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  Confusion over New Rules Leads Many to Ditch Public Assistance

  October 9 at 4 a.m.

  Immigrants are hastily dropping public benefits in response to a federal rule change put forth by President Donald Trump, but many of them don't need to, advocates say. The fear, misinformation and rumors have lead to people needlessly giving up food stamps and healthcare assistance. The new guidelines stipulate that the use of assistance like Medicaid and food stamps and the likely hood that an applicant will use them in the future be weighed when deciding if an applicant should be approved for a green card.

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  Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Says the Absolute Minimum about DEFEND Texas Ad

  August 30 at 4 a.m.

  It took forever in political time — about a week in normal human time, but who's counting — but Texas Gov. Greg Abbott finally addressed the anti-illegal immigration fundraising letter he sent out the day before Patrick Crusius allegedly murdered 22 people in an El Paso Walmart. "Address" is the...

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  Texas Governor Abbott Responds to the El Paso Shooting With a Task Force

  August 15 at 4 a.m.

  Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced his plans Wednesday to address the Aug. 3 mass murder in El Paso. It sounds an awful lot like his response to the school shooting in Santa Fe last year. This time around, the governor will be holding roundtable discussions and convening a task force...

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  New Immigration Rules Would Limit Access to Green Cards

  August 14 at 4 a.m.

  Immigrant advocates say that the new rules would unfairly target minority immigrants who come to the country legally and make it harder for families to succeed here.

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  Ted Cruz’s Totally Real Plan to Pay for the Border Wall Is Back, Baby

  July 18 at 4 a.m.

  Texas Sen. Ted Cruz has resurrected the only plan for paying for President Donald Trump's favorite pet project that's less likely to succeed than the president's own plan for paying for the scheme. Cruz, echoing the totally conceived-in-good-faith idea that first sprang from his mouth in 2017, thinks that Joaquín Guzmán...

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  After Years of Decline, International Grad Students Coming Back to North Texas Universities

  July 1 at 4 a.m.

  For the last two years, colleges and universities nationwide, including in North Texas, have seen fewer international students applying to graduate degree programs. But officials at some North Texas universities say they're seeing signs that international grad students are beginning to come back. Higher-education officials say a healthy population of international...