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Los Angeles Times
16 days ago
Willie ColĂłn, trombone and salsa legend, dies at 75
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Willie ColĂłn, trombone and salsa legend, dies at 75
Throughout his career, ColĂłn released more than 40 albums, pioneering a salsa sound influenced by the streets of New York City and beloved by Latin immigrant households around the globe.
https://www.latimes.com/delos/story/2026-02-21/willie-colon-salsa-71-hector-lavoe-ruben-blades
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The death of Ruben Ray Martinez, which would be the earliest deadly shooting by fed officers since the start of President Trump's immigration clampdown, came to light bc of a FOIA lawsuit from nonprofit watchdog American Oversight for records.
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New: Houston-area developer Colony Ridge, accused of running a predatory lending scheme that deceived Latinos, reached a $68M settlement w/ Texas and the feds. This detail đ stuck out ââ undocumented ppl can't get a driver's license or official ID in TX. Report:
www.texastribune.org/2026/02/10/c...
27 days ago
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Democrat Taylor Rehmetâs stunning upset victory in last month's Texas Senate
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elex is explained in part by the massive swing by Latinos toward his campaign compared to other Dems in recent elections. to see the change, @amahaja.bsky.social made these maps:
www.texastribune.org/2026/02/09/t...
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Mike Hixenbaugh
29 days ago
This is Amalia. She spiked a fever of 104 in ICE lock up, a lawsuit says. Her oxygen levels dropped to 50% Officers stood watch during her 10-day emergency hospital stay. When she was well enough to leave, doctors said Amalia should go home. Instead, ICE put her and her mom back in detention.
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Two weeks ago, the El Paso Medical Examiner ruled the death of a 55yo Cuban detainee at an immigration center in El Paso was a homicide. ICE bypassed the county ME w/ the latest death, sending the body to an Army hospital instead.
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NEW: How Democrat Taylor Rehmet upset a MAGA candidate to flip a North Texas Senate district that Donald Trump carried by 17 points in 2024 + what folks are making of the special election, held on a Jan. Saturday w/ no other candidates on the ballot.
#txlege
#sd9
www.texastribune.org/2026/02/02/t...
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How Democrats flipped a ruby red Senate seat in North Texas
Observers of the race said Rehmetâs working-class appeal, along with Latino and suburban backlash to GOP policies, fueled his win in a district Donald Trump carried by 17 points.
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/02/02/texas-senate-district-9-special-election-taylor-rehmet-upset-latino-suburban-backlash/
about 1 month ago
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Texas passed a '23 immigration law in response to record border crossings under the Biden admin. Today, a challenge to the law returns to court under v diff circumstances: crossings are low + TX is helping the Trump admin + the DOJ is no longer a plaintiff.
www.texastribune.org/2026/01/22/t...
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Appeals court to reconsider 2023 Texas immigration law, SB 4
Senate Bill 4 returns to the 5th Circuit with border crossings at record lows, a sharp reversal from the influx that inspired Texasâ law authorizing state police to arrest undocumented immigrants.
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/01/22/texas-immigration-law-senate-bill-4-5th-circuit-court-of-appeals/
about 2 months ago
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Two weeks ago, Texas AG Ken Paxton announced that his office had arrested 35 undocumented people they turned over to ICE. So, I asked via an open records requests for arrest reports and any other relevant docs related to the apprehensions. The AG's office says there aren't any:
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new from me: In the wake of the Uvalde school shooting in 2022, U.S. Sen. John Cornyn made a risky decision for a Texas Republican: He helped shepherd major gun safety legislation. Now critics are turning up the heat on Cornyn in what's shaping up to be the fight of his career.
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https://www.texastribune.org/2025/10/27/john-cornyn-gun-bill-senate-primary-texas
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4 months ago
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Francesca D'Annunzio
6 months ago
In April, authorities raided what they say was a Tren de Aragua gathering. Attendees say it was a birthday party. Among those detained included a homeless barber/DoorDash driver, and three people who fled Venezuela years ago *because of* that gang đ§ľ
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Officials Said They Busted a Tren de Aragua Party. Attendees Beg to Differ.
A highly publicized multi-agency raid in Hays County resulted in dozens of arrests on low-level immigration charges and left an Austin mother's life in tatters. It also fit a pattern of unproven gang-...
https://www.texasobserver.org/officials-tren-de-aragua-party-attendees-differ/
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Charles Ornstein
6 months ago
The Texas Department of Public Safety has shifted from Biden-era border enforcement to helping expel people from the country, a job once exclusively done by federal authorities.
@serranoalej.bsky.social
@texastribune.org
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âOperation Lone Star 2.0â: DPS arresting thousands of undocumented immigrants across Texas to aid Trumpâs mass deportation
The Department of Public Safety has shifted from Biden-era border enforcement to helping expel people from the country, a job once exclusively done by federal authorities.
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/09/12/texas-dps-immigration-arrests-trump-deportation-operation-lone-star/?utm_campaign=trib-social-buttons
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New: Texas DPS officers are helping arrest thousands of undocumented immigrants across the state, including in large cities whose Democrat leaders have historically opposed working w/ ICE. Spokesperson tells me: "Operation Lone Star 2.0 is underway statewide..."
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âOperation Lone Star 2.0â: DPS arresting thousands of undocumented immigrants across Texas to aid Trumpâs mass deportation
The Department of Public Safety has shifted from Biden-era border enforcement to helping expel people from the country, a job once exclusively done by federal authorities.
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/09/12/texas-dps-immigration-arrests-trump-deportation-operation-lone-star/
6 months ago
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Kathleen Bush-Joseph
6 months ago
âOperation Lone Star 2.0â: Texas Dept. of Public Safety arresting thousands of undocumented immigrants across TX to aid Trumpâs mass deportation DPS has shifted from Biden-era border enforcement to helping expel people from the country... From
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âOperation Lone Star 2.0â: DPS arresting thousands of undocumented immigrants across Texas to aid Trumpâs mass deportation
The Department of Public Safety has shifted from Biden-era border enforcement to helping expel people from the country, a job once exclusively done by federal authorities.
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/09/12/texas-dps-immigration-arrests-trump-deportation-operation-lone-star/
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ProPublica
7 months ago
đ˝ď¸ WATCH: Andry Omar Blanco Bonilla, one of the men Trump sent to CECOT, told our reporters he was beaten the moment the plane landed. He says when he regained consciousness and saw the polished concrete floor, the bright lights, the men in uniform, he just asked God: What am I doing here? Why?
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colleague Carlos Nogueras Ramos' dispatch about how Midland high school may once again be named after Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee five years after the school shed its Confederate moniker -->
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Five years after shedding Confederate moniker, a West Texas high school may be Lee High again
The Midland school district rebranded Robert E. Lee High as Legacy High in 2020, part of a nationwide trend to distance public places from the Confederacy.
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/08/11/midland-texas-high-school-confederacy-robert-e-lee/
7 months ago
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New: Increased attention on Texas House Democratic leader Rep. Gene Wu of Houston comes with more anti-Asian insults.
www.texastribune.org/2025/08/06/t...
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Increased attention on Texas House Democratic leader Gene Wu comes with more anti-Asian insults
âIs Gene Wu back in China?â state Sen. Mayes Middleton, a Galveston Republican, posted on X on Monday â the first day the House did not reach a quorum due to the absent Democrats.
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/08/06/texas-house-democrat-gene-wu-anti-asian-mayes-middleton/
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New: Meet Goliad County Sheriff Roy Boyd, who's emerged as a model for how sheriffs can serve in President Donald Trumpâs immigration enforcement apparatus. Sheriffs are already set to supercharge Trumpâs immigration crackdown â especially in Texas.
www.texastribune.org/2025/07/31/g...
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How a rural Texas sheriff became a poster child for serving Trumpâs immigration goals
Roy Boyd has also become one of the loudest cheerleaders for partnerships between sheriffs and ICE to offer the federal agency unprecedented access to jails and deputies.
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/07/31/goliad-sheriff-texas-border-ice-roy-boyd/
7 months ago
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New: A Venezuelan man accused by Texas police of being a Tren de Aragua member and sent to El Salvador was initially arrested on criminal trespassing charges when he crossed the border. This week a Texas judge dismissed that case. But he remains in ES's CECOT.
www.texastribune.org/2025/07/17/t...
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Texas judge dismisses case against migrant deported to El Salvador for being an alleged gang member
DPS troopers labeled Pedro Luis Salazar-Cuervo, who remains in a Salvadoran prison, a Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang member based on a photo of him with a tattooed man.
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/07/17/texas-migrant-el-salvador-tren-de-aragua-deportation-dismissed/
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ProPublica
9 months ago
28-year-old Pedro Luis Salazar-Cuervo, who has no known criminal record, was accused by Texas police of being in a Venezuelan gang because they found a photo of him posing with another man with tattoos, his lawyers say. From ProPublica partner
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Migrant deported to El Salvador after DPS labeled him a member of Tren de Aragua without evidence, lawyer says
Lawyers for Pedro Luis Salazar-Cuervo deny he is a gang member and say the DPS accusation hinges on a photo they found of him standing next to a man with tattoos.
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/06/18/texas-dps-venezuelan-el-salvador-tren-de-aragua-deportation/
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New: Texas police asked a Venezuelan migrant if he had tattoos. He didn't. But they found a photo of him standing next to a man who did. That was enough to label him a member of Tren de Aragua, getting him shipped to El Salvador, lawyers say.
www.texastribune.org/2025/06/18/t...
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Migrant deported to El Salvador after DPS labeled him a member of Tren de Aragua without evidence, lawyer says
Lawyers for Pedro Luis Salazar-Cuervo deny he is a gang member and say the DPS accusation hinges on a photo they found of him standing next to a man with tattoos.
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/06/18/texas-dps-venezuelan-el-salvador-tren-de-aragua-deportation/
9 months ago
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new from me: Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick got the THC ban he wanted â and an explosion of backlash. As pressure mounts on the governor to veto
#SB3
, Patrick is in the unfamiliar position of taking flak from conservative activists and media personalities.
www.texastribune.org/2025/06/10/d...
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Lt. Gov. Dan Patrickâs push to ban THC in Texas draws rare backlash from the right
Itâs an unusual situation for the lieutenant governor, long viewed by GOP activists as a stalwart conservative responsible for driving the Legislature rightward.
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/06/10/dan-patrick-texas-thc-ban-republican-gop-backlash/
9 months ago
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New: Two months ago, a cadre of Texas and federal authorities crashed what they later described as a Tren de Aragua gathering in Hays County and detained 47 people, including kids. Since, the authorities involved in the raid have not said much. đ§ľ
www.texastribune.org/2025/06/04/t...
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Months after detaining 47 people accused of being Tren de Aragua in Austin, authorities offer no evidence of gang ties
People at the raided house say they rented it for a birthday party and deny any connection to the gang. One man says law enforcement accused him of being in Tren de Aragua because of his tattoo.
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/06/04/texas-immigration-raid-hays-county-austin-venezuelan-gang/
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New: Texas would further cement its role in enforcing immigration laws under a bill the state Legislature voted to send to the governor Sunday that would require most sheriffs to cooperate with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. more here:
www.texastribune.org/2025/06/01/t...
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Bill requiring that Texas sheriffs work with federal immigration authorities heads to governorâs desk
Senate Bill 8 would further expand the stateâs role in enforcing immigration laws, long the sole jurisdiction of the federal government.
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/06/01/texas-immigration-enforcement-sheriffs-287g-bill/
9 months ago
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A Texas Senate panel today advanced a bill that would no longer allow undocumented students to pay in-state tuition. Out-of-state tuition is typically three times more expensive than in-state tuition. via
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Robert Downen
11 months ago
20 years ago, Texas studied immigration and found that undocumented immigrants' economic contributions outweighed their costs. Now, for the first time since, Texas may conduct a similar study â but only focus on the costs.
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Texas may study the impact of immigration again, but focus only on costs
The only time the state conducted such an assessment two decades ago, it found that undocumented Texans contributed more to the stateâs economy than they cost the state.
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/04/22/texas-undocumented-immigrants-study-senate/
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New: Texas is one step closer to studying the impact of immigration on the state for the first time in almost two decades, but might exclude from the assessment the benefits that undocumented immigrants contribute to the stateâs economy.
www.texastribune.org/2025/04/22/t...
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Texas may study the impact of immigration again, but focus only on costs
The only time the state conducted such an assessment two decades ago, it found that undocumented Texans contributed more to the stateâs economy than they cost the state.
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/04/22/texas-undocumented-immigrants-study-senate/
11 months ago
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New: Gov. Greg Abbott gave President Donald Trump credit when Texas closed a border site for booking migrants. But arrests were already low, records show.
www.texastribune.org/2025/04/14/t...
11 months ago
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It all starts with a flush of a toilet: El Paso is about to embark on a whole new way to save its limited water supply via mi tocaya
@alereports.bsky.social
:
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Toilet to tap: El Paso is about to embark on a whole new way to save its limited water supply
El Pasoâs dry climate â it rains just 9 inches annually â is one of the reasons the city has taken water management so seriously.
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/04/10/el-paso-texas-water-crisis/
11 months ago
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Investigative Reporters & Editors
12 months ago
âGreat journalism isnât exclusive.â Love this message from
@serranoalej.bsky.social
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during our student workshop today.
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After four prosecutors and nearly six years, El Paso DA decided itâs time to stop pursuing the death penalty for the mass shooter who in 2019 killed 23 people in a local Walmart and said he wanted âto shoot as many Mexicans as possible.â via
@ujohnnyg.bsky.social
www.texastribune.org/2025/03/25/t...
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After four prosecutors and nearly six years, El Paso DA decides itâs time to stop pursuing the death penalty for mass shooter
The new DA campaigned on seeking the death penalty for the 2019 massacre, but said he offered the gunman a plea deal of life in prison to avoid dragging out the case for several more years.
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/03/25/texas-el-paso-mass-shooting-walmart-death-penalty-plea-bargain/
12 months ago
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Five years after Texasâ first COVID death, the state spends less on public health, vaccination rates have dropped and a distrust of authority has taken hold. this is an incredible read via
@eleanorklib.bsky.social
www.texastribune.org/2025/03/18/t...
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After COVID, Texas is less prepared for the next pandemic
Five years after Texasâ first COVID death, the state spends less on public health, vaccination rates have dropped and a distrust of authority has taken hold.
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/03/18/texas-covid-pandemic-readiness/
12 months ago
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12 months ago
NEW (and my first BlueSky post!): How overwhelmed is the Houston-area criminal justice system? Read my story about a man who spent 18 years in the Harris County jail pre-trial.
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Houston man held in Harris County Jail for 18 years without a trial
A man accused of killing Joel Osteen's great-aunt waited almost two decades in the Harris County Jail without a trial.
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/investigations/article/harris-county-jail-multimillion-problem-19871322.php
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Texas Tribune
12 months ago
Robert Morris, Texas megachurch pastor and former Trump adviser, indicted for child sex crimes.
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Robert Morris, Texas megachurch pastor and former Trump adviser, indicted for child sex crimes
Morris is a former spiritual adviser to President Donald Trump, and Gateway â one of the nationâs largest megachurches â has been particularly active in Dallas-area GOP politics.
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/03/12/robert-morris-texas-megachurch-indicted-sexual-abuse/
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Texas lawmakers have filed dozens of bills that could further cement the stateâs role in immigration enforcement â long the sole responsibility of the federal government â should they become law. here's a primer on some of the proposals w/
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12 months ago
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come work at the
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we have openings for two (!) politics reporters, a GA reporter and an economy and industry reporter. more about the positions here:
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12 months ago
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New: The Trump administration fired five judges from federal immigration courts in Texas. Union president tells me: âWe can give President Trump congratulations âcause he just increased the backlog of immigration cases.â
www.texastribune.org/2025/02/27/t...
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Trump administration removes five immigration judges in Texas, union says
The move raises concerns about large case backlogs that have persisted for years.
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/02/27/texas-immigration-courts-judges-fired/
about 1 year ago
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ICE said 118 people were arrested during an operation Monday in Colony Ridge outside of Houston but only released information about one of the arrests. ICE has not responded to requests for a list of the names, ages and charges against those who were arrested.
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More than 100 arrested in Colony Ridge immigration raids, ICE says
The development outside of Houston has long drawn the ire of Texas Republicans who claim itâs a haven for undocumented people.
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/02/25/texas-colony-ridge-raids-arrests-immigrants-ice/
about 1 year ago
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The owners of a South Texas bakery accused of illegally hiring undocumented immigrants for $8/hr were also housing them next door â a detail that a federal judge ruled was sufficient to charge the couple with harboring the workers. via
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www.texastribune.org/2025/02/21/t...
about 1 year ago
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The owners of a South Texas bakery were arrested and charged with harboring undocumented workers, a relatively rare incidence of federal agents pursuing business owners for allegedly employing undocumented immigrants. via
@beregarcia.bsky.social
www.texastribune.org/2025/02/20/t...
about 1 year ago
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Trumpâs mass deportation plans have echoes of a 1950s federal crackdown that swept through Texas fascinating history via
@ujohnnyg.bsky.social
www.texastribune.org/2025/02/12/t...
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Trumpâs mass deportation plans have echoes of a 1950s federal crackdown that swept through Texas
Seventy-one years after the Eisenhower administration launched a high-visibility operation to arrest undocumented immigrants, President Trump is following some of the same playbook.
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/02/12/texas-immigrants-deportation-operation-trump-eisenhower/
about 1 year ago
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Uriel J. GarcĂa
about 1 year ago
UPDATE: Border Patrol chief calls report that agents will board buses to check studentsâ citizenship âabsurdâ
www.texastribune.org/2025/02/05/a...
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: The Alice Independent School District in South Texas warned parents in a letter Wednesday that U.S. Border Patrol agents may be checking the immigration status of students on school buses traveling for extracurricular activities.
www.texastribune.org/2025/02/05/a...
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Texas school district warns Border Patrol may board buses and question students about citizenship
A letter sent to Alice ISD parents Wednesday said a student may be detained and possibly deported if they cannot prove they are in the country legally.
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/02/05/alice-texas-buses-students-citizenship-border-patrol/
about 1 year ago
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Rebekah Allen
about 1 year ago
Operation Lone Star was born out of Texas' frustration with Biden to secure the border. Now that Trump's in office, there's no sign of pulling back on the multi-billion state effort. via
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www.texastribune.org/2025/02/05/t...
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After teasing border security rollback, Texas plunges in deeper
Texasâ border spending exploded after Joe Bidenâs election, then state leaders signaled a new willingness to reduce it when Trump won. That didnât last long.
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/02/05/texas-border-security-immigration-spending-operation-lone-star/
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New: After teasing border security rollback, Texas plunges in deeper after spending $11 billion over the last four years during the Biden administration. w/ Jasper Scherer
www.texastribune.org/2025/02/05/t...
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After teasing border security rollback, Texas plunges in deeper
Texasâ border spending exploded after Joe Bidenâs election, then state leaders signaled a new willingness to reduce it when Trump won. That didnât last long.
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/02/05/texas-border-security-immigration-spending-operation-lone-star/
about 1 year ago
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New: Texas National Guard soldiers now have the authority to make immigration arrests and help detain and deport undocumented people under an agreement between the state and the Trump administration. "This is absolutely an unprecedented invocation of authority."
www.texastribune.org/2025/02/03/t...
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Texas National Guard to make immigration arrests under agreement with Trump administration, Abbott says
Gov. Greg Abbott said that the agreement was effective immediately.
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/02/03/texas-national-guard-immigration-arrests/
about 1 year ago
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Lomi Kriel
about 1 year ago
Icymi: this story from West Texas by
@serranoalej.bsky.social
is a good indicator of what life may be like under Trump 2 for anyone not holding a US passport or driverâs license in rural or Trump- aligned communities ( major metro areas, which tend to be D, simply donât have the jail space)
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about 1 year ago
An immigrant faces deportation after a routine traffic stop in Texas, sparking more fear, story by
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www.texastribune.org/2025/01/29/t...
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An immigrant faces deportation after a routine traffic stop in Texas, sparking more fear
Advocates worry that rapidly shifting federal and state immigration initiatives will prompt more city police to funnel migrants without criminal records to federal agents.
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/01/29/texas-immigration-lubbock-police-traffic-stop-ice-deportation/
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