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Immigration

ICE Arrests 280 Workers In Allen In Largest Workplace Immigration Raid In A Decade

Christopher Connelly, KERA / Anthony Cave, KERA / Stella Chavez, KERA

Posted on April 4, 2019 · Immigration and Customs Enforcement said it was responding to a tip that many workers at CVE Technology Group outside Dallas were using fraudulent identification documents.

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Immigration Raid Underway At Technology Company North Of Dallas

Stella Chavez, KERA

Posted on April 3, 2019 · One of the workers said ICE agents instructed the employees to group together by legal status.

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In Rural Districts, Texas High Schoolers Face Challenges In Getting College Credit

Stella Chavez, KERA

Posted on January 23, 2019 · Through Pride Prep, students can take classes for both high school and college credit.

Tags dual credit higher education rural communities rural texas Texas A&M

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Texas Is Giving School Districts A-F Grades Today as Part of New Ratings System

Stella Chavez, KERA

Posted on August 15, 2018 · For the first time Wednesday, Texas school districts received official ratings that show their performance on a scale from A through F

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Not All Texas Students Reap The Same Benefits of Taking Dual-Credit Courses, Study Says

Stella Chavez, KERA

Posted on July 30, 2018 · The study found that student outcomes were more positive for white and higher income students who took dual-credit courses than minority or low-income students

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North Texans With Ties To Mexico Wonder If New President Can Fulfill Promises

Stella Chavez, KERA

Posted on July 3, 2018 · Some Texans say Obrador’s promises are exciting, others aren’t sure he’ll be able to keep them.

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‘What Is Happening In The United States?’: Why Foreign Student Enrollment Is Down In Some Texas Universities

Stella Chavez, KERA

Posted on November 28, 2017 · Some schools have seen a decline in their enrollment of international students

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Stephen Paddock’s Dallas Neighbors Provide Information On His Time Living In Texas

Stella Chavez, KERA

Posted on October 2, 2017 · Stephen Paddock, the perpetrator of the Las Vegas shooting, lived in a Dallas suburb, and his former neighbors speak up about their memories of him.

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Hurricane Harvey

For Houston’s Undocumented Immigrants, There’s No Promise Of Disaster Relief

Stella Chavez, KERA

Posted on September 5, 2017 · Houston bills itself the most diverse big city in America. A quarter of the population was born outside of the U.S. – and a third of that number is...

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USPS mail carrier Fateyva Miles delivers mail to the Scarsdale area.

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Houston Postal Workers Brave Flooded Areas To Deliver Mail

Stella Chavez, KERA / HPM Digital Team

Posted on September 4, 2017 · "Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds." - unofficial United States Postal Service motto

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UPDATE: Brazoria County Voluntary Evacuation Areas Now Mandatory

HPM Digital Team / Stella Chavez, KERA

Posted on September 2, 2017 · Brazoria County authorities are now ordering mandatory evacuations from some areas.

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In Texas, Thousands Of Students Are Dropping Out As Early As Middle School

Stella Chavez, KERA

Posted on April 26, 2017 · A new report out says in the 2014-2015 school year, 8 percent of Texas students who dropped out did so in the seventh or eighth grades .

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Prayer Rooms Are One Way Public Schools Accommodate Students And Freedom of Religion

Stella Chavez, KERA

Posted on March 28, 2017 · A classroom used as a prayer room at Liberty High School in Frisco got the attention of the Texas attorney general’s office.

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More Than 800 Refugees Receive Waivers To Come To U.S. This Week

Stella Chavez, KERA

Posted on February 2, 2017 · Federal officials have granted waivers to 872 refugees to enter the U.S. this week. Refugee Services of Texas says Thursday is the last day they will be able to arrive through the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program.

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Half Of Refugee Resettlements In Texas Canceled After Trump Order

Stella Chavez, KERA

Posted on January 31, 2017 · More than half of the refugees who'd planned to settle in Texas in the next month are out of luck. Refugee Services of Texas says 57 of 112 planned resettlements have been canceled after President Trump's order to suspend the U.S. Refugee Resettlement Program.

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