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Posted Sep 29, 2021, 11:21 am
Robert Farley
/Factcheck.org
Ads from the conservative Club for Growth targeting nine vulnerable Democrats and one Republican in the House distort the impact of the Biden plan on taxpayers, warning that the plan “could cost your family” thousands or even tens of thousands of dollars. It could, but it probably won’t.... Read more»
Posted Jan 12, 2021, 11:40 am
Jeremy Schwartz
/Propublica/The Texas Tribune
The trip comes in the midst of planned impeachment proceedings following a violent week at the U.S. Capitol and a week after Department of Homeland Security officials touted the “historic” completion of 450 miles of border fencing during the Trump administration.... Read more»
Posted May 13, 2020, 3:06 pm
Perla Trevizo
/ProPublica
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.... Read more»
Posted Feb 9, 2016, 10:41 am
Jay Root
/Texas Tribune
How to deal with, or talk about, foreigners who commit crimes in the United States — the government’s term for them is the politically incorrect “criminal aliens” — has prompted heated calls for vastly different solutions.... Read more»
Posted Feb 20, 2015, 10:26 am
Julian Aguilar
/The Texas Tribune
Texas lawmakers say that if Congress can't agree on a way to fund the Department of Homeland Security soon, the U.S. will look ridiculous to the world, and the southern border will look tempting to transnational gangs.
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Posted Aug 7, 2014, 12:31 pm
Julian Aguilar
/The Texas Tribune
Congress left towns and counties on the Texas-Mexico border hanging last week when it adjourned without sending a supplemental budget measure to the president. The local governments have used their own resources since last spring to care for thousands of immigrants flooding into their communities, and they had hoped Congress would reimburse local taxpayers. ... Read more»
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Posted Jul 31, 2014, 12:10 pm
Julian Aguilar
/The Texas Tribune
Lawmakers spent hours earlier debating the merits of a border bill. But CSPAN reported that House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, failed to garner enough support from his GOP colleagues, who argued the measure was not strong enough.... Read more»
Posted Jul 15, 2014, 2:39 pm
Julian Aguilar
/The Texas Tribune
Proposed legislation to address the surge of unaccompanied Central American children crossing into the U.S. is dividing Texas’ border lawmakers.
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Posted Jun 27, 2014, 5:47 pm
Julian Aguilar
/The Texas Tribune
The undocumented immigrants flooding into Texas from Central America don’t often know terms like “deferred action” or “prosecutorial discretion,” White House policies that grant relief from deportation and a possible work permit. But some are still basing their decisions to leave their home countries on misinformation — a rumor that they'll be allowed to live here legally.... Read more»
Posted Mar 16, 2014, 6:32 pm
Julian Aguilar
/The Texas Tribune
Call it one of the most heralded binational agreements between the United States and Mexico you have probably never heard of. For more than a year, a Mexican customs inspection station has been open at the Laredo International Airport, the only airport in the U.S. where Mexican agents preclear cargo headed south of the border.... Read more»
Posted Mar 12, 2014, 8:37 am
Julian Aguilar
/The Texas Tribune
Civil liberties and immigrant rights groups are welcoming the release of U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s use-of-force policy and a new directive for U.S. Border Patrol agents as a signal of greater transparency, but those groups — along with some congressmen — argue that more should be done.... Read more»
Posted Feb 23, 2014, 2:03 pm
Julian Aguilar
/The Texas Tribune
As part of President Enrique Peña Nieto’s economic reforms in Mexico, the federal value-added tax in regions within about 12.5 miles of the border was raised this year to 16 percent from 11 percent, matching the rest of the country. As a result, economists and local government officials in Texas are eyeing millions in additional dollars being spent by Mexican residents who are willing to cross the Rio Grande to save on items from toilet paper to electronics.... Read more»
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Posted Jul 10, 2013, 7:31 pm
Julian Aguilar
/The Texas Tribune
Advocates for immigration reform who balked at a U.S. Senate proposal that adopted a strict border enforcement amendment might soon realize it was the best chance they were going to get. On Wednesday a group of key House Republicans said in a brief statement that they will not support the Senate's measure, opting instead for a series of fixes to what the group calls the country's broken system.... Read more»
Posted May 9, 2013, 5:33 pm
Julian Aguilar
/The Texas Tribune
The Mexican government’s decision to limit the access that U.S. law enforcement agents had under the previous administration should be seen more as an effort to streamline enforcement and not as an affront to its northern neighbor, analysts and lawmakers say.... Read more»
Posted Feb 28, 2013, 9:54 am
Julian Aguilar
/The Texas Tribune
The same week Texas Democrats touted the results of a government study that shows border communities are safe, a federal stalemate could shrink the law enforcement build-up that helped make those results possible.... Read more»
Posted Oct 1, 2012, 8:52 am
Julian Aguilar
/The Texas Tribune
Former Webb County, Tex., Sheriff Rick Flores was ousted in 2008 by Martin Cuellar, a former DPS lieutenant and brother of Congressman Henry Cuellar. After a brief stint in Arizona, Flores is back — seeking to reclaim the seat as an independent.... Read more»