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Immigration

Government Plans Dramatic Expansion Of Migrant Child Shelters

John Burnett, NPR

Posted on July 3, 2019 · The government wants to avoid the kind of scandal that occurred in Clint, Texas, where scores of immigrant children were warehoused together.

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Immigration

Tornillo Tent City For Youth Migrants Is Now Empty, Texas Congressman Says

Matthew Watkins, Texas Tribune

Posted on January 14, 2019 · "This tent city should never have stood in the first place," U.S. Rep. Will Hurd said Friday on Twitter.

Tags detention center Texas immigration detention center southern border Tornillo Will Hurd

Immigration

Several Thousand Migrant Children In U.S. Custody Could Be Released Before Christmas

John Burnett, NPR

Posted on December 19, 2018 · In a surprise policy change, the Department of Health and Human Services plans to speed the vetting of sponsors so that more migrant children can be released from custody.

Tags Department of Health and Human Services migrant children shelters for migrant children Tornillo

Immigration

Congressional Delegation Calls For Shutdown Of Tornillo Facility

Mallory Falk, Texas Standard

Posted on December 17, 2018 · Democratic lawmakers --including Texas Congressman Beto O’Rourke-- toured the facility, where 2,700 migrant children are housed in tents.

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Lawmakers Raise Concerns About Safety Of Migrant Children At Texas Detention Camp

Becky Fogel, The Texas Newsroom

Posted on November 29, 2018 · An AP investigation has revealed the Trump administration waived FBI fingerprint background checks for roughly 2,100 staff members working at the facility.

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Immigration

US Waived FBI Checks On Staff At Growing Teen Migrant Camp

GARANCE BURKE, AP / Martha Mendoza, AP

Posted on November 27, 2018 · None of the 2,100 staffers at a tent city holding more than 2,300 teens in the remote Texas desert are going through rigorous FBI fingerprint background checks.

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Tornillo Detention Center For Immigrant Children Will Remain Open At Least Another Month

Julián Aguilar, The Texas Newsroom

Posted on July 9, 2018 · The immigration detention center, which held more than 300 minors two weeks ago, will remain open at least through Aug. 13, according to a federal agency.

Tags families divided immigrant children immigration Tornillo Undocumented immigrant children

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Operator Of Migrant Facility In Tornillo Says It Might Not Stay Open Past July 13 When Contract Expires

Julián Aguilar, The Texas Newsroom

Posted on June 25, 2018 · An official with the company operating the facility slammed the Trump administration's "zero tolerance" policy as a "dumb, stupid decision."

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Mayors From Across The Country Tried To Visit A Tent City Holding Immigrant Children In Texas; They Got No Answers

Julián Aguilar, The Texas Newsroom

Posted on June 21, 2018 · A Thursday trip by a group of mayors yielded no new information about what, if anything, will change inside the detention center for immigrant children after President Donald Trump's executive order to end family separations.

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WATCH: Beto O’Rourke, Veronica Escobar Lead Father’s Day March On Tent City Housing Separated Immigrant Children

HPM Digital Team / Julián Aguilar, The Texas Newsroom

Posted on June 17, 2018 · Days after a tent city went up near El Paso, demonstrators near the facility took aim at the Trump administration's policy of separating immigrant children from parents who were seeking asylum.

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Posted on January 12, 2023 · The Public Utility Commission has about 200 employees but needs more to handle shoring up the state power grid and tackling an expanded list of regulatory duties, according to the state Sunset Advisory Commission.

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Elections

How Texans helped plot, foment and carry out the Jan. 6 insurrection

Robert Downen, The Texas Tribune

Posted on January 6, 2023 · From those who planted the seeds of Trump’s strategy to try to challenge the election, to others who sowed doubt and anger by spreading baseless election-fraud conspiracy theories, Texans played major roles in the deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol two years ago.

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Immigration

U.S. Supreme Court allows rapid removal of migrants to continue as legal challenge plays out

URIEL J. GARCÍA, Texas Tribune / Alex Nguyen, Texas Tribune

Posted on December 20, 2022 · Title 42, an emergency health order invoked at the start of the pandemic, allows immigration agents to quickly remove migrants from the country. It was scheduled to be lifted on Wednesday.

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Infrastructure

Texas grid still vulnerable to extreme winter weather, ERCOT estimate shows

Erin Douglas, The Texas Tribune

Posted on November 30, 2022 · Changes to Texas’ power grid have improved ERCOT’s ability to keep power flowing during major winter storms, but in an extreme scenario, the grid could still face rolling blackouts, a seasonal assessment shows.

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