HOUSTON (AP) — A Houston city ordinance that limited police officers’ cooperation with federal immigration agents was amended on Wednesday after Texas’ governor threatened to take away millions of dollars in public…
KTSM News – Escobar: ‘No Heads Up’ on marijuana reclassification
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — U.S. Rep Veronica Escobar made a statement following the Trump Administration’s reclassifying medical marijuana as “less dangerous.” “I want to read exactly what is in the language because…
Tech Crunch – Redwood Materials loses COO amid layoffs, restructuring
Former Tesla executive Chris Lister is retiring, and at least three other VPs have left Redwood around the recent restructuring, TechCrunch has learned. Read more: Read More
Border Report – House Republicans grumbling about ‘skinny’ ICE funding package complicates its path
House Republicans grumbling about the structure of a “skinny” reconciliation bill to fund immigration enforcement — and their skepticism about prospects for passing another GOP-only funding package this year — are creating…
Border Report – Gov. Tim Walz to release ‘Good Neighbors,’ inspired by ICE surge in Minnesota and the pushback
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is working on a book inspired in part by the massive immigration enforcement surge in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area earlier this year and by the extensive pushback of…
Border Report – California lawmakers seek protections for patients in ICE custody
California lawmakers alarmed by the treatment of people brought to hospitals by federal immigration agents want to strengthen protections for detained patients receiving care at medical facilities, including by making it easier…
Texas Monthly – ICE deported man who says he’s a U.S. citizen after traffic stop in Central Texas
Brian José Morales García has a birth certificate showing he was born in Denver. ICE agents accused him of lying and says he entered the country illegally. Read: Read More
KTSM News – KTSM+ at 4 p.m. with Monica Cortez, Robert Bettes
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Border Report – Many migrants in caravan no longer aiming for US border
Hundreds of migrants, most of them from Haiti, left the southern Mexican city of Tapachula on foot Tuesday seeking better living conditions elsewhere in Mexico. Read: Read More
Texas Monthly – TribCast: Greg Abbott battles cities over working with ICE
TribCast takes a deeper look at Gov. Greg Abbott’s battle with Houston, Dallas and Austin over the cities’ relationship with federal immigration enforcement. Read: Read More