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Countering other state GOP leaders, U.S. Sen. John Cornyn instead called recent record setting migrant crossings a “humanitarian, public safety and public health crisis.”
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Thousands of men, women and children – many seeking asylum – are lining up to turn themselves in to Border Patrol agents, just days before the court-ordered end of a pandemic-era policy known as Title 42.
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State police often rely on federal immigration officials to lock up migrants on state trespassing charges, according to a new complaint by the American Civil Liberties Union of Texas. The collaboration contradicts federal and Texas officials’ attacks on each other’s immigration policies.
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Gov. Greg Abbott asked donors to help pay for busing migrants. The response isn't covering the billsAfter Texas Gov. Greg Abbott launched a controversial program to bus migrants to other states, he appealed to private donors to help cover the costs. But contributions to the so-called "Border Transportation Funding" are well short of the $12 million that's been spent.
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In the days after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis had dozens of migrants flown from San Antonio to Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts, the Migrant Resource Center found itself in a national spotlight.
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The migrants who boarded the plane have said a woman in San Antonio who identified herself as “Perla” lured them into boarding a plane and promising expedited work permits.
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Policy experts and immigration attorneys argue that it’s decades of failed immigration policy — not one party or administration — that led to Monday's tragedy and others like it.
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The authorities said the tragedy appeared to be the deadliest migrant-smuggling operation in memory. Sixteen people were taken to hospitals.
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The 15 plaintiffs want a federal judge to declare Gov. Greg Abbott’s controversial border mission unconstitutional.
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Months after the problems became apparent, migrants are still being kept in prison in violation of state laws under Gov. Greg Abbott’s border security crackdown.