Tag: Texas

A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent was arrested and faces federal charges after a news anchor told police that he originally approached her asking to be a source, telling her he had material she would need for her stories. "Then all of a sudden it turned inappropriate and he was texting me things that made me uncomfortable," the anchor told the police. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

LGBT groups in uproar after transgender woman in ICE custody dies on first day of pride month

Anna Giaritelli · June 3, 2019 9:13 pm

Secretary of State David Whitley, center, attends his confirmation hearing, Thursday, Feb. 7, 2019, in Austin, Texas, where he addressed the backlash surrounding Texas' efforts to find noncitizen voters on voter rolls.

Texas governor rehires secretary of state who botched citizenship review

Daniel Chaitin · June 1, 2019 3:24 pm

This May 29, 2019 photo released by U.S. Customs and Border Protection shows some of 1,036 migrants who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border in El Paso, Texas, the largest that the Border Patrol says it has ever encountered.

Border Patrol holding 900 at facility fit for 125 in situation that ‘could turn violent’

Anna Giaritelli · June 1, 2019 12:39 am

Bannon and Kobach unveil crowdfunded border wall amid unspent millions

Anna Giaritelli · May 31, 2019 4:05 am

Government agents stand guard alongside suspects taken into custody during an immigration sting at Corso's Flower and Garden Center, Tuesday, June 5, 2018, in Castalia, Ohio. The operation is one of the largest against employers in recent years on allegations of violating immigration laws.

1,036 migrants, with 63 unaccompanied children, become largest single group ever taken into custody at southern border

Anna Giaritelli · May 30, 2019 7:19 pm

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Man who said he was campaigning for Beto O’Rourke broke into home and stole a Popsicle

Caitlin Yilek · May 30, 2019 5:20 pm

A U.S. Border Patrol agent in Texas looks out over the Rio Grande into Mexico. (Associated Press)

Texas teacher put on leave over immigration tweets to Trump

Zach Halaschak · May 30, 2019 1:11 am

Energy and Environment

Federal court deals decisive blow to Obama water rule

John Siciliano · May 29, 2019 9:07 pm

Two people are shown at the Freeport LNG facility in Quintana, Texas. A model of a methane molecule is pictured in the background.

Energy and Environment

Trump administration boasts of promoting ‘freedom gas’ and ‘freedom molecules’

Josh Siegel · May 29, 2019 8:09 pm

In this Jan. 10, 2019, file photo President Donald Trump, far right, tours the U.S. border with Mexico at the Rio Grande on the southern border in McAllen, Texas.

Beltway Confidential

Texas’ southern border starts on three more miles of wall

Eddie Scarry · May 29, 2019 1:59 pm

FILE--In this April 10, 2018, file photo, a Customs and Border Patrol agent patrols the international border near Nogales, Ariz. The U.S. Border Patrol says an agent has been wounded in a shooting in southern Arizona near the U.S.-Mexico border.

Supreme Court takes up cross-border shooting dispute

Melissa Quinn · May 28, 2019 2:03 pm

63 percent of people surveyed about immigration reform said the border is mostly not secure or totally not secure, according to a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Judge partially blocks Trump’s border wall plan, bars use of DOD funds

Diana Stancy Correll · May 25, 2019 1:39 am