In far South Texas, federal contractors are preparing to break ground on 33 miles of new fencing that Congress authorized last year.
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 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.”
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As Trump arrives for rally, El Pasoans say history shows he was wrong about their city
As another government shutdown looms later this week, the president follows his State of the Union speech with a rally in the city he said was plagued by crime before border fencing went up. Here’s what history shows about border enforcement and crime in El Paso.
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Watch Donald Trump’s El Paso rally
President Donald Trump visited El Paso for his first campaign rally in the border city.
