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El Periodico USA Staff Featured August 5, 2025

Trump’s mass deportations have one big winner: the private prison industry

Andres Oppenheimer President Trump’s mass deportations of undocumented nannies, gardeners and construction workers with no criminal records is drawing mounting
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El Periodico USA Staff Community News August 4, 2025

The U.S. Government Denies Hunger Strike at Alligator Alcatraz

Miami (USA), (EFE).— The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Monday denied that migrants at the Alligator Alcatraz immigration
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El Periodico USA Staff Community News August 4, 2025

Texas GOP Push Generates Retaliatory Threats from California Over Congressional Redistricting

Texas Republicans, under pressure from former President Donald Trump, have unveiled draft congressional maps intended to flip five Democratic-held U.S.
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El Periodico USA Staff Community News August 4, 2025

Texas Legislature Advances Bill Expanding Attorney General’s Authority to Prosecute Election Crimes

The Texas Senate has approved Senate Bill 11 (companion to SB 1026), granting the Texas Attorney General independent authority to prosecute
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El Periodico USA Staff Community News August 4, 2025

Austin ISD Moves to Turn Around Dobie Middle School Following Repeated “F” Ratings on STAAR

The Austin Independent School District (AISD) board has approved an aggressive turnaround plan for Dobie Middle School—alongside two other struggling
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El Periodico USA Staff Community News August 4, 2025

Seth Michelson to Publish Hope on the Border This October—A Poignant Call to Action in

Seth Michelson, associate professor of Spanish at W&L, is set to release Hope on the Border: Immigration, Incarceration, and the
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El Periodico USA Staff Featured August 2, 2025

Venezuelan deportees say they endured months of abuse inside a Salvadoran prison

By Perla Trevizo, The Texas Tribune and ProPublica, Melissa Sanchez and Mica Rosenberg, ProPublica, Ronna Rísquez, Alianza Rebelde Investiga, and
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El Periodico USA Staff Community News August 2, 2025

Why the proposed Texas congressional map may not be a lock to net five new

By Kayla Guo and Gabby Birenbaum, The Texas Tribune, Graphics by Carla Astudillo, The Texas Tribune “Why the proposed Texas
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El Periodico USA Staff Community News August 1, 2025

Governor Abbott Activates State Emergency Response Resources Ahead Of Panhandle Flood Threat

AUSTIN — Governor Greg Abbott today directed the Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM) to activate state emergency response resources
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El Periodico USA Staff Featured August 1, 2025

“Clear and Consistent” – Americans Want Balanced, Common Sense Immigration Solutions

Read updated polling memo HERE and join virtual event on Thursday at 1 PM ET with leading pollsters and immigration experts; access
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