demographics

A Detention Center Mea Culpa

By Julián Aguilar Jan. 6, 2010

The U.S. government is imposing greater restrictions than necessary on most aliens held in custody for immigration violations, according to a charge made by ... the U.S. government. Full Story

Credit: The U.S. Department of Homeland Security
TribBlog: Tejano Monument Finally Coming to the Capitol

By Brandi Grissom Jan. 5, 2010

The State Preservation Board today approved installation of a Texas Tejano Monument on the south lawn of the Capitol. The project has already taken nearly a decade. Full Story
Meet Linda Chavez-Thompson

By Elise Hu, The Texas Tribune, and Ben Philpott, KUT News Jan. 5, 2010

She was born into a family of eight children near Lubbock, worked on cotton fields in her teens and later became a Hispanic labor leader. Now she's running for lieutenant governor. We've packaged resources (in various media platforms) on the latest entrant to the race. Full Story

Credit: Elise Hu
TribBlog: Not-so-happy New Year's Eve for MALDEF

By Brandi Grissom Dec. 31, 2009

The Third Court of Appeals in Austin said the Texas Department of Public Safety does not have to halt its policy that prevents some legal U.S. residents from getting driver's licenses. Full Story
TribWeek: In Case You Missed It

By Ross Ramsey Dec. 26, 2009

Roll your own political videos ... interactive travel maps of your federal and state legislators ... scary movies, to keep the kids out of the border's scary drug wars ... puttting dropouts back in class ... rates squeezing families out of home health care ... how many lobby and trade associations do teachers in Texas need? ... enjoying the silence before an expected two-month siege of political advertising ... the dean of Texas political writers gets shut out of the gubernatorial debates ... and we have an interactive database of the state's best and worst public schools. The best of our best for a short news week, from December 19 to 26, 2009. Full Story
TribBlog: Border Mayor Escapes Mexico Shootout

By Brandi Grissom Dec. 23, 2009

Eagle Pass Mayor Chad Foster might have to change his tune about his idyllic border home after this week. Foster was having lunch Tuesday with Mexican officials across the border in Piedras Negras when a gunmen started spraying the place with bullets. Full Story

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TribBlog: Texas Grows

By Evan Smith Dec. 23, 2009

We added more people this year than any other state — more than Florida, Arizona, California, Nevada and Colorado combined. Full Story

Credit: Jacob Villanueva
TribBlog: Sun Bowl to Oklahoman: Drop Dead

By Brandi Grissom Dec. 22, 2009

The El Paso Brut Sun Bowl has sold out more quickly than ever in its 76-year history, officials said today. The sellout comes less than a week after the Oklahoma City daily The Oklahoman, ran a story about how the raging violence in Juarez was keeping many Sooner fans from buying tickets Full Story

Credit: http://www.sunbowl.org/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=86
¿No Se Puede?

By Elise Hu Dec. 22, 2009

Latinos are expected to become the majority demographic group in Texas by 2015, according to some estimates. But they're still not voting in big numbers at the ballot box. Full Story
Narco Terror

By Brandi Grissom Dec. 22, 2009

U.S. Border Patrol agents launched Operation Detour to shock kids away from Mexican drug cartel recruiters. Now they're expanding the program across the entire southwest border. Full Story
Shock Therapy

By Brandi Grissom Dec. 21, 2009

Border Patrol agents are combatting cartel recruitment with a graphic film designed to scare high school students straight. But some experts say the program misses the mark. Full Story

Credit: Bob Daemmrich
TribWeek: In Case You Missed It

By Ross Ramsey Dec. 18, 2009

Stiles and Thevenot collaborate on the salaries paid to superintendents, and even compare them on price per student… Ramsey’s look at redistricting and next year’s elections… Aguilar’s report on jails, brought to you by the federal agency that’s in the ag business… Rapoport’s peek at the power behind Texas pre-kindergarten programs… Smith’s conversation with Dan Patrick, in three parts… Grissom’s narrative on a circular immigration and deportation route financed by two governments… Ramshaw finds doctors agreeing on public policy and split on strategy and tactics… Hu’s latest Stump Interrupted puts the camera on Farouk Shami… Hamilton’s story on two retired cops who are taking on cargo theft in Texas… And Kreighbaum and Stiles pop open the itineraries of your folks in Congress. The best of our best from December 12 to 18, 2009. Full Story
TribBlog: Forbes Says College Grads Making Bank in the 915

By Brandi Grissom Dec. 17, 2009

El Paso is in the national news today, and — for the first time in recent memory — it has nothing to do with its proximity to drug war-torn Juarez. Forbes actually has some good news about the border city: Incomes for college graduates in El Paso are rising faster than any other major metropolitan area of the nation. Full Story

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Outbound Brains

By Julián Aguilar Dec. 17, 2009

Border communities struggle to keep younger, educated residents when larger cities dangle economic and quality-of-life opportunities. They're afflicted with the reputation of being black holes of talent — where escape is necessary in order to prosper. Full Story

Credit: Bob Daemmerich
Guest Column: The Texas Political Atlas

By Bill Hobby Dec. 17, 2009

On the eve of a noisy election year, the former lieutenant governor of Texas takes us on a tour through voting and demographic statistics. Full Story
Slideshow: Border Bus

By Brandi Grissom Dec. 16, 2009

On both sides of the border, there are calls to end the U.S. Border Patrol's Alien Transfer and Exit Program. But Border Patrol officials say their plan to break the connection between smugglers and immigrants is working. Full Story

Credit: Bob Daemmrich
TribBlog: Less Vitriol, More Laws on Immigration

By Brandi Grissom Dec. 15, 2009

The inflamed immigration rhetoric of the past couple of years has waned, but a report the National Conference of State Legislatures released today shows that state lawmakers still have passion for the issue. Full Story
Road to Nowhere

By Brandi Grissom Dec. 15, 2009

The U.S. Border Patrol says its illegal immigration repatriation program is working to break the crossing cycle in Arizona, but officials in Texas and Mexico worry the program creates more problems than it solves. Full Story

Credit: Bob Daemmrich
TribWeek: In Case You Missed It

By Evan Smith Nov. 28, 2009

Ramsey and others on Bill White and the changing state of the race for governor; Thevenot's two-parter on what Dallas churches are doing to combat social ills and racial division; Ramshaw on the use of force by school district police departments (and why parents don't know about it); Grissom's two-parter, abetted by Stiles, on unregulated payday lenders; Aguilar on Mexican immigrants who play against type; and Rapoport on those missing extra checks for retired public employees. The best of the best from November 21 to 25, 2009. Full Story
Upwardly Mobile

By Julián Aguilar Nov. 24, 2009

The number of Mexican-born professionals living in the United States has more than doubled since 1995. They're not the undocumented workers you see in evening-news mug shots or aerial photographs of a littered and barren desert. They're college graduates — some with multiple degrees — who join their blue-collar counterparts in their journeys north. Full Story

Credit: Bob Daemmrich