We’re liveblogging this weekend from The Texas Tribune Festival’s Race & Immigration track, which includes panels on the future of Texas politics, the DREAM Act, voter ID and whether Texas still needs the Voting Rights Act.
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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Brad Bailey: The TT Interview
The founder and CEO of the nonprofit Texas Immigration Solution on how the group formed, why he thinks Republicans have the answer to the country’s immigration problem and what both parties should do to solve it.
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Analysts Say Concerns Over Mexican Presidential Transition Are Overblown
Worries about the new presidential government in Mexico are overblown, says San Antonio native Nelson Balido, the president of the Border Trade Alliance, who recently met with the president-elect’s transition team in Mexico City.
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Advocacy Groups Target Private Prisons for Immigrants
A coalition of advocacy organizations issued a report on Thursday arguing that federal immigration policy is leading to a surge in the population of private prisons, where conditions raise human rights questions.
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Industry Leaders Want Action on “Payroll Fraud”
Tycoons in commercial construction and homebuilding — industries often pegged as harbors for undocumented workers — are urging state lawmakers to close a loophole that guards employers against knowingly hiring illegal immigrants.
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TribLive: Against In-State Tuition
At this morning’s TribLive conversation, GOP state Reps. and Texas Senate hopefuls Kelly Hancock, Ken Paxton and Larry Taylor came out against the state’s policy of offering in-state tuition to the children of undocumented persons.
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U.S., Mexican Leaders Say the Old PRI is Gone
The return to power of Mexico’s Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, is unlikely to be accompanied by the corruption that used to plague the party, say Arturo Sarukhan, the Mexican ambassador to the U.S., and former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson.
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Drug Reform Movement Joins Mexican Activists in Bid to Spread Message
A group of Mexicans and Americans who recently marched on the Texas Capitol to draw attention to Mexico’s drug war and American drug policies were joined by drug legalization advocates, who found a new avenue to advance their cause.
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Approved Deferred Action Applicants Could Get ID Cards, Lawyers Say
Texas Department of Public Safety rules mandate that applicants for driver’s licenses or IDs prove they are in the country legally. Some immigration lawyers say that approved deferred action applicants would qualify.
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Perry: “Deferred Action” Doesn’t Change Policies
Gov. Rick Perry has advised state agencies that the recent “deferred action” policy to allow illegal immigrants a two-year reprieve from deportation and a work permit does not change state policies.