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Cara Mia Theatre’s bilingual play, Tina’s Journey brings the realties of immigration to the stage through a child's perspective. Featuring music, masks, and cultural traditions, the production sparks conversation about migration across the U.S.-Mexico border.

Several members of the Texas Legislature are expressing their support after Gov. Greg Abbott asked the federal government to reimburse Texas for money it spent securing the border during the Biden administration.

Texas has spent billions of dollars on its own immigration enforcement and border security, making them the ideal partner to the new Trump administration.

As Texas continues its multi-billion dollar effort to secure the border, state lawmakers were told this week that most of the people charged with smuggling immigrants over a recent 12-month period were U.S. citizens.

Since Abbott's Operation Lone Star began in 2021, at least 17 Texas National Guardsman have died from a multitude of causes, including a drowning in an attempt to save migrants, negligent discharge of a personally owned weapon and suicides.

Senate Bill 602 was touted as another force multiplier on the border. But almost a year after the law went into effect, the program has yet to get off the ground.

The executive order from the Texas governor will require these hospitals to track the cost of care for undocumented migrants, in order for the state to push for federal reimbursement.

Regardless of what courts rule regarding SB4, a climate of distrust has permeated among immigrant and mixed-status families in Texas.

The Texas-based nonprofit Children at Risk and other child advocates around the country have been critical of the state's practice of busing migrant families. They urge leaders to coordinate with agencies in other states.

Texas’ senior U.S. senator said the effort to oust DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas should be taken seriously by Democrats.

The 2-1 decision came late Tuesday from a three-judge panel at the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. It keeps the state of Texas from enforcing the law, known as SB 4, as the legal challenge against it continues in federal court.

The tense moment Thursday occurred at a time when the El Paso Sector of U.S. Border Patrol has seen about 1,000 migrant encounters per day.