The suit is the latest in a series of legal challenges Paxton has brought against the Biden administration since January.
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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As Republicans hammer Biden on border policy, Democrats question the authenticity of their concern for migrants
As apprehensions of migrants soar again at the border, Texas Republicans blame Biden’s immigration moves, while Democrats question what they call the GOP’s newfound concern for migrants’ well-being.
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As migrant apprehensions soar, Texas politicians jockey for air time to criticize — or defend — President Joe Biden
Republicans are seizing on the apprehensions to blame Biden for conditions in holding facilities. But Democrats blame former President Donald Trump for dismantling the nation’s immigration infrastructure.
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TribCast: Texas to expand vaccine eligibility to all adults
On this week’s TribCast, Matthew talks to Karen and Julián about the state’s plan to expand vaccine eligibility starting Monday and the increase in apprehensions at the border.
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Migrants, including children, face cramped conditions at South Texas Border Patrol facility
Images released by a Democratic U.S. representative show settings similar to those that Democrats hammered former President Donald Trump over two years ago, when that administration encountered an increase of migrant apprehensions
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Texas Legislature 2021
Analysis: When elected problem-solvers become part of the problem
Fixing immigration and ending hate crimes was hard enough without elected policymakers in Austin and Washington D.C., stoking nativist and racial fears.
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The people we left behind: How closing a dangerous border camp adds to inequities
The Biden administration shuttered a migrant tent camp in Mexico that was created under a Trump policy. Immigration advocates praised the move, but the closure adds to growing confusion over which migrants are let in or left out.
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Hundreds of new migrants still being expelled to Mexico as Joe Biden keeps one of Donald Trump’s controversial policies
Hundreds of asylum seekers have been flown to El Paso and sent to Ciudad Juárez this week.
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Gov. Greg Abbott says Texas will target human traffickers in response to “humanitarian crisis” at the border
The governor asked the federal government to let Texas law enforcement interview migrant children in FEMA shelters to investigate human trafficking.
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Teenage migrant boys will be housed in Dallas and Midland as South Texas border facilities experience overcrowding
The Biden administration’s emergency measure will send the boys to Dallas’ convention center and a former oil field workers’ camp in Midland.