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Appeals Court Weighs Trump’s Use of Alien Enemies Act for Deportations

The case is likely to be the first to reach the Supreme Court on the substantive issue of the president’s invocation of a rarely used wartime law.

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The case in front of the Fifth Circuit emerged from an emergency petition filed by the A.C.L.U. seeking to stop the Trump administration from deporting a group of Venezuelan men from the Bluebonnet Detention Facility in Anson, Texas.

Appeals Court to Consider Trump’s Use of Alien Enemies Act in Mass Deportations

The case before one of the most conservative courts in the country is likely to be the first to reach the Supreme Court.

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In April, the Trump administration sought to use the Alien Enemies Act to deport a group of Venezuelans held at the Bluebonnet Detention Facility in Anson, Texas.

Two Men Sentenced in Smuggling Deaths of 53 Migrants in Texas

The migrants were being transported in a tractor-trailer that had no air-conditioning on a day when temperatures reached more than 100 degrees.

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Justin R. Simmons, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Texas, at a news briefing in San Antonio on Friday.

Trump’s Border Policies Leave Some Farms Empty and Workers Fearful

As federal immigration sweeps have prompted protests across the nation, the border is eerily quiet, as would-be migrants stay away and undocumented workers hide at home.

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“Right now, I have zero workers,” said Nick Billman, who owns Red River Farms in the border town of Donna, Texas.

Debris From SpaceX Explosion, Landing in Mexico, Draws Investigation

Mexican environmental activists say detritus raining down from Elon Musk’s rocket company has caused die-offs of marine life. SpaceX said there were “no hazards to the surrounding area.”

Debris From SpaceX Explosion, Landing in Mexico, Draws Investigation

Mexican environmental activists say detritus raining down from Elon Musk’s rocket company has caused die-offs of marine life. SpaceX said there were “no hazards to the surrounding area.”

Blake Farenthold, 63, Congressman Who Quit in Harassment Case, Dies

A Texas Republican, he gave up his seat after news broke that public funds had been used to settle the case, made by his former communications director.

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Blake Farenthold in 2015. He was sued the year before by his former communications director, Lauren Greene, for harassment.

‘I Feel Like I’ve Been Lied To’: When a Measles Outbreak Hits Home

From a lone clinic in Texas to an entire school district in North Dakota, the virus is upending daily life and revealing a deeper crisis of belief.

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Arrest Made After ‘Credible Threat’ to Texas Lawmakers, Official Said

The threat came after shootings early Saturday that killed a Minnesota lawmaker and her husband and wounded another Minnesota lawmaker and his wife.

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Law enforcement closed the Texas Capitol after state police said there was a threat to lawmakers.
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