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Texasā order to ask hospital patientsā citizenship status renews focus on the stateās large uninsured population
Read full article: Texasā order to ask hospital patientsā citizenship status renews focus on the stateās large uninsured populationOn Nov. 1, hospitals will begin asking patients their citizenship status. But data suggests uninsured citizens, not immigrants, cost Texas hospitals more.
How a school voucher supporter won in a Texas House district with almost no private schools
Read full article: How a school voucher supporter won in a Texas House district with almost no private schoolsGov. Greg Abbott said the primary showed Texans want vouchers. In House District 18, an ad blitz and immigration fears may have played a larger role.
New study: Texasā undocumented immigrant population remained relatively stable in 2021
Read full article: New study: Texasā undocumented immigrant population remained relatively stable in 2021The Pew Research Center analyzed unauthorized immigrant data from 2021 finding that thereās been a significant shift in migrantsā country of origin and where they choose to live in the U.S.
Texas can keep buoys in the Rio Grande while legal challenge continues, federal appeals court rules
Read full article: Texas can keep buoys in the Rio Grande while legal challenge continues, federal appeals court rulesNearly three months after Gov. Greg Abbott ordered the deployment of the 1,000-foot line of buoys and mesh in the Rio Grande, an Austin federal judge ordered the state to remove the barrier and stop building further obstructions in the river. One day later a higher court sided with Texas.
As Title 42 comes to an end, El Paso declares state of emergency
Read full article: As Title 42 comes to an end, El Paso declares state of emergencyEl Paso Mayor Oscar Leeser said asylum-seekers are camping out on the sidewalks and staying at shelters in Ciudad JuƔrez, Mexico, under the false notion that they will be allowed to enter the U.S. once Title 42 expires.
Texas heat-related deaths reached a two-decade high in 2022 amid extreme temperatures
Read full article: Texas heat-related deaths reached a two-decade high in 2022 amid extreme temperaturesA Texas Tribune analysis of state data found that at least 279 people in Texas were killed by heat last year, and a large portion of those deaths were likely migrants who died after crossing the border.
Afghan soldier arrested at border while seeking asylum has new lawyers, meets with FBI
Read full article: Afghan soldier arrested at border while seeking asylum has new lawyers, meets with FBIAbdul Wasi Safiās physical and mental health are deteriorating as he waits at a detention center near the border.
Texas diverts $359.6 million from prisons to keep Greg Abbottās border mission operating
Read full article: Texas diverts $359.6 million from prisons to keep Greg Abbottās border mission operatingThe latest infusion was among $874.6 million in āemergencyā budget transfers requested by the Texas Legislative Budget Board, which is composed of GOP state leaders and budget writers.
Analysis: Abbottās border initiative is expensive, ineffective and not as tough as it sounds
Read full article: Analysis: Abbottās border initiative is expensive, ineffective and not as tough as it soundsThe results of the stateās $3 billion border security effort donāt match the up-front promises, and Gov. Greg Abbott is flipping the political script with loud opposition to a change in federal border policy.
Analysis: Texas voters and political candidates arenāt on the same page
Read full article: Analysis: Texas voters and political candidates arenāt on the same pageWhat top Texas candidates are talking about isnāt always the same as what the voters think are the most important issues facing the state.
Analysis: Crime pays, politically speaking, for Texas AGs
Read full article: Analysis: Crime pays, politically speaking, for Texas AGsA Texas attorney general is a civil lawyer, mostly concerned with regulatory, tax and administrative law. But to listen to the candidates, youād think the stateās top lawyer was some kind of cop.
Texas judge opens door for widespread constitutional challenges to Gov. Greg Abbottās border initiative
Read full article: Texas judge opens door for widespread constitutional challenges to Gov. Greg Abbottās border initiativeA Travis County judge Thursday tossed out the trespassing charge of an Ecuadorian man who said he came to the United States seeking asylum. His lawyers argued that the governorās directive to arrest migrants on state charges unconstitutionally usurps federal immigration law.
Texas sheriff under investigation for routinely seizing cash from undocumented immigrants
Read full article: Texas sheriff under investigation for routinely seizing cash from undocumented immigrantsSearch warrants show that Real County Sheriff Nathan Johnson is under scrutiny by state investigators, accused of illegally confiscating cash and a pickup truck from immigrants stopped by his deputies.
Asylum-seeking families and children made up nearly half of July border crossings: āThis is young mamas and daddies trying to save their familiesā
Read full article: Asylum-seeking families and children made up nearly half of July border crossings: āThis is young mamas and daddies trying to save their familiesāMigrant crossings on the U.S.-Mexico border reached a 21-year high in July. This video takes you to the epicenter: Texasā Rio Grande Valley, where more crossings are happening than in any other region in the country.
Gov. Greg Abbott says more apprehensions, drug seizures justify a border wall. Advocates say he's misrepresenting the numbers.
Read full article: Gov. Greg Abbott says more apprehensions, drug seizures justify a border wall. Advocates say he's misrepresenting the numbers.The governor said Texas needs to build a border wall to reduce migrant apprehensions and fentanyl seizures. But immigration and drug treatment experts say Abbott's oversimplifying the issue.
Gov. Greg Abbott wants to build a border wall, but does Texas have the ability ā or money ā to do so?
Read full article: Gov. Greg Abbott wants to build a border wall, but does Texas have the ability ā or money ā to do so?Critics have denounced Abbott's proposal as "political theater" that won't pass legal muster. But the two-term Republican governor says it's time to secure the border.