:watermark(cdn.texastribune.org/media/watermarks/2022.png,-0,30,0)/static.texastribune.org/media/files/6a37a6f45d1f0e1b4d81e1cb2cd5cc1e/SCOTUS%20Paxton%20Presser%20TT%20EL%2005.jpg)
The plan would overhaul the process for migrants seeking asylum, aiming to reduce the average wait time for a decision from five years to six months.| The Texas Tribune
:watermark(cdn.texastribune.org/media/watermarks/2022.png,-0,30,0)/static.texastribune.org/media/files/a24a87b76f9f92cdfbcf856de86f71bc/MPP%20SCOTUS%20Rally%20EL%20TT%2033.jpg)
The Biden administration had ended the policy that forced 70,000 migrants to wait in Mexico. But a federal judge in Texas forced the administration to restart the program in December.| The Texas Tribune
:watermark(cdn.texastribune.org/media/watermarks/2022.png,-0,30,0)/static.texastribune.org/media/files/fb094311228cb1f8cbb848ac935b7f57/03%20MPP%20Laredo%20MG%20TT.jpg)
Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office has sued the Biden administration 20 times in Texas federal courts over everything from mask mandates to immigration policies. Trump-appointed judges have ruled in seven of them, all in favor of Texas.| The Texas Tribune
:watermark(cdn.texastribune.org/media/watermarks/2021.png,-0,30,0)/static.texastribune.org/media/files/2b038b4db16ce613e42e1b502f86c75f/McAllen%20Migrants%20SP%20TT%2065.jpg)
Advocates say the policy that forced 70,000 non-Mexican asylum seekers to wait in Mexico while their cases are pending will create dire conditions for migrants if it’s revived.| The Texas Tribune
:focal(0x0:3000x1740)/static.texastribune.org/media/files/9669d276db80602682bb39c1d8101afa/Texas%20Redistricting%20Presser%20REUTERS.jpg)
President Donald Trump said he thinks Republicans could flip a handful of congressional districts in Texas next year through “just a very simple redrawing."| The Texas Tribune
:watermark(cdn.texastribune.org/media/watermarks/2022.png,-0,30,0)/static.texastribune.org/media/files/76f17ab4021c14db7b2dc9df491eb8c2/MPP%20Federal%20Block%20Juarez%20Bridge%20Lockdown%20JR%20TT%2001.jpg)
The Trump administration created the Migrant Protection Protocols, also called “remain in Mexico,” in 2019 before the Biden administration canceled it in 2021. The ruling sends the case back to a Texas federal court.| The Texas Tribune
:watermark(cdn.texastribune.org/media/watermarks/2023.png,-0,30,0):focal(0x0:3000x1999)/static.texastribune.org/media/files/127b23a809f78c6980a2ceac0096a271/Daniel%20Perry%20REUTERS%20TT%2002.jpg)
The governor says he asked the Board of Pardons and Paroles to expedite review, recommend clemency one day after Perry was convicted of murder.| The Texas Tribune