Texas
Texas Tech Medical School To End Use Of Race In Admissions
Posted on · The decision is a victory for the Trump administration's efforts to pressure schools to abandon affirmative action policies still allowed by the Supreme Court.
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Supreme Court Broadens The Government’s Power To Detain Criminal Immigrants
Posted on · The ruling responds to two class-action lawsuits brought by legal immigrants who served criminal sentences and then were detained years later.
Immigration
U.S. Is Rolling Out Its ‘Remain In Mexico’ Policy On Central American Asylum-Seekers
Posted on · The plan, expected to meet with a swift legal challenge, comes out of talks with Mexican officials. The administration is implementing it first at the San Ysidro, Calif., port of entry.
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Federal Judge Strikes Down Affordable Care Act As Unconstitutional
Posted on · President Trump praised the ruling by a court in Texas as supporters of the ACA said they will appeal.
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FACT CHECK: What’s Happening On The U.S.-Mexico Border?
Posted on · On Sunday, U.S. agents fired tear gas on migrants trying to cross into the U.S. from Tijuana, Mexico. The migrants were protesting the slow pace with which the U.S. has been processing asylum claims.
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Trump Says He’ll Send As Many As 15,000 Troops to Southern Border
Posted on · The original plan to send about 5,000 troops to the border was announced Monday
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Trump’s Executive Order On Family Separation: What It Does And Doesn’t Do
Posted on · The president ended a policy that sent children to government-run facilities away from their parents, but critics say he created new problems, and kids already held may be there indefinitely.
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Homeland Security Secretary Defends Separating Families Who Cross Border Illegally
Posted on · In a wide-ranging interview with NPR, Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said the administration is merely following the law
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Trump Threatens China With Additional $100 Billion Of Tariffs; China Ready To Fight
Posted on · In response to Trump's proposal to increase tariffs, the Chinese government vowed to fight the U.S. "to the end" if it escalates a looming trade war that has global stock markets spooked
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As DACA Deadline Passes, Advocates Urge Trump To ‘Fix What You Broke’
Posted on · DACA would have ended Monday but courts have blocked Trump from phasing out the program that protects childhood arrivals. "It's been quite a roller coaster ride of anxiety," says one advocate
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Supreme Court Rules That Immigrants, Including Permanent Residents, Have No Right To Periodic Bond Hearings
Posted on · This means that all immigrants, including asylum seekers, could possibly be held indefinitely in some cases
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America No Longer A ‘Nation Of Immigrants,’ USCIS Says
Posted on · The new director of Citizenship and Immigration Services says changing the federal agency's mission statement reminds staff that they work for the American people
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UPDATE: 17 Dead In Florida High School Shooting, Sheriff IDs Suspect As Nikolas Cruz
Posted on · The investigation indicates the shooter set off a fire alarm to draw students out of classrooms
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2nd Federal Court Blocks Trump From Rescinding DACA
Posted on · A federal judge in New York ruled Tuesday that President Trump's decision to end protection of young immigrants from deportation was "arbitrary and capricious."
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Jim Mattis: ‘DREAMers’ In The Military Won’t Be Deported
Posted on · Some young immigrants who had been allowed to join the armed forces are still waiting for basic training and feared their legal status would expire before they could serve