Democrats called the deal a ‘non-starter.’
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 administration took thousands more migrant children from parents, report says
According to the Department of Health and Human Services’s inspector general report, the separated children include 118 taken between July and early November — after the administration halted a short-lived family separation policy.
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Politics
Beto O’Rourke’s immigration plan: No wall, but few specifics
When it comes to many of the biggest policy issues facing the country today, Beto O’Rourke’s default stance is to call for a debate — even on issues related to the border and immigration.
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Immigration
Shutdown over wall straining Border Patrol agents working overtime without pay
As the government shutdown approaches its fifth week, Border Patrol agents still roam the Rio Grande and the international bridges are still open. But some federal immigration proceedings have ground to a halt and thousands of hearings have been canceled.
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Immigration
Governor, top Texans in Congress ask Trump not to raid Harvey aid for border wall
Gov. Greg Abbott and 22 members of Congress from Texas sent a letter to President Trump stating their opposition to using Harvey aid for a border wall.
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Immigration
“The abuse was structural:” Report offers glimpse of life inside the now-empty Tornillo migrant camp
Kids were brought into the tent city and some were held for months after illegally crossing the border. For seven months, Tornillo was a symbol of the Trump administration’s scattershot immigration policies, CityLab writes.
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Families Divided
Tornillo tent city for youth migrants is now empty, Texas congressman says
“This tent city should never have stood in the first place,” U.S. Rep. Will Hurd said Friday on Twitter.
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Politics
In the Rio Grande Valley, Trump’s visit to push for wall funding draws cheers and protests
Amid signs, shouts and waving flags, a veteran says Trump’s talk of the border as a war zone is overblown and an immigrant from Mexico says she supports the president’s push to protect the border.
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Donald Trump says Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick offered Texas’ help building the border wall
It’s unclear how serious the president is about the idea, but Gov. Greg Abbott expressed skepticism for such a plan since the federal government isn’t committing the billions of dollars Trump wants.
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Trump urges Democrats to fund border barrier, but stops short of ordering military to build it
In a televised address ahead of his trip to Texas, the president called border crossings a “humanitarian crisis.” But Trump didn’t declare an emergency on the U.S.-Mexico border as the weeks-long partial government shutdown continues amid his stalemate with Congress.