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A federal appeals court on Wednesday blocked a Texas law that would require ratings from booksellers that deal with school libraries, agreeing with a lower court that found it unconstitutional. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, based in New Orleans, said in a decision published Wednesday that the state could not violate the Constitution. […]
Eagle Pass, Texas CNN — A migrant surge continues to overwhelm authorities at the US-Mexico border — and in US cities where many asylum-seekers are being sent. Here are the latest developments: The Biden administration has given Texas . . .
A woman and two children drowned in the Rio Grande on Friday night in Eagle Pass, Texas, after U.S. border agents were prevented from responding, federal officials said Saturday. In a statement, a Department of Homeland Security spokesperson said U.S. Border Patrol agents were made aware of the migrants’ distress by the Mexican government but […]
The U.S. Homeland Security Department said Saturday that Texas denied federal agents access to a stretch of the border when they were trying to rescue three migrants who drowned. The federal government’s account came hours after U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar said the Texas Military Department and Texas National Guard “did not grant access to Border […]
Kaylee Greenlee Beal/Reuters Texas National Guard troops control who enters and exits Shelby Park at the US-Mexico border in Eagle Pass, Texas, on January 12, 2024. CNN — Three migrants, a woman and two children, drowned Saturday in the Rio Grande in Eagle Pass, Texas – very recently the epicenter of the migrant crisis – […]
BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A Texas congressman said Saturday that three migrants, including two children, drowned while trying to reach the U.S. near the border city of Eagle Pass, where the Biden administration says Texas has begun denying access to Border Patrol agents. U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, a Texas Democrat, accused the state of failing […]
EAGLE PASS, Texas—State officials here are blocking federal Border Patrol agents from accessing a busy section of the U.S.-Mexico border, a move that represents an escalation of a standoff between Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, and the Biden administration on authority over the U.S.-Mexico border. The development comes . . .
The Biden administration can’t enforce a guidance document that claimed to remind health-care providers of their obligations under a federal emergency care law, but actually was intended to protect abortion access nationwide, the Fifth Circuit said Tuesday. Judge Kurt D. Englehardt said the document added new obligations under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act […]
Angle down icon An icon in the shape of an angle pointing down. Portrait of American politician Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson, Washington DC, 1990s. Photo by Anthony Barboza/Getty Images Texas US Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson died on Sunday, according to reports. Johnson represented Texas in Congress for three decades before retiring this year. President Joe […]
The Biden administration on Thursday warned Texas that it will sue the state if it implements a strict immigration law known as SB4 that would empower state and local law enforcement officials to arrest, jail and prosecute migrants suspected of entering the U . . .