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FILE - In this April 22, 2021 file photo, a sleeping area set up inside exhibit hall B of the Long Beach Convention Center in Long Beach, Calif., where migrant children found at the U.S.-Mexico border without a parent will be temporarily housed. The Biden administration is holding tens of thousands of asylum-seeking children in an opaque network of some 200 facilities that The Associated Press has now learned spans two dozen states and includes five shelters with more than 1,000 children packed inside. (Brittany Murray/The Orange County Register via AP, Pool, File)
Migrant children held in mass shelters with little oversight

By Garance Burke, Juliet Linderman And Martha Mendoza May. 11, 2021 07:02 AM EDT

FILE - In this April 22, 2021 file photo, a sleeping area set up inside exhibit hall B of the Long Beach Convention Center in Long Beach, Calif., where migrant children found at the U.S.-Mexico border without a parent will be temporarily housed. The Biden administration is holding tens of thousands of asylum-seeking children in an opaque network of some 200 facilities that The Associated Press has now learned spans two dozen states and includes five shelters with more than 1,000 children packed inside. (Brittany Murray/The Orange County Register via AP, Pool, File)
Migrant children held in mass shelters with little oversight

By Garance Burke, Juliet Linderman And Martha Mendoza May. 11, 2021 07:00 AM EDT

FILE - In this March 30, 2021, file photo, young unaccompanied migrants wait for their turn at the secondary processing station inside the U.S. Customs and Border Protection facility, the main detention center for unaccompanied children in the Rio Grande Valley, in Donna, Texas. U.S. authorities say they picked up nearly 19,000 children traveling alone across the Mexican border in March. It's the largest monthly number ever recorded and a major test for President Joe Biden as he reverses many of his predecessor's hardline immigration tactics. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills, Pool, File)
Policy changes help drive US migrant crossings to new highs

By Elliot Spagat Apr. 09, 2021 12:02 AM EDT

A migrant shields herself from the sun while resting at a plaza near the McAllen-Hidalgo International Bridge point of entry into the U.S., after being caught trying to cross into the U.S. Thursday, March 18, 2021, in Reynosa, Mexico. The fate of thousands of migrant families who have recently arrived at the Mexico border is being decided by a mysterious new system under President Joe Biden. U.S. authorities are releasing migrants with “acute vulnerabilities” and allowing them to pursue asylum. But it’s not clear why some are considered vulnerable and not others. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Mysterious new system at border keeps migrants guessing

By Adriana Gomez Licon Mar. 22, 2021 02:32 PM EDT

FILE - In this Monday, March 1, 2021 file photo, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas speaks during a press briefing at the White House in Washington. The Biden administration is turning to the Federal Emergency Management Agency for help managing and caring for record numbers of unaccompanied immigrant children who are streaming into the U.S. from Mexico. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas says FEMA will support a government-wide effort over the next three months, Saturday, March 13, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
Homeland Security head spars with Congress over border surge

By Ben Fox And Nomaan Merchant Mar. 17, 2021 12:21 AM EDT

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott speaks on the topic of illegal immigration during a press conference on the border at Anzalduas Park, Tuesday, March 9, 2021, in Mission, Texas. (Joel Martinez/The Monitor via AP)
No evidence migrants at border significantly spreading virus

By Paul J. Weber And Nomaan Merchant Mar. 10, 2021 05:30 PM EST

A member of the International Organization for Migration takes a child's temperature before crossing the border into El Paso, Texas at the Leona Vicario shelter in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Friday, Feb. 26, 2021. After waiting months and sometimes years in Mexico, people seeking asylum in the United States are being allowed into the country as they wait for courts to decide on their cases, unwinding one of the Trump administration's signature immigration policies that President Joe Biden vowed to end. (AP Photo/Christian Chavez)
Processing of asylum seekers expands at US-Mexico border

By María Verza Feb. 26, 2021 10:15 PM EST

FILE - In this Dec. 16, 2018, file photo, Honduran asylum seekers are taken into custody by U.S. Border Patrol agents after the group crossed the U.S. border wall into San Diego, in California, seen from Tijuana, Mexico. The state of California is freeing up to $28 million to help asylum-seekers released in the U.S. with notices to appear in court with hotels, medical screenings, and transportation. California's generosity is a stark contrast to Arizona and Texas, where border state officials have challenged and sharply criticized President Joe Biden's immigration policies. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo, File)
California to spend $28M to help arriving asylum-seekers

By Elliot Spagat Feb. 26, 2021 05:39 PM EST

Editorial Roundup: Texas

By The Associated Press Jan. 04, 2021 10:00 AM EST
Laredo Monitor. Dec. 31, 2020. Editorial: Will virus’ economic hit help bid to allow casinos? For more than two decades...

Texas prisons, jails worst COVID-19 hotspots of any in US

By Terry Wallace Nov. 09, 2020 08:15 PM EST
More Texas jail and prison inmates and staff have been infected and killed by COVID-19 than those of any other state’s criminal justice system, according to a...

In this Oct. 31, 2020, photo, supporters of President Donald Trump drive in caravan down Calle Ocho in the Little Havana neighborhood of Miami. President Donald Trump and his Republican allies made significant inroads with Latino voters in Tuesday’s election, alarming some Democrats who warned that immigration politics alone was not enough to hold their edge with the nation’s largest minority group. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
Confounding Democrats, Trump makes inroads with Latinos

By Nicholas Riccardi And Adriana Gomez Licon Nov. 06, 2020 01:09 AM EST

Lake Charles Fire Department personnel Alvin Taylor, right, and Jeremy Harris, left, assist Tim Williams into a transport van as he evacuates Lake Charles, La., Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020, ahead of Hurricane Laura. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Heeding warnings, Gulf Coast residents flee coming hurricane

By Jake Bleiberg And Melinda Deslatte Aug. 26, 2020 04:05 PM EDT

Myrle Tucker surveys the marina where is was rescued over night after his boat was damaged and sunk after it was hit by Hurricane Hanna, Sunday, July 26, 2020, in Corpus Christi,Texas. Tucker's boat and about 30 others were lost or damaged in the storm. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
Cleanup from Hanna spurs fear amid COVID-19 surge in Texas

By John L. Mone And Juan A. Lozano Jul. 26, 2020 11:49 PM EDT

Corpus Christi Fire Department personnel respond to a call of two sinking boats during Hurricane Hanna, Saturday, July 25, 2020, in Corpus Christi, Texas. (Annie Rice/Corpus Christi Caller-Times via AP)
South Texas drenched by cyclone amid surge in virus cases

By John L. Mone And Nomaan Merchant Jul. 26, 2020 01:16 AM EDT

Two men walk on a flooded road as Hurricane Hanna makes landfall, Saturday, July 25, 2020, in Corpus Christi, Texas.   The National Hurricane Center said Saturday morning that Hanna's maximum sustained winds had increased and that it was expected to make landfall Saturday afternoon or early evening. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
2020's 1st Atlantic hurricane lashes Texas; floods expected

By Juan A. Lozano And John L. Mone Jul. 25, 2020 10:12 AM EDT

A surfer walks on the beach at J.P. Luby Park ahead of Tropical Storm Hanna, Friday, July 24, 2020, in Corpus Christi, Texas. The storm is expected to make landfall on Saturday. (Annie Rice/Corpus Christi Caller-Times via AP)
A coronavirus hot spot, South Texas braces for Hanna's rain

By Juan A. Lozano Jul. 24, 2020 11:41 PM EDT

Employees with the City of Corpus Christi load sandbags into people's cars as Tropical Storm Hanna approaches on Friday, July 24, 2020, in Corpus Christi, Texas. Tropical Storm Hanna formed in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday, hours after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced various resources to respond to severe weather are on standby across the state. (Courtney Sacco/Corpus Christi Caller-Times via AP)
South Texas prepares for Tropical Storm Hanna amid pandemic

By Juan A. Lozano Jul. 24, 2020 02:06 PM EDT

1st COVID-19 case in asylum seeker camp at US-Mexico border

By Alfredo Peña Jun. 30, 2020 03:36 PM EDT
CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico (AP) — An international disaster relief organization reported Tuesday the first confirmed case of COVID-19 among migrants living in a...

CORRECTS THE EXECUTION DATE TO JUNE 16, NOT 15 - This undated photo provided by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shows Ruben Gutierrez. Texas was set on Tuesday, June 16, 2020, to end its more than four-month delay in executions due to the coronavirus pandemic with the scheduled lethal injection of Gutierrez, a death row inmate condemned for fatally stabbing an 85-year-old woman more than two decades ago. (Texas Department of Criminal Justice via AP)
US Supreme Court halts Texas execution over clergy question

By Juan A. Lozano Jun. 16, 2020 12:04 AM EDT

Mexican border city tightens checks on US visitors

By Alfredo Peña May. 24, 2020 12:45 PM EDT
CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico (AP) — Officials in a Mexican border city are tightening checks on travellers coming from Texas, saying they fear U.S. visitors may be...

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