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Report: Mexico’s Border Crackdown Sends Migrants into Dangerous Territory
Licensing of Detention Centers Violates State Law, Hurts Families, Attorneys Say
Attorneys representing detained immigrant women and children argued in court Friday that Texas is violating state law and jeopardizing families by approving chi...Read More
‘She Lives in Fear,’ Not in El Salvador, but in Texas Detention
Texas wants to license immigrant detention centers for child care, but two families say the privately run facilities aren't as safe as the state claims.
Texas wants to license immigrant detention centers for child care, but two families say the privately run facilities aren't as safe as the state claims....Read More
Dozens Caught in Land Rights Fight Over Trans-Pecos Pipeline
Nearly four dozen landowners in the pristine path of the Trans Pecos pipeline are facing eminent domain lawsuits from the energy company behind the project....Read More
The Business of Burying Horses
The border town of Presidio loses money every time it buries a dead horse — and nowadays there are hundreds of them.
Presidio is the last stop for horses on their way to slaughter in Mexico, but many don't make it that far, causing headache, and heartache, for many....Read More
Immigrant Families Sue to Stop Licensing Detention Centers for Child Care (Updated)
Two moms, detained with their kids, along with an anti-detention nonprofit, say prison-like immigrant detention centers shouldn't be child care providers....Read More
Texas Licenses Detention Center for Child Care, Despite Deficiencies
The state says deficiencies have been 'fixed' at Karnes, where a private prison company runs the ICE detainment facility for immigrant moms and kids....Read More
The Texas Miracle #5: What’s Wrong with Texas Voters?
Why don't Texans vote? Will Rick Perry wear his hipster glasses in his official portrait? How'd that tiger get loose? Plus more on this week's podcast.
Why don't Texans vote? Will Rick Perry wear his hipster glasses in his official portrait? How'd that tiger get loose? Plus more on this week's podcast....Read More
Mainstream Groups Heat Up Over ‘Racist’ Anti-Immigrant Orgs at Earth Day Texas
Groups with ties to white nationalists prompted the Sierra Club's boycott of Earth Day Texas, which was bankrolled by real estate mogul Trammell Crow....Read More
Native Groups Open New Front Against Border Coal Mine
Tribal leaders say binational coal companies are mining on sacred ancestral lands.
Dos Republicas opponents hope bringing attention to the mine's effects on local tribes could open a new front in the fight against the low-grade coal mine....Read More