Jamal Andress

Nov 7, 2024 | scrippsnews.com | Jamal Andress

Throughout President-elect Donald Trump's 2024 campaign he made it clear one of his first priorities would be mass deportations of undocumented migrants. Now that the election is decided, border agents, locals leaders and law enforcement are wondering how this could all work. "With the current resources that are allocated to ICE, he can get nowhere near the kind of numbers he's been talking about, you know, a million deportations in a year," said John Sandweg, former acting director of ICE.

Nov 5, 2024 | wcpo.com | Jamal Andress

The U.S. Senate race between Democrat Colin Allred and Republican incumbent Ted Cruz is one of the most closely watched in the country. In the closing days of the campaign, polls tightened. It's also one of the most expensive races in the country — with $165 million raised between the two candidates. Nine million Texas voted early, many of them Republicans. If Cruz is out to a 2 or 3-point lead Tuesday night, this race could be over relatively quickly.

Nov 5, 2024 | scrippsnews.com | Jamal Andress

The U.S. Senate race between Democrat Colin Allred and Republican incumbent Ted Cruz is one of the most closely watched in the country. In the closing days of the campaign, polls tightened. It's also one of the most expensive races in the country — with $165 million raised between the two candidates. Nine million Texas voted early, many of them Republicans. If Cruz is out to a 2 or 3-point lead Tuesday night, this race could be over relatively quickly.

Nov 4, 2024 | scrippsnews.com | Jamal Andress

The mandate, taking effect Nov. 1, is an effort to tally how much the state spends on medical care for undocumented immigrants.

Oct 31, 2024 | wcpo.com | Jamal Andress

An executive order in Texas now requires hospitals across the state to ask patients about their citizenship status. The mandate set to take effect Nov. 1 is an effort to tally up how much money the state spends on medical care for undocumented immigrants and request that money back from the federal government. The hospital data must be reported to Texas Health and Human Services no later than March 1, 2025, and continue to be reported on a quarterly basis.