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Texas AG Ken Paxton’s lawsuits stymie Biden agenda on immigration and health care

AUSTIN, Texas — Fresh off securing a third term, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton plans to keep up his relentless legal assault on President Joe Biden’s agenda that’s already hindered the Democrats' approach to immigration and health care.

Tribune News Service · Dec 3, 2022

Obamacare discrimination protections don’t apply to LGBT patients, Texas judge rules

AUSTIN, Texas — A federal judge in Texas has ruled that the Biden administration cannot prohibit doctors from denying certain medical care based on a patient’s sexual orientation and gender identity.

Tribune News Service · Nov 15, 2022

LGBTQ Texans voting with marriage, worker protections and trans rights in mind

The Texas Tribune spoke with LGBTQ voters, the parents of queer youth and advocates from across the state about what’s at stake for them this November.

The Texas Tribune · Nov 3, 2022

Biden administration to halt controversial 'Remain in Mexico' program

The Biden administration will halt the use of a Trump-era policy that forced migrants seeking asylum to remain in Mexico, after a Supreme Court ruling said the government could unwind the program, according to two U.S. officials.

Los Angeles Times · Aug 9, 2022

US scraps ‘remain in Mexico’ policy after Supreme Court ruling

The Department of Homeland Security says the Migrant Protection Protocols programme will be unwound ‘quickly’.

Al Jazeera · Aug 9, 2022

DHS to phase out 'Remain in Mexico' policy after court action - Roll Call

The Department of Homeland Security announced it will begin phasing out a program that requires some asylum-seekers to spend months in Mexico.

Roll Call · Aug 9, 2022

Biden admin to end Trump-era "Remain in Mexico" border policy after court order

The program "has endemic flaws, imposes unjustifiable human costs," DHS said in a statement.

Axios · Aug 9, 2022

Justice Department sees ‘gamesmanship’ in latest immigration clash with Texas

WASHINGTON — Texas asked a federal judge on Monday to block a Biden administration overhaul of asylum processing at the border just days before the rule is set to take effect, a move the Justice Department criticized as “gamesmanship.”

Tribune News Service · May 24, 2022

Justice Department sees 'gamesmanship' in latest immigration clash with Texas - Roll Call

Texas asked a federal judge to block a Biden administration overhaul of asylum processing just days before the rule is set to take effect.

Roll Call · May 24, 2022

Title 42 and ‘Remain in Mexico' fight add up to immigration woes for Biden

President Joe Biden faces political peril as a showdown at the Supreme Court on immigration coincides with widespread criticism of his plan to end pandemic-related border controls.

Tribune News Service · Apr 23, 2022