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Gov. Greg Abbott to deploy 5,000 Texas National Guard to sites of planned immigration protests

Demonstrations against immigration raids began in Los Angeles last week and have spread across the country, including to Texas. More are planned this weekend.

The Texas Tribune

Texas governor orders national guard to deploy for protests in San Antonio

Greg Abbott says troops ‘on standby’ in response to local police request ahead of planned protests this week

The Guardian - US

Water bills face deadline threat as Texas lawmakers negotiate spending priorities

Gov. Greg Abbott and other leaders have called for a major investment to save the state’s water supply. How to spend the money has caused friction at the Capitol.

The Texas Tribune

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With the border quiet, Texas ponders spending another $6.5 billion on border security

Some are questioning whether lawmakers should commit billions more to border security with illegal crossings dwindling and a Trump immigration crackdown.

The Texas Tribune

In private school voucher push, Gov. Abbott breaks through by playing hardball

Anti-voucher Republicans said they voted for the bill so they could fight to improve it, and also to fend off political retribution.

The Texas Tribune

Eagle Pass park reopens more than a year after the state seized it for border security

The Texas Department of Public Safety and National Guard presence has largely disappeared from Shelby Park, which sits next to the Rio Grande.

The Texas Tribune

Feds are opening more detention centers in Texas as Trump administration steps up deportations

The feds are adding thousands of beds to hold families in Texas, which reportedly holds the most immigrants of any state at its 21 detention centers.

The Texas Tribune

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Texas now has more top-tier research universities than any other state, report finds

The designations come at a tumultuous time for universities as funding could be cut off and efforts to end tenure continue.

The Texas Tribune

Texas Reduces Illegal Crossings By 87% Through Operation Lonestar

Texas Governor Abbott's initiatives lead to a significant decrease in illegal crossings and criminal arrests, targeting Tren de Aragua gang activity.

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Which Mexico are you? New Mexico furious after Texas installs razor wire along its border

Texas’ latest move is a ‘political stunt’ that will have ‘will have no meaningful impact on our nation’s broken immigration system,’ New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham said

The Independent UK

Chicago officials say flow of migrants arriving from Texas during DNC set to be much smaller than anticipated

The number, initially thought to be around 25,000 migrants, is actually expected to be under 1,000

Latin Times

Democrats think they can flip Texas House seats by going after GOP’s education funding and school voucher policies

Much of the House battlefield is centered in districts with struggling schools, where Democrats hope public education will resonate at the ballot box.

The Texas Tribune

Migrant apprehensions are down at the Texas border. Have state policies had an impact?

Abbott has credited his Operation Lone Star for a recent drop in migrant encounters on the Texas-Mexico border.

The Texas Tribune

Texas sends plane to Chicago with over 100 people who crossed US-Mexico border

Spokesman for Greg Abbott says flights are result of criticism over his operation of bussing migrants to Democratic-led cities

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Texas sends migrants by private plane to Chicago

A chartered 737 carrying about 120 migrants arrived Tuesday at O’Hare Airport. The Texas governor’s office took responsibility, saying it’s widening efforts to send asylum-seekers to the city.

The Independent UK

Texas begins flying migrants from US-Mexico border to Chicago, with 1st plane carrying 120 people

Texas has begun flying migrants from the U.S.-Mexico border to Chicago

The Texas Tribune

Relatives of Texans, Jewish and Muslim, remain trapped in Gaza

Two Texans — a Jewish man, a Muslim woman — want more support from the federal government to bring their loved ones home. Their families are stuck in a war zone, along with hundreds of other Americans.

The Texas Tribune

As a tropical storm bore down on Southern California, Texas sent migrants on a bus to Los Angeles

The migrants, mostly from Venezuela, voluntarily took the bus ride from Brownsville to Los Angeles even as Tropical Storm Hilary crossed into Southern California.

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Texas’ razor wire, buoys at border violate international law, Mexican officials say

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas’ installation of a razor wire fence, which has led to an increase in migrant injuries, and a floating border barrier along the Rio Grande violates international law, Mexican officials and experts said.

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State investigating claim that DPS troopers were told to push migrants back into the Rio Grande and deny them water

The Office of the Inspector General is investigating the claims, which include pushing small children and women with nursing babies back into the river and turning away a 4-year-old girl who later passed out on the riverbank from the heat.

The Texas Tribune

“Unbearable”: Doctors treating trans kids are leaving Texas, exacerbating adolescent care crisis

Texas doctors fear a new era of government intrusion into medicine as lawmakers ban transition care for kids following prohibitions on abortion.

The Texas Tribune

Greg Abbott says to stop mass shootings, Texas must improve mental health care. A $25 billion investment hasn’t been enough.

Texas still lags nationally when it comes to mental health services and there have been seven mass shootings since Abbott took office in 2015.

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