U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro on Thursday lost his battle with Congressional Republicans that want to stop the U.S. Library of Congress from removing controversial immigration terms from its search headings.
Immigration
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Demographics
Texas Valedictorians Draw Attention for Saying They’re Undocumented (Video)
In Austin and North Texas, two high school valedictorians are drawing national attention and some ire for publicly identifying themselves as undocumented.
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Criminal Justice
After Outcry, Judge Delays Sanctions Against Obama Administration in Immigration Case
The Texas-based judge that earlier this year put a hold on President Obama’s executive order on immigration decided on Tuesday to also suspend a controversial punishment he had recently issued to the administration’s attorneys.
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Politics
Texas Congressman to Trump: “Take Your Border Wall and Shove It Up Your Ass”
U.S. Rep. Filemon Vela unleashed on presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump in an open letter Monday morning.
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Criminal Justice
Civil Rights Groups Ask Appeals Court to Block Judge’s Immigration Order
A coalition of civil and immigrant rights groups on Friday asked an appeals court to stop a federal judge’s order that requires the Obama administration to turn over the confidential information of thousands of undocumented immigrants.
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Criminal Justice
Judge Blocks License for Detention Facility
Immigrant rights groups were handed a significant victory on Wednesday when a Travis County judge ruled that the state temporarily cannot license an immigration detention center as a childcare facility.
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Criminal Justice
El Paso ID Effort Could Force Showdown Over Local Control
In El Paso, local leaders hope to create a municipal ID card for the region’s homeless, indigent and undocumented. But Gov. Greg Abbott has hinted that could make El Paso a so-called “sanctuary city.”
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Criminal Justice
Obama Administration Asks Texas Judge To Put Immigration Order on Hold
The Obama administration has asked a Brownsville-based judge to rethink an order that requires the federal government to turn over the private information of thousands of undocumented immigrants.
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Criminal Justice
As El Paso Sees Surge of Cuban Migrants, Calls for Policy Shift Grow Louder
As El Paso draws record numbers of Cubans seeking refuge, the city’s Democratic congressman said he favors repealing a decades-old provision that gives those migrants a special status here.
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Criminal Justice
Judge Orders Ethics Classes for Justice Department Attorneys in Immigration Case
The Brownsville-based judge who halted President Obama’s 2014 executive action on immigration has decided that ethics classes are in order for the attorneys who defended the policy.