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Nearly 4 million Texans will have to make student loan payments again as a three-year COVID-era pause on payments and interest accrual comes to an end next. A financial aid administrator from UT Arlington breaks down what that means for borrowers.

The riverside city, sometimes referred to as 'La Puerta de Mexico' or 'Mexico’s Door,' 'is at the center of a struggle between the State of Texas and the federal government over shutting that door to illegal immigration.

The cancellation of up to $20,000 of debt would have benefited millions of Texans.

The case concerned the administration's effort to set guidelines for whom immigration authorities can target for arrest and deportation. Texas and Louisiana had sued to block the guidelines.

Dallas will get more federal help as part of a Biden Administration strategy to reduce the nation’s unsheltered homeless population.

While the number of asylum seekers arriving in El Paso has local officials scrambling to ensure safety for migrants and city residents, officials are preparing for an even larger influx. Title 42, a pandemic-era rule that allows federal officials to rapidly expel migrants, is scheduled to be lifted May 11 at 11:59 p.m.

Still others tepidly applaud the administration's efforts to allow for more legal migration.

Gov. Greg Abbott, who requested a federal disaster declaration for 23 counties, called it a critical first step in the recovery.

The move was cheered by locals and environmentalists who said the declaration will preserve history and create outdoor opportunities for border residents in West Texas.

On FOX News, U.S. Sen. John Cornyn said he plans to stop a proposed rule that would allow tens of thousands of migrants from Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela and Haiti to stay in the U.S. as their asylum cases are under consideration.

Cuellar, a Texas Democrat, spoke with NPR about a Biden administration proposal to limit asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border. He says the number of arriving migrants is overwhelming local officials.