Abbott support remains solid on border issues, but costs of wall aren’t popular, says new poll
Dallas Morning News
Solis, D.
02/01/2022
1 TX bill 11 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Border barriers; Border security; Children of immigrants; Gubernatorial campaigns; Public opinion polls
Border arrests can backfire
Houston Chronicle
Scherer, J.
01/23/2022
8 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Border security; Kinney County; Operation Lone Star (Border security); Public Safety, Texas Department of; Trespassing; Undocumented immigrants; Val Verde County
Hundreds of migrants accused of trespassing languish in Texas prisons. A county judge’s new approach might prolong their detention.
San Antonio Express News
McCullough, J.
12/13/2021
2 doc(s)
Non-citizen inmates; Operation Lone Star (Border security); Trespassing; Undocumented immigrants
Why many migrants arrested in Gov. Abbott's Operation Lone Star are being released
Corpus Christi Caller Times
Moritz, J.
11/08/2021
5 doc(s)
Border security; Crockett, Jasmine; Immigration enforcement; McCraw, Steve; Operation Lone Star (Border security); Public Safety, Texas Department of; Texas RioGrande Legal Aid; Trespassing; Val Verde County
Problems hinder migrant arrest effort
Houston Chronicle
Scherer, J.
10/10/2021
1 TX bill 7 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Border barriers; County attorneys; Court congestion; False reports and accusations; Immigration enforcement; Kinney County; Operation Lone Star (Border security); Police misconduct; Trespassing; Val Verde County
Abbott panders on immigration, violates due process
San Antonio Express News
Editorial
10/07/2021
6 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Border security; Immigration enforcement; Operation Lone Star (Border security); Trespassing
Judge orders release of 240 migrants jailed under Abbott's border plan
Houston Chronicle
Scherer, J.
09/29/2021
5 doc(s)
Immigration enforcement; Non-citizen inmates; Operation Lone Star (Border security)
As White House flies Haitians home, Gov. Abbott claims he's keeping them out of Texas
Houston Chronicle
Wallace, J.
09/22/2021
5 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Biden, Joe; Border security; Del Rio, Texas; Haiti; Immigration enforcement; Refugees and asylees
Edinburg prison now second in Texas to house arrested immigrants
McAllen Monitor
Gonzalez, V.
09/17/2021
5 doc(s)
Border security; Edinburg, Texas; Immigrant detention centers; Operation Lone Star (Border security); Prisons; Segovia Unit; Trespassing
Let us never forget about 9/11
Lufkin Daily News
Nichols, R.
09/13/2021
7 doc(s)
Nichols, Robert; Operation Lone Star (Border security); Traffic safety; Transportation, Texas Department of
‘We are completely being overwhelmed by immigrants,' Texas Dem says of backing Abbott border plan
Dallas Morning News
Garrett, R.
09/03/2021
1 TX bill 4 doc(s)
Border security; Hinojosa, Juan 'Chuy'; Lucio, Eddie, Jr.; Powell, Beverly; Undocumented immigrants; West, Royce; Whitmire, John
Belying political hype, migrant surge is largely invisible in border communities
San Antonio Express News
Althaus, D.
08/29/2021
5 doc(s)
Border barriers; Border security; Unaccompanied minors; Undocumented immigrants; Villalobos, Javier
Texas Republicans' Supreme Court win raises more doubt about Biden's immigration policy
Houston Chronicle
Wermund, B.
08/26/2021
5 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Biden, Joe; Immigration policy; Refugees and asylees; Supreme Court arguments and decisions, U.S.
Abbott's latest border grandstanding could cost Texans nearly $2 billion
Houston Chronicle
Editorial
08/26/2021
1 TX bill 4 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Bonnen, Greg; Border barriers; Border security
Texas House panel backs Gov. Greg Abbott’s plan to nearly triple state spending on border security
Dallas Morning News
Garrett, R.
08/25/2021
1 TX bill 5 doc(s)
Border barriers; Border security; Dominguez, Alex; González, Mary; Immigrant detention centers; Johnson, Ann; McCraw, Steve; Office of the Governor; Operation Lone Star (Border security); Public Safety, Texas Department of; Schaefer, Matt; State agency budgets; Texas National Guard; Zwiener, Erin
La Joya police chief did not believe governor’s migrant transport to be a solution
McAllen Monitor
Gonzalez, V.
08/20/2021
7 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Border issues; Coronavirus; Executive orders; La Joya, Texas; Undocumented immigrants
Abbott focuses on migrants as COVID rages in Texas
San Antonio Express News
Shallenberger, A.
08/16/2021
4 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Coronavirus; Executive orders; Immunizations; Medical equipment; Undocumented immigrants
Governor, the COVID crisis is here, not on the border
San Antonio Express News
Editorial
08/15/2021
6 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Coronavirus; Undocumented immigrants
Judge extends for 14 days her temporary halt to Abbott’s order barring transportation of migrants
Dallas Morning News
Corchado, A.
08/14/2021
5 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Cardone, Kathy; Coronavirus; Executive orders; Public health surveillance; Undocumented immigrants
Are migrants fueling the COVID-19 surge? ‘No, this is the pandemic of the unvaccinated.’
Dallas Morning News
Solis, D.
08/14/2021
7 doc(s)
Border Patrol, U.S.; Coronavirus; Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Bureau of; Immunizations; Medical screening; Undocumented immigrants
Federal judge extends temporary injunction barring Abbott's migrant transportation order
El Paso Times
Martinez, A.
08/14/2021
2 doc(s)
Border health; Coronavirus; Executive orders; Undocumented immigrants
Federal judge extends order blocking Gov. Greg Abbott’s directive for law enforcement to pull over vehicles transporting migrants
San Antonio Express News
Garcia, U.
08/14/2021
2 doc(s)
Executive orders; Undocumented immigrants
Overwhelmed Texas border city sends migrant families to Austin, Dallas, Houston bus stations
Austin American Statesman
Villagran, L.
08/13/2021
6 doc(s)
Border health; Border issues; Coronavirus; Laredo, Texas; Undocumented immigrants
Governor, border security is federal
Austin American Statesman
Editorial
08/08/2021
4 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Immigration enforcement; Public opinion polls
Stop pretending that crush of immigrants at Texas border isn’t driving COVID cases
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Allen, C.
08/08/2021
3 doc(s)
Coronavirus; Cuellar, Henry; Unaccompanied minors; Undocumented immigrants
Did Biden create COVID super-spreader at border? The truth about McAllen.
Houston Chronicle
Editorial
08/08/2021
5 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Biden, Joe; Border health; Catholic Charities USA; Coronavirus; Immigration policy; Immunizations; McAllen, Texas; Quarantines; Refugees and asylees; Undocumented immigrants; Villalobos, Javier
ACLU files lawsuit against Texas governor over executive order on migrant transportation
El Paso Times
Martinez, A.
08/07/2021
3 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; American Civil Liberties Union; Cardone, Kathy; Coronavirus; Executive orders; Public health; Public Safety, Texas Department of; Racial profiling; Undocumented immigrants
Federal judge temporarily blocks Gov. Abbott's order on migrant transfers
Austin American Statesman
Lindell, C.
08/05/2021
4 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Cardone, Kathy; Coronavirus; Executive orders; Undocumented immigrants
Federal judge blocks Texas from stopping migrant transports over risk of COVID spread
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Weber, P.
08/05/2021
4 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Cardone, Kathy; Coronavirus; Cortez, Richard F.; Executive orders; Undocumented immigrants
Federal judge grants temporary halt to Gov. Abbott’s executive order on migrant transportation
Dallas Morning News
Corchado, A.
08/04/2021
5 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Cardone, Kathy; Coronavirus; Cortez, Richard F.; Executive orders; Racial profiling; Treviño, Eddie, Jr.; Undocumented immigrants
Federal judge grants temporary injunction halting Abbott's order on migrant transportation
El Paso Times
Martinez, A.
08/04/2021
5 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Cardone, Kathy; Coronavirus; Executive orders; Undocumented immigrants
Judge temporarily halts Abbott’s order restricting transportation of migrants in Texas
McAllen Monitor
Gonzalez, V.
08/04/2021
3 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Cardone, Kathy; Coronavirus; Executive orders; Undocumented immigrants
Ruling nears on migrant transport
Dallas Morning News
Corchado, A.
08/03/2021
6 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Coronavirus; Cuellar, Henry; Executive orders; Justice, U.S. Department of; Samaniego, Ricardo A.; Undocumented immigrants
Groundhog Day in Texas
Longview News-Journal
Ramsey, R.
08/03/2021
2 TX bill(s) 4 doc(s)
Unindexed
Valley communities struggling to accommodate migrants issue disaster declarations
McAllen Monitor
Gonzalez, V.
08/03/2021
5 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Border security; Coronavirus; Cortez, Richard F.; Disaster areas; Executive orders; Rio Grande Valley; Treviño, Eddie, Jr.; Undocumented immigrants; Villalobos, Javier
Gov. Greg Abbott's border security initiative rolls out with confusion, missteps and a whole lot of state troopers in Val Verde County
Austin American Statesman
McCollough, J.
08/02/2021
3 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; American Civil Liberties Union; Border Patrol, U.S.; Border security; Immigrant detention centers; Operation Lone Star (Border security); Public Safety, Texas Department of; Texas Indigent Defense Commission; Texas National Guard; Trespassing; Undocumented immigrants
Masks and migrants aren't the enemy. COVID-19 is.
Austin American Statesman
Editorial
08/01/2021
5 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Border security; Coronavirus; Executive orders; Medical equipment; Public health; Student health; Undocumented immigrants
‘We’re slow to act, and ... to learn’
Dallas Morning News
Corchado, A.
08/01/2021
1 TX bill 5 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; El Paso, Texas; Escobar, Veronica; Hate crimes; Racial discrimination; Shootings
Abbott's border wall is a chain-link fence, built by soldiers in a community tired of political games
San Antonio Express News
Christenson, S.
08/01/2021
4 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Border barriers; Border security; Economic impact; Immigration policy; Owens, Lewis; Public Safety, Texas Department of; Texas National Guard; Undocumented immigrants; Val Verde County
Justice Dept. urges Abbott to halt new migrant order
Austin American Statesman
Weber, P.
07/31/2021
3 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Anchía, Rafael; Coronavirus; Executive orders; Garland, Merrick; Immigration enforcement; Public Safety, Texas Department of
U.S. sues Texas over Abbott’s order restricting transport of migrants
Dallas Morning News
Solis, D.
07/31/2021
2 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Coronavirus; Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Bureau of; Executive orders; Immigrant detention centers; Justice, U.S. Department of; Nonprofit organizations; Public health; Unaccompanied minors; Undocumented immigrants
A Disordered Order
Dallas Morning News
Editorial
07/31/2021
5 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Coronavirus; Executive orders; Immigrant detention centers; Justice, U.S. Department of; Undocumented immigrants
US attorney general threatens to sue Gov. Abbott
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Garcia, U.
07/31/2021
7 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Coronavirus; Executive orders; Garland, Merrick; Public Safety, Texas Department of; Racial profiling; Undocumented immigrants
Attorney General sues as Abbott's ban on migrant transports leaves hundreds stranded in Texas
Houston Chronicle
Scherer, J.
07/31/2021
4 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Coronavirus; Executive orders; Garland, Merrick; Immigrant detention centers; Justice, U.S. Department of; Nonprofit organizations; Public health; Undocumented immigrants; Val Verde County
Cuellar, Graham call for new border czar
San Antonio Express News
Eltohamy, F.
07/31/2021
2 doc(s)
Border security; Cuellar, Henry
Abbott orders DPS to target migrants
Austin American Statesman
Garcia, U.
07/30/2021
3 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Coronavirus; Cortez, Richard F.; Executive orders; Public Safety, Texas Department of; Racial profiling; Undocumented immigrants
U.S. attorney general threatens Gov. Abbott with ‘legal remedies’ over his migrant restrictions
Dallas Morning News
Solis, D.
07/30/2021
3 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Catholic Charities USA; Coronavirus; Executive orders; Garcia, Domingo; Garland, Merrick; Immigrant detention centers; Racial profiling; Undocumented immigrants
AG Merrick Garland threatens to sue over Gov. Abbott's latest border order
Houston Chronicle
Wermund, B.
07/30/2021
2 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Coronavirus; Executive orders; Garland, Merrick; Immigrant detention centers; Undocumented immigrants
Risky
McAllen Monitor
Editorial
07/30/2021
2 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Border security; Hinojosa, Juan 'Chuy'; National Guard; Noem, Kristi; South Dakota
‘Catastrophic problems’ to come from Abbott’s migrant transport order, shelter exec says
McAllen Monitor
Gonzalez, V.
07/30/2021
1 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Border security; Catholic Charities USA; Coronavirus; Cuellar, Henry; Executive orders; Immigrant detention centers; Medical screening; Nonprofit organizations; Public health; Undocumented immigrants
AG to Abbott: Rescind migrant transportation order or face ‘legal remedies’
McAllen Monitor
Gonzalez, V.
07/30/2021
4 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Coronavirus; Executive orders; Immigrant detention centers; Immigration law; Undocumented immigrants
Gov. Abbott cracks down on migrant transportation with a new executive order citing COVID-19 worries
Dallas Morning News
Solis, D.
07/29/2021
3 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Coronavirus; Cortez, Richard F.; Executive orders; Nonprofit organizations; Unaccompanied minors; Undocumented immigrants
As COVID hospitalizations surge past 5,000, Gov. Abbott renews call for 'personal responsibility'
Houston Chronicle
Wallace, J.
07/29/2021
3 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Coronavirus; Hospitals; Medical equipment; Public health surveillance; Texas State Teachers Association
Uncertainty follows governor’s order to pull over vehicles transporting migrants
McAllen Monitor
Gonzalez, V.
07/29/2021
5 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Coronavirus; Cuellar, Henry; Executive orders; Immigrant detention centers; Undocumented immigrants
Abbott orders DPS troopers to stop civilian vehicles carrying migrants
Valley Morning Star
Gonzalez, V.
07/29/2021
2 doc(s)
Abbott, Greg; Catholic Charities USA; Coronavirus; Executive orders; Immigrant detention centers; La Joya, Texas; Medical screening; Quarantines; Undocumented immigrants
