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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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2026 Texas Elections
UT students attacked by Bo French call his comments “disgusting” and too familiar
In a statement Monday night, university officials indirectly addressed Bo French’s comments, calling students at the game Saturday night “incredible fans.”
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2026 Texas Elections
Karl Rove said he’ll break 30 years of only supporting Republicans to vote against “bigot” Bo French
Rove, a former adviser to President George W. Bush and longtime Texas GOP political consultant, made the comments at a private lunch in Austin, according to attendees.
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2026 Texas Elections
Several Texas Republicans condemn Bo French’s racist posts calling Asian students at UT a “problem”
French, the Republican nominee for a statewide position regulating Texas’ oil and gas industry, posted a photo of University of Texas students, while decrying “foreigners” displacing Americans.
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Immigration
ICE officer charged in Minnesota shooting released on bond
Attorneys for Christian Castro, who appeared in federal court in McAllen, say he intends to plead not guilty to charges he lied about the circumstances that led to the shooting of a Venezuelan.
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Immigration
ICE officer in Texas-Minnesota fight turns himself in to face shooting charges, AP reports
Christian Castro, who is accused of lying about the incident, was released from a Texas jail last week after Gov. Greg Abbott declined to sign extradition papers from Minnesota.
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Immigration
Austin man’s wrongful deportation casts scrutiny on Texas’ embrace of ICE partnerships
The federal government let U.S. citizen Brian José Morales García return to Texas on Sunday after deporting him to Mexico following a traffic stop in Central Texas.
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Immigration
Listen to 911 calls from inside an immigration detention center: “We just need to take him to the hospital”
Reporters don’t have access to Camp East Montana, one of the largest immigration detention centers in the country. Emergency calls from the Texas facility offer a glimpse of unfolding crises faced by those locked inside, with few ways to get help.
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Houston ICE Shooting
Brother of migrant shot by ICE agent in Houston released from detention
Victor Salgado, the brother of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, who was shot by ICE agents, is the third witness to be released from detention.
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Immigration
Federal government allows return of U.S. citizen deported after traffic stop in Central Texas
Brian José Morales García maintained he was born in Denver after the federal government accused him of having entered the country illegally.