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In far West Texas, the threat of land seizures for a border wall has families on edge

As a teenager, Joe Carrasco would help his father pick onions and cotton on the family’s 40-acre ranch on the banks of the Rio Grande.

 

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Trump administration sues Catholic diocese to seize land near El Paso for border barrier

To install more border barriers, the Trump administration wants to seize 14 acres of land on an iconic mountain outside of El Paso owned by the Catholic Diocese of neighboring Las Cruces, New Mexico, that attracts thousands of people for an annual religious pilgrimage.

 

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Texas AG can’t depose Catholic Charities leader in migrant aid case, appeals court rules

A Texas appeals court this week denied Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office’s request to question a nun who leads Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley, one of the state’s largest migrant aid organizations.

 

Bill to create a Texas Homeland Security Division passes state Senate

The Texas Senate on Thursday approved a proposal that would create a homeland security division within the state’s Department of Public Safety to focus on immigration enforcement, organized crime and protecting the state’s infrastructure from security risks.

 

Sheriffs would be required to cooperate with immigration agents under bill approved by Texas Senate

The state Senate on Tuesday passed a proposal that would require some Texas sheriffs to enter into agreements with the federal government to help identify undocumented immigrants accused of crimes.