The state’s two U.S. senators are likely to play pivotal roles in what is expected to be a politically explosive confirmation process.
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Immigration
A viral Facebook fundraiser has generated more than $20 million for immigration nonprofit RAICES
Over the last week and a half, a Facebook fundraising page has generated more than $20 million for RAICES — three times the nonprofit’s annual budget and more than 40 times what it raised in all of 2017.
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Politics
U.S. House rejects immigration bill that included pathway to citizenship for Dreamers, border wall funding
As expected, Republicans were unable to reconcile differences within their party to move a major immigration bill through the U.S. House chamber Wednesday.
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Families Divided
“We live in fear”: Honduran family seeking asylum left stranded on a bridge
In a video from the border, immigrant Walter Vindel describes how he left Honduras with his wife and children to escape gangs that killed their relatives — and is praying for safe harbor into the U.S. “We are not bad people,” he says.
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Families Divided
Port Isabel detention center, where immigrants will be sent before reuniting with children, has long history of problems
Federal officials initially said the former naval base would be the main reunification center for separated families, then changed their wording and said children won’t go there “even for short periods.”
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University of Texas/Texas Tribune Polls
UT/TT Poll: Football is popular in Texas. The NFL isn’t.
Player protests and other issues have put the NFL in strange territory in Texas: It’s both unpopular and politically polarizing.
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Public Education
Texans think state leaders are falling short on public education, UT/TT Poll finds
Texas voters aren’t satisfied with the state’s handling of public education and don’t always agree on whether paying for it should be a state or local duty, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll.
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Led by Democrats and young adults, most Texas voters want to legalize marijuana, UT/TT Poll finds
Most Texans are ready to legalize marijuana, but political obstacles remain, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll.
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Families Divided
Federal judge blocks separation of migrant children, orders family reunification
A federal judge in San Diego on Tuesday barred the separation of migrant children from their parents and ordered immigration officials to reunify within 30 days families that have been divided.
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Families Divided
Southwest Key may partner with Brownsville ISD to educate migrant students
The private contractor housing migrant children separated from their families is considering partnering with a charter district it founded and with a local school district to educate kids in its Brownsville facilities.
