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Texas has until the end of today to stop blocking federal access to miles of the US-Mexico border
A migrant surge continues to overwhelm authorities at the US-Mexico border — and in US cities where many asylum-seekers are being sent.
> The Department of Homeland Security warns it will – by the end of Wednesday – “refer the matter to the Department of Justice for appropriate action and consider all other options available to restore Border Patrol’s access to the border” if Texas doesn’t confirm it will “cease and desist its efforts to block Border Patrol’s access in and around the Shelby Park area and remove all barriers to access to the U.S.-Mexico border,” the letter states.
Texas is separating families at the border in apparent 'harsh and cruel' shift in policy, immigration attorney says
Texas has separated at least 26 migrant family units on the southern border since July 10 under Gov. Greg Abbott’s Operation Lone Star border initiative, according to Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid immigration attorney Kristin Etter.
Look inside the world’s largest 3D-printed neighborhood in Texas | CNN
The world’s largest community of 3D-printed homes is being built in Texas — and the neighborhood just unveiled its first completed house.
Fourth bus carrying migrants from Texas arrives in Los Angeles
A bus carrying 41 migrants from Brownsville, Texas, arrived in Los Angeles Tuesday evening – the fourth such bus to arrive in the city in recent weeks, according to a nonprofit.
A new Texas law forces vendors to rate sexual content in schoolbooks. They're not happy about it
Book vendors selling to Texas public schools, ranging from national sellers like Amazon to local bookstores with eight employees, must now rate the books they sell based on sexual content.
Texas's nighttime temperatures are a symptom of a new, more dangerous kind of heat wave
Forecasters are warning that there is a more dangerous aspect to this heat wave: overnight temperatures are not cooling down enough.
Deadly Texas heat is spreading, and it will only get hotter
A record heat wave has been roasting Texas for more than two weeks and flirting with the state’s record high temperature. Now the heat is spreading into other parts of the South.
Why we're talking about the Texas power grid again
Power problems in Texas seem relatively frequent in recent years. Cold snaps, heat waves, freak storms – any of them can tax the state’s independent power grid, which is largely cut off from the rest of the country.
Asylum-seekers flown to California say they were 'deceived' by people promising them jobs and housing | CNN
Asylum-seekers transported from Texas to California’s capital city of Sacramento two weeks ago say they were misled by people who convinced them to travel with promises of work and shelter.
Texas governor signs bill placing limits on transgender athletes in college sports | CNN Politics
Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott signed a law Thursday barring transgender college athletes in the state from competing in sports that align with their gender identity – expanding a 2021 law that banned transgender students in K-12 Texas school districts and some charter schools from doing the sam...