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HOUSTON — On Monday, Rosa Maria Hernandez, a 10-year old girl with cerebral palsy, had to go through a Border Patrol interior checkpoint to get to a Corpus Christi hospital for gall bladder surgery.
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HOUSTON — The city of Dickinson, Texas, is requiring applicants for Hurricane Harvey rebuilding funds to certify in writing that they will not take part in a boycott of Israel. The American Civil Liberties Union criticized the city’s condition as a violation of free speech rights.
HOUSTON — Yesterday, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals handed down a ruling that upheld certain parts of the SB4 injunction issued by a federal district court, and let other parts go into effect.
HOUSTON — The Trump administration today announced the termination of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Program.
SAN ANTONIO — A federal court has struck down virtually all of Texas's Senate Bill 4, a law slated to take effect September 1 that would have forced local law enforcement to carry out federal immigration directives. The American Civil Liberties Union is among the groups challenging the law.