Harris County has seen new cases plateau under the county judge. But her orders designed to slow the spread of the new coronavirus have generated outrage among some conservatives.
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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COVID-19 cases at a Texas immigration detention center soared. Now, town leaders want answers.
Coronavirus infections continue to rise at migrant detention facilities in towns with limited resources. Some local governments want details on what’s being done to safeguard the public.
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Texas DACA recipients working on pandemic’s front lines await Supreme Court ruling
More than 4,000 DACA recipients work in health care in Texas, including many in hospitals. A pending U.S. Supreme Court ruling will decide whether they can continue that work — and stay in the country.
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Federal government sued for denying stimulus checks to Americans married to undocumented immigrants
The Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, is alleging that a provision in the $2.2 trillion stimulus package known as the CARES Act that denies the benefit to mixed-status families in unconstitutional.
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Meatpacking workers in Texas Panhandle have little power to avoid the coronavirus
A workforce of immigrants has long powered the massive JBS meatpacking plant in Cactus, where a cluster of coronavirus cases is under investigation. They’re risking their lives each shift in the county with the state’s highest known infection rate.
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Trump signs order pausing immigration for 60 days, with exceptions
The order doesn’t apply to many categories of immigrants, but Immigrant advocates worry that the order is the beginning of even stricter measures.
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President Donald Trump says he’s temporarily halting immigration during coronavirus pandemic
Trump tweeted Monday night that he will issue an executive order but gave few details about what it would do — or when he would issue it.
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Laredo, a key Texas border crossing, uses strict coronavirus measures as it fears spread to rest of U.S.
With curfews, anti-gathering orders and a requirement to wear masks, Laredo has implemented some of the strictest protective measures in the nation.
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She’s an undocumented immigrant, a taxpayer and an essential worker. But she won’t get a stimulus check.
About 8% of Texas workers are undocumented, and because they’re not eligible for stimulus payments, many are facing tough choices during the pandemic.
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Government watchdog: Millions wasted on Tornillo migrant detention facility
The Government Accountability Office found that the government spent $66 million in taxpayer money over five months to hold an average of 28 people per day at the tent encampment near El Paso.