Reena Diamante

Texas, Washington, D.C., United States

Texas Political Reporter at Spectrum News Austin

Texas Political Reporter at Spectrum News Texas

🇵🇭🇺🇸 Washington Correspondent covering Texas politics + national news for @SpectrumNewsDC @SpectrumNews1TX. Previously @NY1. Filipina Immigrant. #VamosRafa

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Texas cancels in-state tuition for undocumented students

3 weeks ago | spectrumlocalnews.com | Reena Diamante

WASHINGTON — In a stunning reversal of a decades-old policy, Texas will no longer offer undocumented immigrants who live in the state the same discount on college tuition provided to other in-state students. The decision may trigger legal challenges, but also convince other Republican-led states to do the same.
ICE ramps up arrests at immigration courthouses

3 weeks ago | spectrumlocalnews.com | Reena Diamante

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s administration is ramping up deportations by going after people at a place immigration enforcement authorities have historically steered away from — the courthouse. The new tactic is raising concern among attorneys and advocates, who argue it will discourage immigrants from cooperating with the legal system or seeking help from it.
Expert: Trump's $5M immigration gold card likely needs Congress' OK

4 weeks ago | spectrumlocalnews.com | Mark Lucivero |Reena Diamante

The Trump administration says a website will soon launch for people to apply for special immigration visas that President Donald Trump has called a “gold card.”The new program would allow foreigners to buy their way into the country — and potentially become a citizen — for $5 million each.
Texas could soon be reimbursed for border security spending

1 month ago | spectrumlocalnews.com | Reena Diamante

WASHINGTON — Texas could soon get billions of dollars from Washington for Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s border security initiative. Tucked into the GOP tax and spending bill that narrowly passed the House last week is a provision to reimburse states for border security costs. It would repay Texas for policing the border, constructing border barriers and for busing more than 100,000 migrants to New York, Los Angeles and other cities run by Democrats. What You Need To KnowWhile Gov.
Texas hardliners withdraw objections to GOP spending bill

1 month ago | spectrumlocalnews.com | Reena Diamante

WASHINGTON — On Capitol Hill, hardline Republicans from Texas withdrew their objections to a massive package of tax and spending cuts sought by President Donald Trump, narrowly allowing the measure to pass the U.S. House. Although conservatives brokered some changes to the final package, the bill does not include some of their biggest demands.
McCaul says he believes Trump realizes 'who the real Putin is'

1 month ago | spectrumlocalnews.com | Reena Diamante

WASHINGTON - A Republican congressman from Texas who once chaired the House Foreign Affairs Committee says he believes President Donald Trump is realizing "who the real [Vladimir] Putin is" after Russia killed civilians in two recent airstrikes in Ukraine as the Trump administration was trying to broker a peace deal to end the war there.
Advocates say deported parents can't be removed with American citizen children

1 month ago | spectrumlocalnews.com | Reena Diamante

WASHINGTON — The deportation of a family in Texas is raising new concerns that the Trump administration is illegally removing American-citizen children along with parents who are undocumented immigrants. The Trump administration says such children are sent out of the country only when their parents ask that their children be able to leave with them. What You Need To KnowAttorneys for Denisse Parra Vargas say Homeland Security should have never deported her along with her children.
Trump administration asks Congress for more money to fund immigration agenda

1 month ago | spectrumlocalnews.com | Reena Diamante

WASHINGTON — The Homeland Security Secretary faced tough questions on Capitol Hill this month about President Donald Trump’s push for the mass deportations of undocumented immigrants, as lawmakers from South Texas called for additional federal spending on border security. What You Need To KnowPresident Donald Trump is proposing a $175 billion budget for Homeland Security in the next fiscal year and Homeland Security Sec.
Polls show Cornyn faces increasingly uphill primary battle against Paxton

1 month ago | spectrumlocalnews.com | Reena Diamante

WASHINGTON — A poll commissioned by a group supporting U.S. Sen. John Cornyn’s reelection is showing an uphill battle for the incumbent, as he faces a challenge from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton for the Republican nomination. The poll by the Senate Leadership Fund, which aims to protect the Senate’s Republican majority, shows Cornyn down by double digits.
Advocates warn GOP changes to Medicaid will affect Texas hospitals, patients

1 month ago | spectrumlocalnews.com | Reena Diamante

WASHINGTON — Texas lawmakers are at the center of the debate on health care cuts as part of President Donald Trump’s sweeping tax and spending plan. This is happening as Texas hospitals and health care experts worry the proposed reductions in Medicaid funding will mean the most vulnerable patients, including children and those with disabilities, will lose coverage.

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