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Migrants line up on the northern banks of the Rio Grande. A new large group has formed just east of the downtown bridge after Texas National Guard blocked a similar entry point.

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Trump-era policy that’s expelled more than 2 million migrants to remain in place

Julián Aguilar | The Texas Newsroom

The Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday to keep Title 42 in place until a case between multiple GOP-led states and the Biden administration is resolved.

White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham listens as President Donald Trump, right, speaks to reporters on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Friday, Nov. 8, 2019, before boarding Marine One for a short trip to Andrews Air Force Base, Md. and then on to Georgia to meet with supporters.

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Trump’s former press secretary, who now lives in rural Kansas, says FBI search may help his re-election

Frank Morris

Stephany Grisham, who served as White House Press Secretary under President Trump, says she regularly saw the president "rip up documents" and encourage a careless approach to record retention. But she worries that backlash to the FBI search could hand Trump a second term.

Demonstrators advocating the movement to boycott, divest from and sanction Israel, known as BDS, gather for a protest last year in Paris. On Thursday, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced a new policy specifically countering the global BDS campaign.

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Trump Administration Labels Movement To Boycott Israel 'Anti-Semitic'

Colin Dwyer

The same day Secretary of State Mike Pompeo paid an unprecedented visit to Israeli settlements, he also announced policies targeting the movement to boycott, divest and sanction the country.

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Texas Considering Whether To Hand Driver’s License, Citizenship Information To Census Bureau

The Texas Department of Public Safety received a request for the information earlier this month but has taken no action.From The Texas Tribune:As the…

Acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan says a new rule allowing indefinite detention of migrant families with children will "improve the integrity of the immigration system."

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New Trump Policy Would Permit Indefinite Detention Of Migrant Families, Children

Brian Naylor

The new policy would end the Flores settlement and allow the government to hold families with children without a deadline, in a change from the way cases are handled today.