Texas voters are divided about whether to deport immigrants illegally living in the U.S., but they are more welcoming to youths brought here as children and say they shouldn’t be deported, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll.
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With John Cornyn’s support, new Texas coalition forms to push for congressional fix for “Dreamers”
The Texas Opportunity Coalition includes chambers of commerce, other economic development groups and institutions of higher learning.
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Immigration
U.S. Supreme Court blocks elimination of DACA, protecting more than 100,000 Texans from immediate threat of deportation
Advocates for the program warn President Trump could try other avenues to end the program — and it’s up to Congress to approve a more permanent solution.
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Politics
Texas dreamers in limbo as Trump bargains their protections for border wall funding
The standoff between the president and Congress that has led to a monthlong government shutdown has thrown DACA recipients in the middle of another round of political drama over immigration.
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Politics
U.S. House rejects immigration bill that included pathway to citizenship for Dreamers, border wall funding
As expected, Republicans were unable to reconcile differences within their party to move a major immigration bill through the U.S. House chamber Wednesday.
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University of Texas/Texas Tribune Polls
UT/TT Poll: Texans are pro-immigrant — with caveats
Only 30 percent of Texas voters believe the United States admits the right number of legal immigrants, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll, while 42 percent think the number is too high.
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Congress
In first State of the Union address, Trump tells natural disaster victims: “We are with you”
In his first State of the Union address, President Donald Trump touted a “new tide of optimism” sweeping the country in the wake of his administration’s “righteous mission” to address immigration reform and unemployment, among other issues.
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Listen to 5 Texas “Dreamers” on what it would mean to lose DACA
Listen to five Texas “Dreamers” – originally from Mexico, Pakistan, Peru and Togo – share how the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program changed their lives and what it would mean to lose it.
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Immigration
Facing federal confusion, Texas “Dreamers” prepare for looming DACA deadline
As the Trump Administration sends mixed signals about the fate of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals — or DACA — an upcoming deadline could determine the status of many of the program’s recipients.
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Demographics
Dreamers grateful efforts to repeal in-state tuition benefit never materialized
Efforts to strip undocumented students in Texas of their in-state college tuition benefit failed to pass during the latest legislative session.
