Elizabeth Trovall, Marketplace
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Texas is home to more immigrant detention centers than any other state, making it ground zero for any changes President Joe Biden will make to the system.
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At least 75 migrant youth in Texas are currently in isolation and more than 760 children have tested positive for the virus since March.
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A federal judge in Texas dismissed a lawsuit by a group of Republicans seeking to invalidate more than 100,000 votes in Harris County, Texas. The Texas Supreme Court earlier denied a similar petition.
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Millions of Texas voters have set early voting records at polling locations throughout the state. Despite fervent early turnout, some remain undecided about who they’ll choose for president.
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Local elections officials, voting rights advocates and Texas Republicans are entangled in multiple legal battles that impact access to the ballot.
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The streets of Beaumont were largely empty Wednesday morning, dotted with boarded-up businesses closed well ahead of Hurricane Laura's landfall....
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Some Texas cities are taking additional steps to protect renters and delay evictions, but many Texans remain vulnerable. A Houston rental assistance program ran out of funding in just 90 minutes.
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President Trump is increasingly turning away immigrants fleeing violence in their home countries. Now his administration is making it harder for victims of torture to get protection in the U.S.
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Houston is mourning the death of Harris County Sheriff's Deputy Sandeep Dhaliwal, who was killed last week. Dhaliwal was the first Sikh deputy in Texas, and a trailblazer nationwide for his community.
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The mumps has nearly been eradicated in the U.S, and the risk of contracting it is small. But in immigration detention centers, that risk skyrockets. More than 900 immigrants have been infected.
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Houston's Fourth Ward was a center of African-American cultural life for decades. With much of the neighborhood now gone due to rapid development, newly-revealed photos show who used to call the area home.
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On Wednesday in Houston, a coalition of ten states led by Texas argued in federal court that the DACA program should be temporarily halted. Three different courts have ruled the administration must keep the program.