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.
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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Immigration
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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Immigration
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.
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Families Divided
Tornillo tent city for migrant teens is on the verge of shutting down
After six months of controversy and protests, the tent city erected near a desert port of entry will close after federal officials can find new accommodations for more than 800 unaccompanied minors who crossed the border illegally.
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Congress
Republican Congressman Mac Thornberry pushes back against idea of military building border wall
Thornberry, the former chair of the U.S. House Armed Services Committee, said “it is not a responsibility of the Department of Defense” to build the wall.
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Politics
President Trump to visit U.S.-Mexico border Thursday
President Donald Trump is making a trip to the United States’ border with Mexico on Thursday. It wasn’t immediately clear whether he would visit Texas.
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Health care
Here’s how the federal government shutdown is affecting Texas
Court cases are slowing down and it’s taking some people longer to buy a home, but national parks are open and the Border Patrol is still working.
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Politics
After years of Trump’s dire warnings, a “crisis” has hit the border but generates little urgency
A political stalemate over the president’s border wall plan makes small-bore immigration fixes more remote.
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Immigration
Trump says he could declare national emergency to build border wall
Asked Friday if he would declare a national emergency to get the wall built, Trump responded: “We can do it. I haven’t done it. I may do it. I may do it.”
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Politics
The Texas Tribune’s most-read stories of 2018
No surprise: Our audience was drawn to our reporting on the U.S. Senate race between Ted Cruz and Beto O’Rourke. And our most-read story of 2018 let readers know how they could help migrant children at the border.
