Texas Fair Defense Fund helps people get legal aid. Migrants are primary recipients: chief.
"I find that alarming," a state lawmaker says about 85% of a state legal defense fund going to assist people arrested under ...
Bill filed after bail bond reform named priority for Texas Legislature
Bail bond reform was named one of Gov. Greg Abbott’s emergency items for the 2025 legislative session, which he announced on ...
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Local legislators plan to address numerous issues during the 89th Texas Legislature
State Sen. Pete Flores, R-Pleasanton, plans to focus on improving public safety and protecting Texans from crime, according to Mike Ward, the director of the Senate Committee on Criminal Justice.
Texas National Guard soldiers now have authority to make arrests at U.S.-Mexico border
The new policy is a result of a memorandum of understanding between Gov. Greg Abbott and the head of U.S Customs and Border ...
Illegal dams see new pushback from Texas lawmaker
A water crossing on Beaver Creek near Lake Buchanan, Texas, has raised concerns about the impact on the lake’s ecosystem and ...
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Ryan Walters, OSDE seeking $474 million in lawsuit on educating undocumented students
Deputy Commissioner of Customs and Border Protection Pete Flores and Deputy Director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement Patrick Lechlietner. “The United States Departments of Homeland ...
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CBP Reports 70% Drop in Encounters in Biden Admin's Final Border Update
"In the last six months of 2024, Border Patrol apprehensions along the southwest border have decreased more than 70% from the same period in 2023," Pete Flores, Senior Official Performing the ...