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U.S. Customs and Border Protection insisted in a press release that the agency has a shared interest in safe and orderly immigration processes, but that Gov. Greg Abbott isn’t communicating with them on the state’s operations.
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The number of cases awaiting a final outcome in immigration courts is now more than 1.6 million. Courts in Texas have the highest number of pending cases at more than 262,000.
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Under the new guidance to ICE and other agencies, simply being present in the U.S. without legal authorization "should not alone be the basis" for immigration authorities to arrest or deport someone.
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The decision rolls back a Trump administration practice of seizing people who were in courthouses for reasons unrelated to their immigration status.
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A record number of minors are being held in warehouse-style facilities as the Biden administration struggles to address a cyclical surge of unaccompanied children and teens crossing into the U.S.
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Larger numbers of immigrant families have been crossing the U.S.-Mexico border in the first weeks of President Joe Biden’s administration. Warning signs are emerging of the border crises that marked former President Donald Trump’s term: Hundreds of newly released immigrants are getting dropped off with nonprofit groups, sometimes unexpectedly, and accounts of prolonged detention in short-term facilities are growing.
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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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A group of families faced deportation Friday after being denied asylum under Trump administration policies that have since been invalidated by federal courts.
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The woman was a key witness in an investigation into accusations of sexual assault and harassment by guards.
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Democratic lawmakers and immigration advocacy groups are calling for the Department of Homeland Security's inspector general to investigate the claims, centered on conditions at a facility in Georgia.
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The migrants, who are often not told where they’re going, are transported in packed planes, with no social distancing precautions.
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Three people detained at the El Paso Processing Center say they were sexually assaulted or harassed by guards, according to a new complaint from Las…