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Border & Immigration

Border & Immigration

Stories from the southwestern border of the United States & Mexico, from TPR and NPR reporters.

Texas Public Radio is supported by contributors to the Border and Immigration News Desk, including the Catena Foundation, the Alice Kleberg Reynolds Foundation, and Texas Mutual Insurance Company.
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A Customs and Border Patrol agent keeps watch at a checkpoint station on Feb. 22, 2013, in Falfurrias, Texas.
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AP
Representatives with the Texas Civil Rights Project say they submitted humanitarian parole applications to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services for the girl's parents and her older sister, accompanied by letters from several lawmakers. According to the group, the agency has not yet responded.