Texas immigration law: Here’s what to know about SB 4
Mar 18, 2024 · Texas has argued the law follows federal immigration laws, and that the state has a right to defend itself under Article I, Section 10 of the U.S. Constitution, which prohibits states from ...
Immigration - The Texas Tribune
6 days ago · Many Texas schools take “wait and see” approach to Trump’s mass deportation plans. By Jaden Edison Jan. 18, 2025 . Schools near the border say it’s hard to prepare for the unknown.
Trump wants to deport millions. Texas could help him. - The Texas …
Nov 7, 2024 · Immigrants account for roughly 18% of Texas’ population, but make up 40% of all employees in construction and a significant portion of workers in the oil and gas and mining industries, according ...
Texas law could upend immigration enforcement nationwide | The …
Oct 24, 2024 · The moves are part of Texas’ crackdown to secure the border it shares with Mexico — an unprecedented challenge to the federal government’s long standing authority over immigration law. Texas ...
Texas has spent $11 billion on border security. Is it working? | The ...
Apr 22, 2024 · Texas DPS special agents apprehend a group of undocumented migrants from Honduras as part of Operation Lone Star in Kinney County near Brackettville on Nov. 8, 2021.
Some Texas business leaders worried about Trump deportations
Jan 8, 2025 · “We wouldn’t survive” without undocumented workers, one South Texas produce business owner said. By one estimate, 8% of Texas’ workforce lacks legal status.
Supreme Court says Texas can’t block feds from the border | The …
Jan 22, 2024 · In recent weeks, Shelby Park in Eagle Pass has become the center of a standoff between Texas and the federal government over immigration enforcement. Most recently, Gov. Greg Abbott has ramped up ...
Texas offers border ranch to Trump for mass deportation plan
Nov 19, 2024 · The Texas General Land Office is offering President-elect Donald Trump a 1,400-acre Starr County ranch as a site to build detention centers for his promised mass deportations of undocumented ...
Texas judge strikes down program to protect immigrant spouses
Nov 8, 2024 · The temporary relief from deportation brought a brief sense of security to some 500,000 immigrants estimated to benefit from the program before Texas-based U.S. District Judge J. Campbell Barker ...
Shifting immigration opinions in Del Rio, Texas, are disrupting …
Nov 3, 2024 · Immigration is not part of Joe Frank Martinez’s job. But in Del Rio, like in other majority Latino communities across the country, the issue is high on voters’ minds and is disrupting long ...