The 45-year-old undocumented immigrant is the third person to die in the agency’s custody since December.
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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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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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.
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Texas Voting Rights
Texas secretary of state apologizes for how he rolled out voter citizenship review. But he still supports the effort.
In a letter sent to lawmakers late Wednesday, David Whitley said he’s sorry for the way he launched the review efforts but appeared not to be backing down from continuing the review.
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Donald Trump and Beto O’Rourke go head-to-head in El Paso
As the president kicked off his re-election campaign and tried to marshal support for his border wall, one of his possible 2020 opponents spoke to thousands across the street in a counter-rally.
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Beto O’Rourke spoke in El Paso in a counter-rally to Donald Trump’s event
Beto O’Rourke spoke in El Paso Monday night at the same time as President Donald Trump’s El Paso rally. Watch it here.
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Texas Voting Rights
The AG’s office told lawmakers it isn’t investigating voters on Texas’ citizenship review list. It told a local official the opposite.
A Paxton deputy told a Guadalupe County official Feb. 1 that the attorney general’s office “has pending criminal investigations related to these issues.”