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The Texas-based nonprofit Children at Risk and other child advocates around the country have been critical of the state's practice of busing migrant families. They urge leaders to coordinate with agencies in other states.
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Texas’ senior U.S. senator said the effort to oust DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas should be taken seriously by Democrats.
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The 2-1 decision came late Tuesday from a three-judge panel at the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. It keeps the state of Texas from enforcing the law, known as SB 4, as the legal challenge against it continues in federal court.
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The tense moment Thursday occurred at a time when the El Paso Sector of U.S. Border Patrol has seen about 1,000 migrant encounters per day.
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The controversial new law would allow Texas law enforcement officers and judges to arrest and deport people in the country illegally, powers that have traditionally belonged to the federal government.
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Senate Bill 4, the Texas law that allows local police to arrest people suspected of being in the country illegally, is blocked yet again after a late-night order Tuesday from the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.
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Implementation of SB 4, a Texas law that allows local and state police officers to arrest people suspected of being in the country illegally, was once again put on hold Monday by the United States Supreme Court.
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The law would have allowed local and state police to arrest a person who allegedly entered the country illegally. It was scheduled to go into effect but lawsuits filed by the U.S. Justice Department and civil and immigrant rights groups argued in court the legislation.
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The “We Will Resist” campaign, which includes the Border Network for Human Rights and other immigrant advocate organizations has been traveling the state, calling for the repeal of Senate Bill 4 and the end of Operation Lone Star.
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Construction of the facility, which will be able to hold more than 2,000 soldiers upon completion, is the latest in the state’s years-long feud with the Biden administration over border security.
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The legislation is scheduled to go into effect March 5 and also empowers local judges to order a migrant to return to Mexico. Opponents say the law isn’t just discriminatory — it also interferes with the federal government’s efforts to secure the border.
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As a convoy travels throughout Texas to protest President Biden’s immigration policies, Texas Democrats joined human rights experts and advocates on Thursday to push back on harsh border rhetoric.