The encampment is a makeshift shelter surrounded by fencing and razor wire where migrants are held when Border Patrol stations can’t hold more people. Border Patrol agents say it’s a temporary solution amid a surge of undocumented immigration.
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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Texas Legislature 2019
Texas House approves 2020-21 budget plan, with extra $9 billion for school finance, property tax relief
The House also signed off on a $9 billion supplemental budget that would withdraw $4.3 billion from the state savings account.
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Immigration
Hundreds of agents will be pulled from ports of entry to help El Paso Border Patrol process undocumented immigrants
The agency’s chief said 750 agents will be reassigned indefinitely from across the southwest border to aid the El Paso sector, where agents apprehended more than 1,000 immigrants Monday.
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Immigration
Border Patrol closes West Texas checkpoints as influx of migrants strains resources
A government spokesman said shutting down the checkpoints near El Paso is a temporary measure.
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Immigration
The Trump administration’s policy of returning asylum seekers to Mexico has come to El Paso
The Department of Homeland Security confirmed that its Migration Protection Protocols, also called “remain in Mexico,” now includes the El Paso port of entry.
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Immigration
Continued surge of immigrant apprehensions in El Paso puts strain on shelters, volunteers
The director of the El Paso-based Annunciation House said he needs more help from the city to ensure the migrants, most of whom are seeking asylum, don’t end up on the streets.
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Environment
Laredo officials want to use border wall money to fund a riverfront project
A decade ago, Laredo leaders hatched an idea for a riverfront development aimed at luring more people to downtown. Now they’re trying to get the federal government to make it part of President Donald Trump’s border wall.
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Politics
Trump’s emergency declaration could mean Texas’ military installations lose millions for future projects
Joint Base San Antonio, Fort Bliss, Fort Hood and the naval reserve center in Galveston could all lose funding for construction projects if the president’s plan to divert money from the military to a border wall succeeds.
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Families Divided
Despite migrant surge, federal officials weigh plan to phase out family detention at South Texas facility
The residential center in Karnes City holds more than 500 adults and children, but federal officials are considering releasing them with notices to appear in court and using the facility to house single adults instead.
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Politics
Ted Cruz and John Cornyn vote against Joaquin Castro’s resolution blocking Trump’s emergency order
But multiple Republican senators joined Democrats in backing the resolution, which passed the Senate. President Donald Trump has said he’ll veto the measure.
