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July 10, 2018
Highlights:
- The president nominated federal appeals court Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court.
- Experts say his confirmation would make the nation’s highest court reliably conservative for a generation.
Members of Congress representing Central Texas reacted to President Donald Trump’s nomination of federal appeals court Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court:
July 6, 2018
Two Texas lawyers have accused U.S. immigration officials of denying bond to some asylum-eligible immigrants, keeping them locked up and prolonging family separations in violation of a federal court order.
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July 5, 2018
Rep. Lloyd Doggett has made an official inquiry to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement asking it to explain what appears to be a policy prolonging separation of asylum-seeking immigrants.
July 5, 2018
Washington, D.C. — U.S. Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) is concerned by new reports regarding asylum-seeking mothers whose children were seized from them and who are being detained near Austin, Texas, which indicate that they are being denied release even after successfully showing at a preliminary hearing that they have a “credible fear” of returning to their home countries. While detained, they cannot be reunited with their wrongfully removed children. Congressman Doggett has made the attached official inquiry to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) regarding this apparent new Trump policy that appears designed to prolong separation and offered the following related statement:
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July 1, 2018
As thousands in cities across the nation assembled Saturday in protest of immigration policies that have separated families at the United States-Mexico border, several hundred gathered in San Antonio’s Main Plaza to call for reuniting immigrant parents with their children.
June 27, 2018
Washington, D.C. — U.S. Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) spoke on the floor of the House today on his limitations amendment that would have prevented military bases from being turned into child internment camps, joined by 41 of his colleagues. But his effort was blocked in the Rules Committee on a party-line vote, as Republicans prevented its consideration on the floor of the House.
June 26, 2018
The Trump administration’s new tax form, which Republicans celebrated being the size of a postcard instead of the standard two pages, could end up leading to additional paperwork for millions of Americans.
A draft copy of the new 1040 income tax form obtained by The New York Times showed that while the new tax form is smaller, it will require additional paperwork for multiple popular deductions, including student loan interest. Taxpayers will now have to search for these deductions, which are available on one of six separate worksheets.
June 26, 2018
The Trump administration’s new “postcard” tax form still must be mailed in an envelope, unless you want your neighbors to see your Social Security number. It will save a little bit of time for some taxpayers but could add pages more paperwork for millions of others.
June 26, 2018
AUSTIN – Two women are demanding investigations into their allegations of sexual abuse at an immigration detention center be reopened and that the facility be audited for compliance with federal law.
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