
Elizabeth Findell
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Texas politics/border reporter at @WSJ. Alum of @statesman @dallasnews & @monitornews. Ski town girl complaining about the heat. Tips: [email protected]
Joined February 2011
ICE is moving detainees at a rate unmatched in recent years - so much that, in many cases, their attorneys and families can't find them. It's part of an effort to make detention as grueling as possible, people familiar said.w/ @RSimon18 @tparti.
wsj.com
Frequent long-distance moves leave families and lawyers struggling to keep track of people facing deportation—and undermine their legal defense.
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The plan shows the highest priorities are 9 new projects-- including the 5,000-bed tent city at Fort Bliss that was awarded last week. Meanwhile, the administration is leaning on state governors to take the reins. w/ @MHackman.
wsj.com
Trump administration officials see limited detention space as hobbling the effort to step up deportations, and aim to more than double the number of beds by the end of the year.
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RT @neenareports: NEW: Despite having $3.4 million in reserves, the Upper Guadalupe River Authority in Kerr County chose to cut taxes and t….
houstonchronicle.com
The Upper Guadalupe River Authority had a $3 million reserve, but cut taxes rather than replacing an outdated flood alert system before the July 4 Hill Country flood.
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RT @dmhj: ICYMI:. As expected, the government filed a motion to dismiss two charges against U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar on Friday #rgv
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El Salvador’s government sent more than 250 Venezuelans it was holding in a maximum-security prison to Caracas in exchange for 10 Americans detained by Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s government via @VeraMBergen @kejalvyas.
wsj.com
Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele said the exchange was the result of months of negotiations.
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RT @anneapplebaum: "Five months into its unprecedented dismantling of foreign-aid programs, the Trump administration has given the order to….
theatlantic.com
Federal workers warned for months that the high-energy biscuits would go to waste.
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Buc-ee's has reached Colorado. Locals (and a ranch-owning billionaire) are fighting back, against what they call an affront to the spirit of the American West .via @jimcarltonsf.
wsj.com
A dispute over plans for a colossal highway rest stop has divided a small Colorado town—and it’s boiled over into slashed tires and crude name-calling.
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RT @brianstelter: According to a new report detailing "severe shortages" in local news, the number of journalists working in the US has dro….
muckrack.com
For the first time, we’ve mapped how many local journalists cover each U.S. county, revealing in stark detail the stunning collapse in local reporting. Me…
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RT @AaronTorres_: BREAKING: In a 2-1 ruling, the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rules against Texas re SB4 and affirms a lower court’s….
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The Big Bend region is concerned about an economic hit from the deployment of federal troops-- who are filling up hotels, but do *not* have to pay local hotel tax. Events are seeing attendance drop bc people have nowhere to stay. via @bigbendsentinel .
bigbendsentinel.com
TRI-COUNTY — As the Big Bend enters its slow summer season, some folks are concerned that the presence of the U.S. Army in the region might mean even slimmer budgets for tourism programming in the...
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RT @AKMcGlinchy: In 2013, Elon Musk had to beg TX lawmakers to pass bills helping his business. But still, he got nothing. This year, he g….
propublica.org
While Elon Musk took Washington, D.C., by storm, his company representatives and lobbyists were also notching up big political wins in the heart of his vast business empire: Texas.
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"U.S. officials have had strong indications for years of the troubling relationship between the Bukele administration and MS-13 and its leaders — and had begun scrutinizing Mr. Bukele himself" via @nytimes.
nytimes.com
Top gang leaders being sent back to El Salvador were part of a lengthy federal investigation that has amassed evidence of a corrupt pact between the Bukele government and MS-13.
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Abbott, Paxton can withhold Uvalde, Jan. 6-related records, Texas Supreme Court rules.via @NolanDMcCaskill.
dallasnews.com
A government watchdog group sued for access to records related to Gov. Greg Abbott’s communication with gun groups after the Uvalde shooting and Attorney...
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