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AUSTIN (AP) — President Donald Trump's administration has abandoned an Obama-era challenge to a 2011 Texas voter ID law that is among the toughest in the nation.
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Is this case over?
Democratic U.S. Rep. Marc Veasey from Dallas and several civil rights groups say they will continue to challenge the law in court without the backing of the Trump administration
When President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress for the first time Tuesday night, he is expected to set out a wide-ranging agenda for his first term in office, including stronger immigration enforcement.
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Rep. Marc Veasey of Texas said Monday he is bringing a family of Syrian refugees to the nation's capital for the speech.
The first weeks of Donald Trump's administration saw widespread protests after the president announced a temporary ban on immigrants from seven majority-Muslim countries.
Now Fort Worth Democratic Rep. Marc Veasey is bringing a family of Dallas-area Syrian refugees to Washington in a show of defiance toward the president and his proposed executive order.
Tamam Al Sharaa and Bothina Matar brought their family to the United States in 2015 after enduring the chaos in Syria, and they will attend Trump's address to a joint session of Congress as guests of Veasey on Tuesday.
It took Sil Ganzo a moment to grasp what Rep. Alma Adams was saying. Ganzo, founder and executive director of ourBRIDGE for kids, thought that Adams' telephone call was an inquiry to learn more about the organization that provides an after-school program a welcoming environment to immigrant and refugee children from around the globe.
WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice under President Donald Trump will support Texas officials' claim that the state's voter identification law did not specifically target minority voters, retreating from the federal government's previous stance that state lawmakers intentionally discriminated when crafting the law.
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HOUSTON — The Justice Department on Monday dropped a crucial objection to Texas' strict voter-identification law, signaling a significant change from the Obama administration on voting-rights issues.
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HOUSTON — The Justice Department on Monday dropped a crucial objection to Texas' strict voter-identification law, signaling a significant change from the Obama administration on voting-rights issues.
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DALLAS - Melissa Thrailkill witnessed Republicans in Texas win the messaging battle — and elections — for years by using immigration as a unifying issue for the party's base.
She said it's now time for Democrats to unify around a single issue that evokes strong emotion and turnout in midterm elections.
And in Texas that issue is voter ID.
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Thrailkill and fellow Democratic precinct chairwoman Rebecca Carter were on hand for a "coffee with your congressman" event with Fort Worth Democratic Rep. Marc Veasey on Friday morning in Dallas.
Democratic Rep. Marc Veasey of Fort Worth scrubbed toilets and swept floors as part of his "Marc Means Business" initiative at the VA outpatient clinic in southeast Fort Worth on Thursday.