Amid the specter of family deportations in Houston, many Texas officials and migrant advocates agree it’s past time that federal lawmakers address the nation’s complicated asylum and immigration systems. But opinions vary about whether state and federal responses in recent days will prompt congressional action.
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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Trump says he will hold off on planned ICE raids, including those in Houston
Houston was on a list of cities federal agents were going to target Sunday. The president said he was delaying the announced raids for two weeks in hopes that Democrats and Republicans will work together to solve “Asylum and Loophole problems” on the U.S.-Mexico border.
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Broken Border
Feds plan mass migrant deportation operation in Houston this weekend: What you need to know
Immigrations and Customs Enforcement is targeting over 2,000 undocumented immigrants with the goal of deporting them. The operation will hit several major U.S. cities, including Houston, where thousands of migrants have been issued deportation orders this year.
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Immigration
ICE raids targeting migrant families to start Sunday in major cities, including Houston
Federal officials say the raids will target up to 2,000 of the 1 million immigrants living in the country despite receiving deportation orders.
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Congress
Detained migrant children got no toothbrush, no soap, no sleep. It’s no problem, government argues.
A three-judge panel questioned whether government lawyers sincerely believed they could describe the temporary detention facilities as “safe and sanitary.”
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University of Texas/Texas Tribune Polls
Analysis: What do Texas voters want? Meat and potatoes, apparently. And cleaner elections.
Texans like the Legislature better now. They’re worried about elections. And they have mixed feelings about the country’s most prominent politician. Some notes on the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll.
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Broken Border
Report: Hundreds of migrant children held in Texas without proper food, water or medical attention
Lawyers told the Associated Press that a group of 250 children were living in dangerous and unsanitary conditions at a migrant detention facility outside of El Paso.
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University of Texas/Texas Tribune Polls
Texas voters’ biggest concerns for the country? Immigration and political corruption, UT/TT Poll says
Immigration and border security are at or near the top of voters’ concerns about the U.S. and Texas, and political corruption is also near the top of their U.S. list, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll.
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TribCast
TribCast: The Texas Monthly Best & Worst List
On this week’s TribCast, Emily talks to Matthew, Emma, Julian and Texas Monthly’s Chris Hooks about the Texas Monthly Best & Worst List, the latest on the border crisis and Gov. Greg Abbott’s vetoes.
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Immigration
Trump renews pledge to deport millions, but ICE reality is far more limited
The president caught many White House and immigration officials off guard by announcing upcoming deportations on Twitter. Experts say that telegraphing a plan to round up undocumented immigrants could undermine its effectiveness.