Texas news

• Trump signs bill to open the government, ending the longest shutdown in history

  26-01-2019 04:20 via tracking.feedpress.it
  President Donald Trump visits the banks of the Rio Grande River in Mission with U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, earlier this month. REUTERS/Leah MillisPresident Trump on Friday agreed to temporarily reopen the federal government without getting any new money for his U.S.-Mexico border wall, retreating from the central promise of his presidency, for now, in the face of intense public anger.The president’s humbling concession to the new realities of divided government brought the nation’
  
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• Mexico agrees to accept some asylum seekers, while migrant advocates worry for their safety

  26-01-2019 01:12 via tracking.feedpress.it
  Families from Guatemala and Honduras wait for their opportunity to apply for asylum at an international bridge at the U.S.-Mexico border. Reynaldo Leal
  The Mexican government announced on Friday it has reluctantly agreed to assist President Donald Trump’s administration in implementing a policy under which some migrants who have applied for asylum in the United States will be returned to Mexico pending their hearings in American immigration courts.The program, which will begin in Californ
  
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• Texas officials flag tens of thousands of voters for citizenship checks

  26-01-2019 00:19 via tracking.feedpress.it
  Voters in Houston arrive to cast ballots during the last hour of voting in the primaries on March 6, 2018. Michael Stravato for The Texas TribuneThe Texas secretary of state's office announced Friday it would send local election officials a list of 95,000 registered voters who the state says counties should consider checking to see whether they are U.S. citizens and, therefore, legally eligible to vote.In an advisory released Friday afternoon, the office said it was flagging individuals who had
  
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