The surge of migrants illegally crossing into Texas has continued as the Trump administration has tried to crack down on asylum-seekers.
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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Democrats grill Trump officials over family separations and threaten wider legal probe
Federal officials said they didn’t try to halt the implementation of the “zero tolerance” policy despite warnings that separated kids would be traumatized. Testimony came as the policy took center stage at separate Washington hearings.
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After Tijuana debacle, the Mexican government changed tactics for the latest migrant caravan
In November, Central American migrants evaded Mexican riot police and faced tear gas at the San Diego port of entry. When another caravan approached the Texas border this month, Mexican authorities held them in an empty Piedras Negras factory, then dispersed them.
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Point of Order: The battle over the Texas border
In the latest episode of our podcast about the 86th Legislature, Evan Smith talks to state Rep. Poncho Nevárez, chair of the House Homeland Security & Public Safety Committee, about the president’s emergency declaration — and how the Texas Legislature should address the issue of unauthorized immigration.
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Adult migrant from Mexico dies in Border Patrol custody
The 45-year-old undocumented immigrant is the third person to die in the agency’s custody since December.
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As Piedras Negras facility prepares to close, fate of hundreds of migrants remains unclear
A makeshift immigrant shelter on the Texas-Mexico border will close this week after hundreds of Central Americans housed there believed they could ask for asylum in the U.S. Now it’s unclear if they’ll get that chance.
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As debate rages on border wall funding, construction is already beginning
In far South Texas, federal contractors are preparing to break ground on 33 miles of new fencing that Congress authorized last year.
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Trump announces national emergency at U.S.-Mexico border
Democrats have called the declaration “unlawful.”
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Politics
Shutdown deal includes language to protect a butterfly sanctuary and other landmarks from border barrier
A 1,159-page spending package would shield major cultural sites like the National Butterfly Center from border fencing — but it would also pump $1.375 billion into additional barriers along the Rio Grande.
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Trump’s border national emergency plan draws outrage and legal threats from some in Texas
The president looks poised to sign a bill that will avert another government shutdown, then use an emergency declaration to instruct the military to build his wall. From Congress to the border, Texans react.