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Migrants wait to be processed by the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol after they crossed the Rio Grande and entered the U.S. from Mexico, Oct. 19, 2023, in Eagle Pass, Texas. The Justice Department on Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2024, sued Texas over a new law that would allow police to arrest migrants who enter the U.S. illegally, taking Republican Gov. Greg Abbott to court again over his escalating response to border crossers arriving from Mexico. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

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Justice Department sues Texas over law that would let police arrest migrants who enter US illegally
By PAUL J. WEBER AND ACACIA CORONADO - Associated Press
Wed,01/03/24-4:51PM , 147 Reads
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Justice Department on Wednesday sued Texas over a new law that would allow police to arrest migrants who enter the U.S. illegally, taking Republican Gov.
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Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, top left, bows for prayer in the Senate Chamber at the Texas Capitol in Austin, Texas, Monday, May 29, 2023. The historic impeachment of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is plunging Republicans into a bruising fight over whether to banish one of their own in America's biggest red state. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

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Impeachment trial of Texas’ Ken Paxton to begin no later than August 28
By PAUL J. WEBER AND ACACIA CORONADO - Associated Press
Mon,05/29/23-6:57PM , 140 Reads
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A historic impeachment trial in Texas to determine whether Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton should be permanently removed from office will begin no later than August
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Texas state Rep. Sam Harless, R-Spring, listens to debate in the House chamber in Austin, Texas, Tuesday, May 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

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Rare momentum on a Texas gun bill stalls in the state's Republican-controlled legislature
By PAUL J. WEBER AND ACACIA CORONADO - Associated Press
Wed,05/10/23-3:42PM , 117 Reads
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Rare momentum in the Texas Capitol for a tougher gun law flickered out Wednesday after Republicans stalled a bill that would raise the purchase age for AR-style rifles, virtually assuring the GOP-controlled Legislature will
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Flowers are piled around crosses with the names of the victims killed in a school shooting as people visit a memorial at Robb Elementary School to pay their respects May 31, 2022, in Uvalde, Texas. For the first time since the Uvalde school massacre, Texas Republican lawmakers on Tuesday, April 18, 2023, allowed proposals for stricter gun laws to get a hearing in the state Capitol — even though new restrictions have almost no chance of passing. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

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No vote after Uvalde parents plead for tougher gun laws
By PAUL J. WEBER AND ACACIA CORONADO - Associated Press
Tue,04/18/23-5:05PM , 190 Reads
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — It was getting close to midnight Tuesday when Kimberly Mata-Rubio finally got her first chance since the Robb Elementary School massacre in Uvalde — nearly one year ago — to ask Texas lawmakers to their faces to pass proposed restrictio
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