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A woman and two children drowned in the Rio Grande near Eagle Pass on Friday night as they were attempting to cross the U.S. southern border. TPR has confirmed that U.S. Border Patrol was prevented from deploying lifesaving efforts by agents with Operation Lone Star, the controversial Texas border security initiative.
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In a statement issued Thursday, Texas Democratic Party Chair Gilberto Hinojosa said Abbott’s remarks show that Republicans have “no morality or humanity.”
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The state has until Jan. 3 to say it won’t arrest people accused of unauthorized entry from Mexico. If not, the Biden administration will sue, saying immigration enforcement is a federal responsibility.
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Texas has begun flying migrants from the U.S.-Mexico border to Chicago. Gov. Greg Abbot's office says the first flight carried more than 120 people and took place Tuesday.
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A public memorial built along the Rio Grande in Eagle Pass honors the lives of more than 700 migrants who have died on the border in 2023.
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The lawsuit comes less than a day after Gov. Greg Abbott held a ceremonial bill signing for Senate Bill 4. The law is scheduled to take effect in March if it survives the legal challenges.
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The ruling ends a long-running lawsuit between the Justice Department and the American Civil Liberties Union, which sued over a “zero-tolerance” policy on illegal immigration that resulted in more than 5,000 children being separated from their parents at the border during the Trump administration.
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The latest measure in Republican Gov. Greg Abbott's border crackdown "Operation Lone Star" makes it a state crime to enter Texas illegally from a foreign country.
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In a setback to the Republican governor, the conservative New-Orleans-based 5th Circuit Court of Appeals did not agree that migration was an 'invasion.'
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The legislation comes with a $1.54 billion price tag and also includes funding for more law enforcement in a southeast Texas neighborhood lawmakers said — without evidence — is a haven for crime.
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A Texas House panel will hear the latest version of a Republican-backed bill to make unauthorized entry into a state crime. A similar bill, one of Gov. Greg Abbott’s priorities, failed in the state’s third special session, which ended earlier this week.
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Texas attorney general asks federal court for quick action to prevent destruction of border barriersFriday’s action capped a week where Texas continued to test the limits of how far it can go to initiate its own immigration laws.