President Donald Trump said Tuesday he would soon meet with Defense Secretary Jim Mattis to discuss having the U.S. military deployed to the border with Mexico. “I think it is something we have to do,” he said.
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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Demographics
Critics of Texas’ “sanctuary cities” law ask federal appeals court to reconsider case
Opponents of Senate Bill 4 have asked a federal appeals court to reconsider a decision that allowed most of the controversial immigration enforcement law to go into effect. The case could eventually end up before the U.S. Supreme Court.
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TribCast
Census citizenship question, March for Our Lives, Tillerson for UT chancellor? (podcast)
Republican congressional candidate Chip Roy joins the TribCast crew to discuss his upcoming runoff. Plus, we tackle the 2020 census, the March for Our Lives protests and whether Rex Tillerson could be the University of Texas System’s next chancellor.
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Demographics
Analysis: Adding a citizenship question to the census could screw over Texas
A census question on citizenship could undercount populations in states with large numbers of poor and/or Hispanic residents — states like Texas. And an undercount would cut into the state’s representation, and its federal services.
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Graphics and data reporting
Ahead of 2020 census, Texans are becoming even harder to count
Local officials, demographers and advocates are worried the census could be particularly tough to carry out in Texas in 2020. They are bracing for challenges both practical and political that could make the state, which is already hard to count, even tougher to enumerate.
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Demographics
How Donald Trump’s border wall fared in the $1.3 trillion spending bill he just signed
“We funded the initial down payment of $1.6 billion,” Trump said of border wall funding Friday. “We’re going to be starting work – literally – on Monday on not only some new wall … but also fixing existing walls.”
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Congress
Congress passes $1.3 trillion spending bill that includes some border wall funding
The massive spending bill Congress passed Thursday includes $1.6 billion allocated for a border wall but fell far short of the Trump administration’s demands, and Democrats were able to exact significant restrictions on the wall’s construction.
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Demographics
ACLU lawsuit alleges ICE field office in El Paso among those holding asylum seekers without cause
The plaintiffs in the case include a Haitian ethics teacher fleeing political persecution, a Honduran national who alleges persecution for being gay and asylum seekers from Mexico, El Salvador, Venezuela and Cuba.
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Demographics
After ruling on Texas’ “sanctuary cities” law, opponents say they’re down but not out
Attorneys and immigrants’ rights groups who fought against Senate Bill 4 say their next move isn’t exactly clear, but they insist they have a handful of options remaining.
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Politics
Federal appeals court’s ruling upholds most of Texas’ “sanctuary cities” law
As the case over Senate Bill 4 plays out, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that most of the immigration enforcement legislation can remain in effect.