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Get the latest news on Texas politics and policy from The Texas Tribune now on Amazon Alexa. With reporters based in Austin, Washington, D.C., and on the U.S.–Mexico border, we are your go-to source f... more
FAQs about Texas Tribune Brief:How many episodes does Texas Tribune Brief have?The podcast currently has 1,409 episodes available.
August 13, 2018Trump administration lays out plan to reunite kids with deported parentsThe plan places a heavy burden on the American Civil Liberties Union, the advocacy group that successfully took the government to court this year to order the reunifications.www.texastribune.org...more4minPlay
August 10, 2018"It's humiliating": Released immigrants describe life with ankle monitorsThe Trump administration has promised to phase out the Obama-era immigration program. But the president himself has also expressed sympathy for "Dreamers."www.texastribune.org...more3minPlay
August 09, 2018Judge hears Texas' challenge to DACA in HoustonThere were more than 100,000 pending U.S. citizenship applications in Texas at the end of March, opponents of the state’s voter ID law say the years-long case is settled, and education officials are set to release the first official grades for school districts next week.www.texastribune.org...more3minPlay
August 08, 2018Texas suing to end Obamacare under Trump has its advantagesTexas has sued to end Obama's landmark health care law before. But this time, it has support from the Trump administration, changes to the tax code and a potentially sympathetic judge.www.texastribune.org...more3minPlay
August 07, 2018Trump appears to return to “catch and release” immigration policyA head-spinning sequence of events appears to have put the Trump administration right where it started: running a "catch-and-release" immigration system in which families crossing the border illegally stay in the country as the government processes their asylum claims.www.texastribune.org...more3minPlay
August 06, 2018As O’Rourke gains momentum Cruz sounds the alarmU.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, hit the campaign trail Saturday with amped-up warnings that his re-election is anything but a sure thing in November. The incumbent's comments came a day after Republican Gov. Greg Abbott brushed off assertions of a "blue wave."www.texastribune.org...more4minPlay
August 03, 2018Mother of American kids locked up in TexasA mother of three U.S. citizens says she believed all her life she was an American. But after she helped put away a relative who sexually abused her child, her life unraveled. She's languishing in immigration detention.www.texastribune.org...more3minPlay
August 02, 2018Beto O'Rourke closing in on U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, new poll saysA poll from Quinnipiac University released Wednesday gives U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz a 6-point lead over his Democratic challenger, Beto O'Rourke. www.texastribune.org...more3minPlay
August 01, 2018Government ordered to reunite deported parents with their kidsSome 400 parents were sent back to their native countries without their children. As an official with the Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agency, put it, “we don’t keep track of individuals once they’ve been deported to foreign countries.”www.texastribune.org...more3minPlay
July 31, 2018Beloved state park could close if Trump builds border wallThe Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has warned U.S. Border Patrol that it could be forced to shutter a beloved state park on the southern tip of the state if President Donald Trump builds his border wall through it as proposed.www.texastribune.org...more3minPlay
FAQs about Texas Tribune Brief:How many episodes does Texas Tribune Brief have?The podcast currently has 1,409 episodes available.