The latest Donald Trump news from The Texas Tribune.
Though the Trump administration rescinded Obama-era guidelines encouraging colleges to factor race into admissions, it doesn't force campuses to change their policies. Full Story
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Texas Democrats are finding their place in a quickly growing national debate over the usefulness of Immigration Customs and Enforcement — and whether it should be abolished. Full Story
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López Obrador, an anti-corruption crusader, has dominated polls this election season, riding a wave of anger about government corruption and record-breaking drug war violence. Full Story
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The Trump administration plans to detain migrant families together in custody rather than release them, according to a new court filing that suggests such detentions could last longer than the 20 days envisioned by a court settlement. Full Story
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Though he praised the nation's economic growth under President Donald Trump's leadership, Abbott urged the president to reconsider his tariffs on steel and aluminum imports. Full Story
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As the White House faces court orders to reunite families separated at the border, immigrant children as young as 3 years old are being ordered into court for their own deportation proceedings, according to attorneys in Texas, California and Washington, D.C. Full Story
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Over the last week and a half, a Facebook fundraising page has generated more than $20 million for RAICES — three times the nonprofit's annual budget and more than 40 times what it raised in all of 2017. Full Story
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A federal judge in San Diego on Tuesday barred the separation of migrant children from their parents and ordered immigration officials to reunify within 30 days families that have been divided. Full Story
While officials on Tuesday provided more details on reuniting families who will be deported, it's not clear how — or if — they plan to reunify thousands who came to the U.S. seeking a safe haven from violent situations back home. Full Story
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Another federal official did say, however, that two Texas military bases will be used to house migrants. Full Story
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What Texans think about the investigations in Russian interference in the 2016 elections has a lot to do with voters' partisan preferences. Full Story
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Some migrants, unable to cross the border, have chosen to wait out the storms exposed on the bridges connecting the United States and Mexico. Full Story
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A Thursday trip by a group of mayors yielded no new information about what, if anything, will change inside the detention center for immigrant children after President Donald Trump's executive order to end family separations. Full Story
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The first lady "supports family reunification" and wanted to meet separated children for herself, a spokesperson said. Full Story
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Austin-based Southwest Key Programs has been paid hundreds of millions of dollars to care for thousands of immigrant children in federal custody. Founder Juan Sanchez says about 10 percent of the children the nonprofit cares for were separated from their parents. Full Story
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Meanwhile, members of Congress are working on legislation to address the issue. Full Story
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House Speaker Joe Straus, R-San Antonio, wants President Donald Trump to end his administration's "zero tolerance" policy that has led to thousands of immigrant children being separated from their parents at the border. Full Story
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More than 2,000 children have been separated from their families at the border. Here's the latest on what's happening at the border, in Washington and among Texas politicians. Full Story
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is considering several Texas military bases as sites for tent cities to house thousands of immigrant children separated from their parents, per McClatchy. Full Story
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The White House does not go as far as the states' suit, which argues that the entire law is now invalid, including a ban on charging more or refusing coverage to people with preexisting medical conditions. Full Story
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