The policy required asylum seekers who passed through Mexico on their way to the U.S. to stay in Mexico while their claims were processed. Many were forced to live in sometimes dangerous and unsanitary migrant camps.
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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Immigration
Biden administration spending $60 million per week to shelter unaccompanied minors
The government projects that by September, about 22,000 to 26,000 unaccompanied minors will arrive at the border each month and require federal care.
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Politics
Advocates back Gov. Greg Abbott’s call for greater oversight at migrant shelters. But they question his timing and motivations.
Abbott largely remained silent despite reports of widespread abuse in migrant shelters during former President Donald Trump’s administration.
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Politics
Texas investigating allegations that unaccompanied migrant children are being abused, sexually assaulted in San Antonio
The governor did not know the identities of those who alleged assault, nor did he provide many details. He said he was concerned more than one child may have been assaulted.
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State Government
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sues in effort to force Biden administration to deport more people convicted of crimes
The suit is the latest in a series of legal challenges Paxton has brought against the Biden administration since January.
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Immigration
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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Politics
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
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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Immigration
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.
