Mayor Turner says “No!” to the child detention warehouse

Mayor Sylvester Turner called on the owner of a building east of downtown Houston and the nonprofit hoping to operate the former warehouse as a detention center for immigrant children separated from their families at the nation's southern border to reconsider their plans. The mayor also said he is in no rush to issue city permits at the site, and called on the state not to issue a childcare license to the 54,000-square-foot facility two blocks north of BBVA Compass Stadium for use by federal contractor Southwest Key Programs.

Trump wants to send undocumented immigrants back without hearings: What we know now

President Donald Trump pressed his case for cracking down on undocumented immigrants on Sunday, tweeting that "zero tolerance" is fair and gives preference to those who "legally wait their turn." He tweeted: "We cannot allow all of these people to invade our Country."

After passionate convention, Democrats look to sway average Texas voters

Now that the hype has subsided, Democrats must figure out how to use their enthusiasm to craft a winning message in a decidedly Republican state. It's clear to most of the 7,500 delegates who gathered in Fort Worth Thursday, Friday and Saturday what must be done.

The Latest: Congressman says kids at center get good care

The Latest on the separation of immigrant children from their parents following President Donald Trump's order allowing them to remain with their parents : Kansas Rep. Roger Marshall is returning from a visit to the Texas border saying that several hundred immigrant children detained in a center there are getting good care. Marshall traveled Saturday to the El Paso area as part of a bipartisan congressional group to meet with U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials and to tour a center holding 400 young immigrants near the Tornillo port of entry.

Melania Trump learns status of children separated from parents at McAllen center

First lady Melania Trump visits the Upbring New Hope Children Center, run by the Lutheran Social Services of the South, in McAllen, Texas, Thursday, June 21, 2018. McALLEN - First Lady Melania Trump met with staff at the New Hope Children's Center Thursday morning, where she learned firsthand about the care given to children who have been separated from their parents as a result of the "zero-tolerance" policy President Trump recently reversed.

Border leaders: What’s next?

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, left, speaks while fellow Sen. John Cornyn listens as Federal officials, Lawmakers and local officials hold a roundtable at the U.S. Border Patrol station on Friday, June 22, 2018, in Weslaco. Catholic Bishop Daniel E. Flores speaks as part of a roundtable on immigrant children as federal officials, lawmakers and local officials held the round table at the U.S. Border Patrol station on Friday, June 22, 2018, in Weslaco.

Group of heroic teens rush to evacuate neighbours after home is…

'I can't do it babe - I'm scared': Dramatic video shows swaggering wannabe YouTube star forcing his scared girlfriend to SHOOT him through a book in a video stunt which left him dead and her jailed 'Brilliant' artist commits suicide by setting herself on fire in the middle of a busy Portland street 'after being bullied online' Social Studies teacher, 54, is 'busted for having sex with the same girl disgraced congressman Anthony Weiner was jailed for sexting' 'Wouldn't you know you were in the f***ing jacket?': Stormy Daniels and Kathy Griffin lay into Melania after the First Lady donned 'I really don't care, do u?' coat during trip to meet migrant children Real World star turned Fox News contributor claims her African American friends say migrant detention centers 'were better than the projects they grew up in' Trump says Democrats tell 'phony stories of sadness and grief' at the border ... (more)

Texas Democrat: ‘There’s a special place in hell’ for leaders who didn’t stop family separations

They will protest the separation of migrant children from their families that occurred under the "zero tolerance" policy President Donald Trump recently agreed to end. And they will call for already separated families to be reunited.

U.S. Rep. Beto Oa Rourke says hea s ready to fight for all Texans a ” even Republicans

But as he spoke for more than 20 minutes Friday night to thousands of Democrats gathered in Fort Worth for their state convention , he laid out the case for party members to elect him in November to replace Republican Ted Cruz in the U.S. Senate. He said he wants to fight for those who need it most - from the migrant children taken from their parents at the state's border to cotton farmers, veterans and teachers.

Natasha Kaplinsky’s daughter suffers ‘severe burns’ after boat explosion in Greece

'I can't do it babe - I'm scared': Dramatic video shows swaggering wannabe YouTube star forcing his scared girlfriend to SHOOT him through a book in a video stunt which left him dead and her jailed 'Brilliant' artist commits suicide by setting herself on fire in the middle of a busy Portland street 'after being bullied online' 'He had one hand on my breast and the other in my crotch area': Actress, 23, relives terrifying New York subway attack when groper pounced on her then threw her on the subway tracks Social Studies teacher, 54, is 'busted for having sex with the same girl disgraced congressman Anthony Weiner was jailed for sexting' Boy, 19, goes missing after attending U2 concert in DC then posting ominous Snapchat video walking alone on train tracks 'Wouldn't you know you were in the f***ing jacket?': Stormy Daniels and Kathy Griffin lay into Melania after the First Lady donned 'I ... (more)

You Don’t Need to Be a Citizen to Have a US Bank Account

Alexis Flores-Betancourt was 5 when her family loaded everything they owned onto a truck and trundled across country from California, where she was born, to Texas, one of several movesa Alexis Flores-Betancourt was 5 when her family loaded everything they owned onto a truck and trundled across country from California, where she was born, to Texas, one of several moves her parents made in search of a brighter future. That was in 2002, and in the years that followed, she recalls, life in the Lone Star State wasn't the easiest.

Lawyer: Feds unexpectedly drop charges against 17 immigrants

Mayors who gathered at a holding facility for immigrant children at the Texas border say President Trump has failed to address a humanitarian crisis of his own making with an executive order to halt the separation of families along the border. McALLEN, Texas - The U.S. government wrestled with the ramifications Thursday of President Donald Trump's move to stop separating families at the border, with no clear plan to reunite the more than 2,300 children already taken from their parents and Congress again failing to take action on immigration reform.

East Texans weigh in on separation of children

In this Sunday, June 17, 2018, file photo provided by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, people who've been taken into custody related to cases of illegal entry into the United States, rest in one of the cages at a facility in McAllen, Texas. Child welfare agencies across America make wrenching decisions every day to separate children from their parents.

First lady visits migrant children at Texas detention center

Melania Trump made an unannounced visit to a Texas facility Thursday, talking with children and staff as she got a first-hand look at some of the migrant children sent there by the U.S. government after their families entered the country illegally. The first lady's stop at Upbring New Hope Children's Center came the morning after President Donald Trump signed an executive order halting the practice of separating these families.