Trump administration cancels contract providing lawyers to kids in immigration courts

The move from U.S. Department of Health and Human Services comes as deportations increase.

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U.S. Customs and Border Protection is cracking down on border egg smuggling

Texas Area CBP agriculture specialists issued 16 civil penalties totaling almost $4,000 linked to the attempted smuggling of prohibited agriculture and food products, including raw eggs, according to a CBP news release.

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The U.S. Department of the Interior and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Tuesday ordered lawyers hired to represent unaccompanied children to stop working.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/2025/02/19/514184/trump-administration-orders-lawyers-for-vulnerable-unaccompanied-minors-to-stop-their-work/

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Trump administration orders lawyers for vulnerable unaccompanied minors to stop their work

The Tuesday order affects tens of thousands of children, some with no family and no legal status.

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Texas National Guardsmen are now authorized to make immigration arrests at the border, based on an agreement between the state and the Trump administration.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/border/2025/02/04/512823/texas-national-guard-soldiers-can-now-make-immigration-arrests-at-the-border/

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Texas National Guard soldiers can now make immigration arrests at the border

Gov. Greg Abbott and U.S. Customs and Border Protection have signed an agreement that allows Texas guardsmen to make immigration arrests on the border.

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Gov. Greg Abbott directed soldiers to the Rio Grande Valley on Monday to support U.S. Border Patrol personnel as part of his efforts to assist the Trump administration's border policies. The soldiers departed from Houston and Fort Worth.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/border/2025/01/27/512102/gov-greg-abbott-deploys-400-soldiers-to-texas-border-in-support-of-trump-immigration-policies/

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Gov. Greg Abbott deploys 400 soldiers to Texas border in support of Trump immigration policies

The soldiers departed Monday from Houston and Fort Worth, marking a change from the Republican governor's legal battles with the Biden administration. Abbott spent the last four years testing a state's ability to enforce immigration law — at times at odds with Border Patrol.

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Some local officials in Texas cheer Trump’s immigration crackdown, others sound cautious note

Local officials across the state who are eager to help the administration’s immigration efforts have not offered concrete details about how they will cooperate with the federal government.

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The American Civil Liberties Union of Texas released a new report showing that Operation Lone Star, a state immigration law enforcement program initiated by Gov. Greg Abbott, has mostly arrested people for misdemeanor charges since launching in 2021.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/2024/05/23/488383/new-report-shows-operation-lone-star-has-spent-billions-arresting-people-mostly-for-misdemeanors/

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New report shows Operation Lone Star has spent billions arresting people mostly for misdemeanors

The ACLU of Texas report said a majority of those arrested under Gov. Greg Abbott's border initiative posed no threat to public safety.

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