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Houston Reacts To Mass Shootings In New Zealand, Trump Vetoes Congressional Effort To Limit Border Wall Funding, And Texas’ Shortages Of Low-Income Rentals

HPM Digital Team

Posted on March 15, 2019 · These are some of the stories Houston Public Media is covering.

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Trump Vetoes Congressional Effort To Limit Border Wall Funding

Scott Horsley, NPR

Posted on March 15, 2019 · The president uses his veto pen for the first time. GOP senators who bucked him in Thursday's vote say they did it to preserve congressional control over government spending.

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Party Politics

Emergency On The Border! Or… Emergency On The Border?

HPM Digital Team

Posted on February 22, 2019 · President Trump’s border emergency declaration causes a political firestorm.

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Houston Matters

Dan Crenshaw Supports Border Wall But Doesn’t Agree With Trump On Everything

Houston Matters / Alvaro 'Al' Ortiz

Posted on January 28, 2019 · The freshman U.S. Representative is not in favor of trade tariffs nor pulling U.S. troops out of Syria.

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Houston Matters

City of Houston Housing Department Rolls Out $1.17 Billion Program For Harvey Recovery

Houston Matters / Alvaro 'Al' Ortiz

Posted on January 14, 2019 · The program is federally funded. Applicants must fill out a survey online; by calling 832-393-0550; or going to one of four recovery centers the City has opened across Houston.

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Houston Matters

Border Mayors React To President Trump’s Prime-Time Address On Immigration

Houston Matters / Alvaro 'Al' Ortiz

Posted on January 9, 2019 · Laredo Mayor Pete Saenz says Trump didn’t convince him. McAllen Mayor Jim Darling notes the President referred to the humanitarian aspect of the situation at the border.

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Party Politics

Government Shutdown Continues Over Border Wall Funding

HPM Digital Team

Posted on January 3, 2019 · The new Democratic majority in the U.S. House of Representatives makes it harder to get a deal and the White House is digging in.

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News

Dozens Of Groups Ask Trump Administration For More Time To Comment On Border Wall

Julián Aguilar, The Texas Tribune

Posted on July 24, 2018 · The allegations come as the Trump administration is moving ahead with plans to build at least 33 miles of wall or other barriers in the Rio Grande Valley

Tags border wall immigration texas wall

News

UPDATE: Asylum Seekers Denied U.S. Entry For Second Day

Associated Press / WYNNE DAVIS, NPR

Posted on April 30, 2018 · U.S. Customs and Border Protection says a San Diego border crossing facility has reached capacity

Tags asylum border caravan Central Americans mexico migrant Migrant caravan Trump wall

Politics 101

Is DACA Really Dead, What the National Guard Move Is All About, And Why Texas Needs NAFTA (Seriously)

HPM Digital Team

Posted on April 9, 2018 · BONUS: Will it be Abbott vs. White or Abbott vs. Valdez in November?

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Immigration

Caravan Migrants Confused By President Trump’s Angry Tweets

Associated Press

Posted on April 4, 2018 · Trump has been deeply frustrated about the lack of progress building what was the signature promise of his campaign: a "big, beautiful wall"

Tags border immigration Migrant caravan migrants military Trump wall

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UPDATE: Trump Calls For Military Forces On U.S.-Mexico Border

Scott Horsley, NPR

Posted on April 3, 2018 · Trump has been deeply frustrated about the lack of progress building what was the signature promise of his campaign: a "big, beautiful wall" along the Mexican border

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News

Despite Heated Rhetoric, Little Change On US-Mexico Border

Associated Press

Posted on March 12, 2018 · Fewer workers make the trek now than 20 and 30 years ago. But not because of Trump

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News

Border Patrol’s Checkpoints Overlooked In Debate Over Wall

Associated Press

Posted on February 26, 2018 · The Trump administration's latest budget proposal includes $1.6 billion to start building a wall

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News

Senate Moderates Near Immigration Plan On Dreamers, Wall

Associated Press

Posted on February 14, 2018 · Few expect Trump's plan to attract the 60 votes it would need to survive

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