Gov. Abbott says Texas National Guard can now make immigration arrests
The new policy is a result of a memorandum of understanding between Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and the head of U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
How much of the Southwest border has a wall, fence or barrier? See the numbers and Trump's impact
During his first term, President Trump’s signature border security policy involved building a barrier along the southern ...
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Understanding Accent and Identity on the Border: Exploring Bilinguals’ Perceptions of Intelligibility, Accentedness, and Language-Learning Goals
Studies of border spaces have proven fruitful for socio-linguistic research related to identity (Martínez, 2003). The current study examines bilinguals along the Rio Grande Valley (RGV) of South Texas ...
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The Ultimate Map of Texas Regions
Texas Monthly put out a public service announcement of sorts. In response to a long-sounding albeit fairly faint alarm that may or may not have originated from within the walls of our own office, we ...
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Dry weather focus of latest drought map
Most of the country experienced dry weather except for West and Gulf coasts, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor.
Trump's geographic renaming plans leave mapmakers pondering what to do next
Mapmakers and teachers are re-thinking what to call the gulf of water between Mexico, the United States and Cuba after President Donald Trump ordered it renamed from the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of ...
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Pentagon to send up to 1,500 active duty troops to secure US-Mexico border: Officials
WATCH: CBP officers in riot gear march through South Texas border crossing The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because the announcement has not yet been made. The active duty forces would ...
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Postcards From The Border aims to challenge dominant portrayal of U.S.-Mexico border
A new Texas art project uses music, photos and storytelling to highlight the the rich cultural tapestry beyond headlines of ...
KXAN14d
Trump expands on Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s border policies
This initiative deploys the National Guard to South Texas and funds a state-constructed border wall among other measures. The president declared a national emergency on the southern border ...
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U.S. Coast Guard to ‘surge assets’ in South Florida after Trump’s immigration orders
Among the areas are the southeast maritime border approaching Florida; the maritime borders between the Bahamas and South Florida and between Texas and Mexico in the Gulf of Mexico; the southwest ...
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Winter storm, deadly and record-breaking, sweeps across much of South
Other big cities under the threat Wednesday morning included Savannah, Georgia, Charleston and Wilmington, South Carolina ... counties near the Texas-Louisiana border. Snow covered the white ...
Latin Times14d
CBP Officers Temporarily Close South Texas Border Crossing Amid Immigration Policy Changes
Migrants board a bus after surrendering to US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Border Patrol agents for immigration and asylum claim processing. PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images The ...