difficult for immigrants who receive public assistance
Immigrants who use public benefits — such as Medicaid, food stamps or housing assistance — could have a tougher time obtaining a green card or U.S. citizenship.
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Broken Border
Asylum-seeking migrants pushed farther south into Mexico, left to fend for themselves
Migrants have been bused to Monterrey and, they say, Chiapas under an ever-changing and often brutal “remain in Mexico” program. The policy is being carried out up and down the border by the Trump Administration in a controversial partnership with the Mexican government.
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Immigration
Watch: Migrants seeking asylum in the U.S. are left to fend for themselves in Mexico
Migrants have been bused to Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, under the Trump administration’s “Remain in Mexico” program, a partnership with the Mexican government.
