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This week on Texas Matters: Sections of SB4 are blocked — which would have allowed local police to arrest suspected illegal border crossers. And Despite outcry in West Texas the efforts to build the border wall in Big Bend Country continues.
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A U.S. judge on Thursday granted a preliminary injunction against sections of Senate Bill 4, which would have allowed local police to arrest suspected illegal border crossers. -
From the desert into the detention center, "Peregrina/Pilgrim" shares the immigrant experience with readers. -
Several lawmakers had previously called for the release of the family, who were detained at an Alamo Heights ISD school bus stop in April. -
The governor announced the expansion after hundreds of arrests in Houston. -
The six individuals were discovered Sunday afternoon inside a shipping container at the Union Pacific Railyard near mile marker 13 of Interstate 35 after workers inspected one of the containers. -
Since 2012, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program offers legal protections against deportation for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children. -
Texans across the political spectrum opposed wall construction in the national park. Now the agency’s plans include roadways and digital surveillance to monitor the rugged region. -
A new immigration rule to renew an occupational license is causing concern among migrants who are afraid they will lose their job or business due to not having legal status. -
A new report from the George W. Bush Institute argues that many border policies only provide short-term solutions to illegal immigration. -
The remarks contrast with Border Czar Tom Homan's softer messaging earlier this year, after two U.S. citizens were killed by immigration officials in Minneapolis.
