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San Antonio shuttering Migrant Resource Center amid Trump’s immigration crackdown
Over the past seven days, the daily average of migrants arriving at the center has been 12, city officials said.
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‘A lot of fear going on’: Texas immigrant community on edge during Trump’s first weeks
Across the state, immigrants and their loved ones are changing their daily habits as the Trump administration orders at least 1,200 daily arrests of undocumented people.
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An immigrant faces deportation after a routine traffic stop in Texas, sparking more fear
Advocates worry that rapidly shifting federal and state immigration initiatives will prompt more city police to funnel migrants without criminal records to federal agents.
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Department of Justice cuts off federally funded legal aid to detained immigrants
The decision to halt the program could prevent thousands of people detained in immigration detention centers from receiving legal advice.
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Many Texas schools take “wait and see” approach to Trump’s mass deportation plans
Schools near the border say it’s hard to prepare for the unknown. Immigration advocates say they should help communities understand students’ rights.
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Gov. Greg Abbott threatens Texas hospital after doctor trashes state’s migrant ID order
Abbott said the physician’s viral video about patient citizenship questions puts his hospital’s funding ‘at risk.’
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Texas hospitals are now required to ask for patients’ citizenship. Here’s what you should know.
Gov. Greg Abbott wants to know how much hospitals spend caring for undocumented immigrants. Hospitals should not deny care based on how patients respond.
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How mass deportations would ‘devastate’ Texas
The Lone Star State is home to millions of undocumented residents and members of mixed-status families critical to the state’s economic success, yet Texas leaders are cheering on Trump anyway.
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U.S. sues Texas-based shelter operator, alleging staff sexually abused migrant kids
The nonprofit Southwest Key operates 29 shelters, including 17 in Texas.
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New report calls out U.S., Texas and Mexico for endangering migrants with ‘cruel’ border policies
Hope Border Institute researchers said the group has treated ‘dozens of individuals’ subjected to physical and psychological abuse from Texas agents.
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Assclown Alert: Stoking the fires of anti-immigrant hate with Gov. Greg Abbott
The Texas governor’s new ‘most wanted list’ of immigrants is his latest attempt to gin up fear for political gain.
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Gov. Greg Abbott balks after White House proposes stricter asylum rules
The White House wants to reject asylum claims for migrants with past criminal convictions, but the Texas governor called the proposed change ‘feckless.’
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Texas’ new immigration law is blocked again
Hours after the U.S. Supreme Court had allowed Senate Bill 4 to go into effect, a federal appeals court let an earlier injunction stand. SB 4 lets Texas police arrest people suspected of illegally crossing the Texas-Mexico border.
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Assclown Alert: Doubling down on a racist conspiracy theory with U.S. Rep. Chip Roy
The Austin-San Antonio congressman is once again spreading the racist ‘Great Replacement’ theory.
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Gov. Abbott said donations would pay for migrant buses, but they only covered 1% of cost
The rest of the $1,500-per-person cost of transporting 100,000 asylum seekers to other locations has fallen on Texas taxpayers.
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El Paso judge blocks Ken Paxton’s efforts to subpoena Annunciation House
The judge questioned Paxton’s true motives to investigate the shelter, saying there is “a real and credible concern” the state has a predetermined goal of shutting down Annunciation House.
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Bad Takes: Leaders should dump Trump over his disastrous immigration plan
Dennis Nixon, chair of Laredo-based International Bancshares Corp., criticized the border wall and Operation Lone Star yet still backs Trump.
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San Antonio congressmen among those critical of Biden calling migrant ‘an illegal’
‘It’s dangerous rhetoric. And I think that the president is getting bad advice from his advisers and speech writers,’ U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro said.
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San Antonio state Sen. Roland Gutierrez calls Trump, Cruz ‘sons of bitches’ in speech
Gutierrez, who unsuccessfully chased the Democratic nomination to run against Ted Cruz, accused the GOP senator of breaking Texas.
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South Texas faith leaders decry presence of anti-immigrant caravan in Eagle Pass
Counterprotest organizers hoped to shine a light on the dangers of Christian nationalism and its dangerous agenda.
