A coalition of Texas-based attorneys filed an emergency request to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to order the United States to end the practice of family separation at the border.
Immigration
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Texas immigration case could play large role in family separations
In El Paso, attorneys with the American Civil Liberties Union and representatives from the Border Network for Human Rights said a lawsuit that seeks to end family separations at the border could hinge, in part, on the case of a woman detained in 2017.
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Texas Elections 2018
Hispanic identity is already shaping the race between Ted Cruz and Beto O’Rourke
In the high-profile Senate race between incumbent Ted Cruz and challenger Beto O’Rourke, there are numerous ways in which their unique relationships with the Hispanic community have already intersected.
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Three Texas Democrats in Congress withhold support for debate of immigration legislation
U.S. Reps. Henry Cuellar of Laredo, Filemon Vela of Brownsville and Vicente Gonzalez of McAllen are withholding their support for a bipartisan “discharge petition” that would bypass the committee process and force Congress to address the legal status of “Dreamers.”
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After anti-wall website launches on the border, Texas Farm Bureau fires off cease-and-desist letter
A new website created to stir up opposition to President Trump’s border wall has already caused one organization to threaten legal action. The website’s creators said that means their message is getting heard.
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Politics
Mexican journalist detained in Texas granted new asylum hearing
After a decade of seeking asylum, a Mexican reporter and his son have been granted a new asylum hearing. The pair has been detained in Texas since last December.
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Texas Elections 2018
How Democrats in Texas are trying to win over one of America’s most ethnically diverse counties
The 22nd Congressional District, which includes most of Fort Bend County, has long tilted Republican, but Democrats see an opportunity to change that by reaching out to thousands of non-voters in ethnic communities.
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Immigration
Trump administration preparing to shelter migrant children on Texas military bases
Three of the bases being considered to warehouse migrant children are in Texas — the Army’s Fort Bliss, Goodfellow Air Force Base and Dyess Air Force Base.
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Demographics
Judge allows group of “Dreamers” to formally fight Texas’ lawsuit to end DACA
A federal judge ruled Tuesday that the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund can represent a group of young undocumented immigrants in opposing a lawsuit aimed at ending an Obama-era immigration program shielding people like them from deportation.
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Texas Congressman Will Hurd helps lead push to force a House vote on immigration bills
“No matter what your ideological views on this topic are, everybody should have a debate,” Hurd said.