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Immigration

Dancing on Horseback

These young Texas women are recognized champions in the Mexican national sport of charrería.

by Desiree Rios

Keep Reading

Wrestling with the American Dream

by Brant deBoer

I Was an Undocumented Texas College Student. I’m Not Going Anywhere—and Neither Is Our Movement.

by Julieta Garibay

Shipped to El Salvador: An Austin Immigration Lawyer on Her Teen Client’s Forced ‘Disappearance’

by Francesca D’Annunzio

Nueces County tablets Apr 12, 2017

House Gives Initial Blessing to ‘Sanctuary Cities’ Bill that Threatens to Jail Sheriffs

The House softened some edges of the bill, but preserved the most controversial components of the legislation, including jailing noncompliant sheriffs.

by Lyanne A. Guarecuco

Apr 11, 2017

ACLU Urges Texas Sheriffs to Stay out of Costly Immigration Enforcement

“The bottom line is that 287(g) agreements cost counties money while damaging public safety and community trust in law enforcement,” the ACLU letter said.

by Gus Bova

Apr 10, 2017

High-Wire Act

Laughter, fear and Trump at the Spanish-language circus on the Texas-Mexico border.

by Daniel Blue Tyx

Apr 09, 2017

Democrats Joaquin Castro, Beto O’Rourke Join Thousands at Dallas Immigration March

The march highlighted the shared struggles of Muslims and Latinos in the age of Trump.

by Gus Bova

Mar 30, 2017

GOP Senator Declares War on Empty Office in Quixotic Effort to Keep Out Refugees

The bill would do nothing to keep the feds from placing refugees in Texas, but limits the state’s ability to negotiate specifics of resettlement.

by Gus Bova

Tell Me How it Ends: An Essay in 40 Questions by Valeria Luiselli Mar 27, 2017

Valeria Luiselli’s ‘Tell Me How It Ends’ Is the First Must-Read Book of the Trump Era

The Mexican novelist writes that asylum-seekers come to the U.S. not in search of the American dream, but “to wake up from the nightmare into which they were born.”

by Michael Agresta

Mar 27, 2017

What Happens If Mom and Dad Get Deported?

Fearing more immigration raids, undocumented parents are making plans for their children.

by Victoria Rossi

Mar 22, 2017

13 Texas Counties Seek Authority from Trump to Enforce Immigration Law

The law enforcement agencies, mostly in rural South Texas and along the coast, have applied to enroll in the 287(g) agreement.

by Melissa del Bosque

Mar 20, 2017

Federal Judge: ICE Conducted Austin Raids in Retaliation Against Sheriff’s New Policy

by Lyanne A. Guarecuco

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