by WorldTribune Staff, January 25, 2024 The Constitution, other state governors and the full-throated backing of former President Donald Trump have reinforced Texas Gov. Greg Abbott in what has become a showdown with the U.S. federal government over securing the border. Abbott cited Article 1, Section 10, Clause 3 in his statement on Wednesday as […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 20, 2020 Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Friday issued a series of executive orders aimed at re-opening the state amid the coronavirus crisis. “Because of the efforts by everyone to slow the spread, we’re now beginning to see glimmers that the worst of COVID-19 may soon be behind us,” Abbott said, […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 12, 2020 Gov. Greg Abbott said Texas will soon be re-opening businesses that have been shuttered amid the coronavirus crisis. During a Friday press conference, Abbott said: “Next week, I will be providing an executive order talking about what will be done in Texas about re-opening Texas businesses,” adding that economic […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 9, 2020 Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s order to suspend most abortions in the state during the coronavirus crisis was upheld by a federal appeals court on Tuesday. In a 2-1 ruling, a panel on the New Orleans-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit overturned U.S. District Judge Lee Yeakel’s […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 8, 2018 In his push to stem the tide of illegal immigration, U.S. President Donald Trump, who tweeted on April 7 that “we are sealing our Southern Border,” has called for an end to the policy of releasing illegals from detention while they await court hearings. Trump signed a memorandum on […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 8, 2017 There will be no “sanctuary cities” in the state of Texas after Gov. Greg Abbott signed a law banning municipalities from shielding illegal aliens from immigration enforcement. Abbott, who designated the ban as an emergency item in January, signed the bill just four days after both chambers of the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 21, 2016 The Obama administration “went behind the back” of the governor of Texas to find a city leader who favored accepting Syrian refugees after the governor said the state would no longer accept them, a report said. “The plan, evidently, was to continue sending Syrian refugees to the Lone Star […]
Special to WorldTribune.com An Iraqi refugee is being detained in California on charges he lied to immigration authorities over his ties to terror groups before regaining entry into the United States. Federal Agents in Sacramento arrested Aws Mohammed Younis Al-Jayab, 23, an Iraqi-born Palestinian. Al-Jayab allegedly traveled to Syria “to fight alongside terrorist organizations and […]
