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Police in Fort Worth and Dallas Take Different Approaches to Controversial Senate Bill 4 on Immigration

Police in Fort Worth and Dallas Take Different Approaches to Controversial Senate Bill 4 on Immigration

La Frontera: The Border Exhibition Employs Art To Put a Human Face on the Immigration Debate

La Frontera: The Border Exhibition Employs Art To Put a Human Face on the Immigration Debate

After City Council Vote, Heart House Can Serve Children Where They Are

By Jacob Vaughn
Mar 5, 2024

Nonprofit Heart House provides afterschool and summer programming for refugee, immigrant and under-resourced children in Dallas' Vickery Meadow.
A Church in Dallas Provides a Welcoming Presence for Migrants Starting a New Life

By Simone Carter
Feb 28, 2024

Each week, buses pull up to Oak Lawn United Methodist church to deliver migrant passengers, many of whom have endured weeks of tough times near the border. They're on their way to a new home.
Texas Politicians Really Can't Figure Out How To Solve Border Crisis

By Simone Carter
Feb 9, 2024

“I have a very clear message for anyone using the southern border for staged political events: Don’t come to Arizona. Take your political theater to Texas,” said U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema.
Texas Border Standoff With Feds Intensifies as Potential for 'Tragedy' Looms

By Simone Carter
Jan 29, 2024

Republican politicians from the Lone Star State are seemingly salivating over the idea of a possible conflict with the federal government.
Gov. Abbott's Migrant 'Murder' Rhetoric 'Endorsed by Domestic Terrorists,' Critics Say

By Simone Carter
Jan 12, 2024

The Texas leader said, "[W]e’re not shooting people who come across the border because ... the Biden administration would charge us with murder."
Dallas Migrant Shelters 'Over Capacity' as Winter Looms

By Simone Carter
Jan 4, 2024

Gov. Greg Abbott boasted in a recent email that Texas has bused more than 92,600 migrants to liberal-led cities nationwide since 2022.
Mexico's President Blasts Gov. Abbott Over Newly Signed 'Inhumane' Immigration Law

By Simone Carter
Dec 19, 2023

After Texas' Republican governor signed Senate Bill 4 into law on Monday, Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador was none too pleased.
Buoys, Razor Wire and Family Separations: This Month in Texas Border News

By Simone Carter
Dec 15, 2023

The Lone Star State continues its mission of deterring migrants from illegally crossing the southern border, including by introducing more razor wire.
Rights Groups Blast Trump's 'Racist' Immigration Plans as 'Unchristian'

By Simone Carter
Nov 27, 2023

The GOP presidential primary frontrunner, who reportedly wants to build immigrant detention camps in Texas, was recently endorsed by Gov. Greg Abbott.
'Devastating' and Possibly Unconstitutional: Texas Lawmakers Approve Anti-Immigration Bills

By Jacob Vaughn
Nov 16, 2023

Opponents say the bills are unconstitutional and will lead to human and civil rights violations as well as racial profiling throughout Texas.
Gov. Abbott Continues ‘Invasion’ Rhetoric as State Sees Increase in Migrant Crossings

By Jacob Vaughn
Sep 22, 2023

The Texas governor said law enforcement agencies have been deployed to handle an "invasion" at the border in his latest battle with the Biden administration.
UPDATE: Appeals Court Allows Abbott's Border Buoys to Remain, For Now

By Kelly Dearmore
Sep 8, 2023

Abbott fought back against the temporary injunction preventing Texas from building more of the orange buoy barriers and from placing structures in the Rio Grande.
'Heartbreaking To See': Images from Eagle Pass and Abbott's Floating Border Barrier

By Kelly Dearmore and Sara Button
Aug 24, 2023

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has been battling with the White House over his controversial border tactics. One photographer got a look at how far some families will go to reach America.
Gov. Abbott Blasted Over Border Buoys: 'Heinous Death Traps'

By Simone Carter
Aug 4, 2023

The Republican governor issued a press release Friday lauding Operation Lone Star for stopping "criminals at President Biden's open border."
'We've Stepped Over a Line': Texas Reacts to Horrifying Border Report

By Kelly Dearmore
Jul 18, 2023

A stunning new report details disturbing allegations and incidents involving migrants along the Rio Grande.
Buoy, Oh Buoy! Greg Abbott Wants a Border Wall in the Water.

By Kelly Dearmore
Jun 9, 2023

The Texas governor announced an unusual way to combat illegal Rio Grande crossings
Trump-Era Policy That Curbed Migration to U.S. During Pandemic Ends Today

By Jacob Vaughn
May 11, 2023

Controversial Title 42 ends today. Will it create a greater border crisis?
Gov. Greg Abbott Sinks to 'a New Low' with Tweet About Cleveland Murders

By Kelly Dearmore
May 1, 2023

Greg Abbott's Sunday tweet had people accusing the Texas governor of victim shaming the five who were murdered over the weekend.
'Extreme Vigilante Death Squad Policy': Texas Immigration Bill Draws Scrutiny

By Jacob Vaughn
Mar 15, 2023

Tyler Republican Rep. Matt Schaefer's proposed House Bill 20 is unconstitutional and would lead to racial profiling, some say.
As the Texas Rangers Celebrate Their 200th Anniversary, Descendants of the Lawmen's Victims Seek a Reckoning

By Tyler Hicks
Feb 15, 2023

Shortly after entering a tiny closet-turned-viewing room, Trinidad Gonzales saw something he still struggles to describe 20 years later. The doctoral candidate had a couple hours of microfilm to review, and toward the end his eyes ached so much that he almost missed it. Almost. He scrolled past the paragraph,...

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