Detention center for immigrant children in West Texas will remain open through mid-September
The immigration detention facility for undocumented immigrant minors in Tornillo will remain open another month, officials confirmed Friday. Full Story
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Julián Aguilar
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Julián Aguilar reported for the Tribune from 2009 to 2021, most recently on politics and on the Texas-Mexico border. He focused on immigration reform and enforcement, voter ID, international trade, border security, and the drug trade. His political coverage has included local, legislative and congressional races in Texas, as well as local and national elections in Mexico. Before joining The Texas Tribune, he was a freelance writer for the Fort Worth Weekly, a government and crime reporter for the Laredo Morning Times, and a political writer for the Rio Grande Guardian. A native of El Paso, he has a bachelor's degree in English from the University of Texas and a master's degree in journalism from the Frank W. Mayborn Graduate Institute of Journalism at the University of North Texas.
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![Immigrant children are led by staff in single file between tents at a detention facility next to the Mexican border in Tornillo on June 18, 2018.]()
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Judge hears Texas' challenge to DACA in Houston
Texas' challenge of the Obama-era immigration program on Wednesday focused on what harm the program has done to the state, if DACA violated federal procedures and what took Texas so long to file its lawsuit. Full Story
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![DACA supporters held a press conference in front of the Texas Attorney General's Office in Austin on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017, after the Trump administration announced the program was ending.]()
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A tale of revenge and immigration leaves a mother of American kids locked up in Texas
A mother of three U.S. citizens says she believed all her life she was an American. But after she helped put away a relative who sexually abused her child, her life unraveled. She's languishing in immigration detention. Full Story
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![Immigration detention facility in Hudspeth Co. just outside of Sierra Blanca, about 100 miles east of El Paso.]()
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DACA back in court next month as Texas moves to end program
After President Trump vowed to phase out Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, which protects immigrants brought into the U.S. as children from deportation, federal courts stepped in — and Texas is suing to end the program. Full Story
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![Sister Janet Gildea of the Catholic Diocese of El Paso shows her support for DACA recipients during a rally in El Paso on March 5, 2018. Several rallies were held across the country to urge lawmakers to act on DACA, including a gathering in Washington, D.C.]()
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Mexican reporter and son released from immigration detention in Texas
Emilio Gutiérrez Soto and his son Oscar spent seven months in federal detention. Their release comes a day before a court-ordered deadline for federal officials to turn over emails about why the two were detained. Full Story
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![Emilio Gutiérrez Soto and son Oscar reunite after being released on July 26, 2018.]()
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Dozens of groups ask Trump administration for more time to comment on border wall
The allegations come as the Trump administration is moving ahead with plans to build at least 33 miles of wall or other barriers in the Rio Grande Valley. Full Story
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Honduran father finally reunited with his daughter in Texas
Mario, one of 32 immigrant parents transferred to an El Paso shelter earlier this month after being separated from their children at the border, was one of the last parents from the group to be reunited with their children. Full Story
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![Mario (first name only given) speaks at a press conference at the Casa Vides Annunciation House in El Paso on July 16, 2018.]()
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Brazilian asylum-seeker released after 11 months in detention and will soon see her grandson
Maria Vandelice de Bastos, who was detained and separated from her disabled grandson after they sought asylum at a port of entry last year, has been released from federal custody. But her ordeal is far from over after an immigration judge dismissed her asylum case. Full Story
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![Protesters call for immigrant families to be kept together at a rally in Austin on Thursday, June 14, 2018.]()
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Federal judge wants to know if Mexican reporter and son were needlessly targeted by ICE
Emilio Gutiérrez Soto faced death threats for reporting on cartel crime and government corruption and fled to the U.S. with his son. A judge has set a hearing to determine whether the government has detained them in violation of the First Amendment. Full Story
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![Mexican reporter Emilio Gutiérrez has sought asylum in the United States since 2008.]()
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There are new, tougher guidelines for migrants seeking asylum in the United States
The federal agency that handles the first step in asylum claims sent a memo to all its officers Wednesday that tightens restrictions on migrants who are seeking asylum. Full Story
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![Immigrant families seeking asylum in the United States wait on the Mexican side of the international bridge connecting Brownsville to Matamoros, Mexico.]()
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