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Immigration

Attorney General Denies Asylum To Victims Of Domestic Abuse, Gang Violence

Joel Rose, NPR / HPM Digital Team

Posted on June 11, 2018 · Jeff Sessions has long complained that asylum seekers are 'gaming' the U.S. system

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8 more charged in March migrant kidnapping that ended in Houston shooting

Jake Bleiberg, AP

Posted on August 1, 2023 · The federal charges are in connection with the kidnapping of a group of migrants that began with a highway gunbattle and ended days later with FBI agents fatally shooting a suspect at a Houston hotel.

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Border

Houston Democrats call for accountability amid claims about DPS troopers’ treatment of migrants

Posted on July 21, 2023 · A whistleblower said DPS troopers had been instructed to deny migrants water and to push migrants back into the Rio Grande. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has denied that such orders have been given.

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Immigration

‘This is not a political football’: Houston City Councilors criticize Greg Abbott’s reported treatment of migrants at border

Briana Williams

Posted on July 19, 2023 · A recent report claims Gregg Abbott ordered border security officers to push small children into the Rio Grande and to deny them water, even in extreme heat.

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The Latest on the DACA Hearings and Immigration in the U.S.

Garrett Bohlmann

Posted on June 6, 2023 · Experts explain the current landscape of immigration issues and the impact they could have.

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