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Immigration

Bad Takes: Texas' Operation Lone Star victimizes immigrants already fleeing violence and persecution

Blurring the line between criminals and immigrants is at the core of Gov. Greg Abbott's approach.

By Kevin Sanchez

Mar 16, 2022

Bad Takes is a periodic column of opinion and analysis. Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore...

Gov. Greg Abbott's talks tough at the border ... again.

State agency awards $11 million contract to oversee construction of Gov. Greg Abbott’s Texas-Mexico border wall

By Uriel J. García, The Texas Tribune
Sep 16, 2021
Greg Abbott's $250 million in funding for a border wall likely to get him 20 miles, report suggests

By Sanford Nowlin
Aug 16, 2021
From abortion access to immigration, the battle over the open Supreme Court seat will affect Texas for a generation

By Abby Livingston, The Texas Tribune
Sep 21, 2020
Texas Judge Tells Right-Wing Group That It Can't Build Border Wall Barrier

By Sanford Nowlin
Dec 4, 2019
San Antonio Closing Its Migrant Resource Center as Number of Border Crossers Drop

By Sanford Nowlin
Oct 24, 2019
Report: Trump Administrations Wants to Collect DNA From Asylum Seekers, Add to FBI Database Used By Law Enforcement

By Sarah Martinez
Oct 21, 2019
Trump's Wall Funding Will Slash $354 Million From Texas Military Projects, Including Work at Joint Base San Antonio

By Sanford Nowlin
Sep 4, 2019
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Sent Anti-Immigrant Fundraising Letter the Day Before El Paso Shooting

By Sanford Nowlin
Aug 23, 2019
In Press Statement, ICE Blames Media, Politicians and Activists for San Antonio Shooting

By Sanford Nowlin
Aug 14, 2019
Feds Will Close Site for Migrant Children Southwest of San Antonio a Month After Its Opening

By Sanford Nowlin
Jul 23, 2019
San Antonio and Local Charities Will Soon Be Reimbursed for Migrant Assistance Services, Congressman Cuellar Says

By Sanford Nowlin
Jul 23, 2019
San Antonio Nun Arrested at Washington D.C. Protest Against Detention of Immigrant Children

By Kelly Nelson
Jul 19, 2019
City of San Antonio's Migrant Resource Center Has Aided 25,700 People Since It Opened

By Sanford Nowlin
Jul 18, 2019
Immigration Groups Sue Trump Administration Over New Policy That Effectively Stops Central Americans From Seeking U.S. Asylum

By Sanford Nowlin
Jul 17, 2019
Trump's Rescheduled Immigration Raids Will Take Place This Weekend, But Not in San Antonio

By Sanford Nowlin
Jul 12, 2019
Trump Administration Confirms It's Searching San Antonio for Site to House Migrant Children

By Sanford Nowlin
Jul 11, 2019
State Judge Throws Out Parts of Ken Paxton's 'Sanctuary Cities' Suit Against San Antonio

By Sanford Nowlin
Jul 11, 2019
Trump Administration Scouts San Antonio, Four Other Cities for New Detention Sites for Migrant Kids

By Sanford Nowlin
Jul 8, 2019
U.N. Human Rights Chief Blasts Treatment of Migrants at U.S.-Mexico Border

By Sanford Nowlin
Jul 8, 2019
Calling the Culture in Border Patrol 'Rancid,' San Antonio's Joaquin Castro Calls for a Congressional Probe of the Agency

By Sanford Nowlin
Jul 3, 2019

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