This week, the House and the Senate named the members of a conference committee that will resolve the differences between the two chambers’ budget plans. Here’s a look at how the two proposals compare, with details on some areas where the plans diverge.
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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Bonnen: Patrick “Playing Games” With Border Security
A key member of the Texas House’s Republican leadership blasted Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick as a Washington-style politician a day after the Texas Senate passed its version of a sweeping border security bill.
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Criminal Justice
Senate Sends Border Security Measure to House
The Texas Senate on Monday passed its own sweeping border security bill, choosing to send its own version to the House rather than taking up the House’s measure, which the lower chamber passed last month.
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Demographics
Integrity Unit Won’t Resume Inquiry Into DPS Contracts
Responding to a request by the Texas Department of Public Safety to renew an investigation into the department’s border security contracts, the head of the state’s anti-corruption unit said Monday that it was not equipped to continue the investigation.
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Video: Seliger and Zerwas on In-State Tuition
At our 4/16 conversation, state Sen. Kel Seliger, R-Amarillo, and state Rep. John Zerwas, R-Richmond — the chairmen, respectively, of the Senate and House Higher Education committees — talked about the controversial law allowing undocumented students to pay in-state tuition rates at public universities.
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State Readies for Court Battle in New Orleans
Two months after a Brownsville-based federal judge halted President Obama’s immigration program, attorneys for Texas will try to convince a three-judge panel at the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans to keep it on hold.
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Interactive: Where Undocumented Students Pay In-State Tuition
Just 2 percent of students enrolled in an institution of higher education in Texas are undocumented and pay in-state tuition — and most of them attend community college. Check out these students’ enrollment by campus.
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Video: Protesters Demand Release of Immigrant Families
A handful of protesters rallied in front of the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement headquarters in Washington on Tuesday to demand the release of undocumented immigrants who are on a hunger strike at a Texas detention center.
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Criminal Justice
Castro Asks Feds for Border Surge Details
A Democratic congressman has asked the federal government to do what the Texas Department of Public Safety has said it can’t: Provide information on what role federal agents have played during the state’s multimillion-dollar border surge.
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House Passes Bill That Beefs Up Resources for Border Prosecutors
The Texas House on Thursday passed legislation that would codify the current policies and duties of the state’s Border Prosecution Unit.
