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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]

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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.
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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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When ICE arrested Fort Worth construction worker Felix Morales, his lawyers thought he'd quickly get bond. But they struggled to find him as he was transferred through Oklahoma, New Mexico, Colorado & California - while his case moved through completely different jurisdictions.
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Elizabeth Findell
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Trump's border wall is back-- and more expensive, with $46 billion in new funding. That means battles with South Texas landowners are also back, many for a second time as farmers and ranchers try to keep their properties from being walled-off.
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Elizabeth Findell
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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.
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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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Elizabeth Findell
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icymi- ICE is newly flush with more cash than ever and racing to increase detention beds. An internal plan shows they're more interested in tent cities than brick-and-mortar structures-- despite safety risks.
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Elizabeth Findell
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A few months ago I noticed something unusual: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is increasingly outsourcing big cases to private lawyers — even though his office has 700+ attorneys in-house, with several specialized divisions. So we dug in. .
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Elizabeth Findell
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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….
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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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Elizabeth Findell
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RT @dmhj: Attorneys for U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar have filed a motion to delay his trial until March 30, 2026 — after the Democratic Party pr….
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Elizabeth Findell
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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 https://….
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Elizabeth Findell
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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.
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Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele said the exchange was the result of months of negotiations.
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Elizabeth Findell
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RT @anneapplebaum: "Five months into its unprecedented dismantling of foreign-aid programs, the Trump administration has given the order to….
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Federal workers warned for months that the high-energy biscuits would go to waste.
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Elizabeth Findell
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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.
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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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Elizabeth Findell
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RT @DavidSantoro1: Who would have thought?.
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Elizabeth Findell
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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….
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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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Elizabeth Findell
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Love that the Harris County Sheriff's Office doesn't know what the word "present" means
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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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Elizabeth Findell
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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 .
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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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Elizabeth Findell
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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….
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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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Elizabeth Findell
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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.
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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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