Border & Immigration

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday issued an executive order that restricts the transportation of detained migrants under the pretext of stopping the spread of COVID-19, something immigrant rights activists describe as unconstitutional and fascist.

With his latest Executive Order, the Governor articulates more of a shadow immigration policy and draws threats from Justice Department.

From what’s next for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, to Abbott's latest executive order, to young people who have aged out of their parent’s work visa protections, here’s a roundup of some of the top border and immigration stories of the week from public radio reporters across Texas.

The rhetoric may differ, but Republicans and Democrats both use Central America as an entry point to the crisis at the border.

A growing number of young people with parents who are high-skilled immigrant workers may be forced to leave the country. These “documented Dreamers” grow up in the U.S., but because of the visa backlog, aren’t allowed to stay.

In a news release, the agency said that the contracts are not necessary to address life, safety, environmental or other remediation requirements.

Senda de Vida was granted an injunction that will keep it from closing down and being demolished.

People who have grown up or live on the U.S. southern border know there’s more to the region than the issue of immigration policy. The National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures and the Ford Foundation awarded more than two dozen grants to community organizations and artists to help reframe the border narrative through an arts and cultural approach.

For people living in colonias, any substantial rainfall in the Rio Grande Valley is a menace.

For many former nonimmigrant blood plasma donors, the lack of support from their former donation centers in the United States is keeping them from being fully vaccinated.