A criminal investigation into the lawmaker’s immigration process advanced after federal investigators reviewed family text messages from a seized phone.

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With control of the Senate at stake, Mara Gay traveled to this Texas border region to hear from voters.

The ruling was the latest defeat for the administration as it continues a mass deportation campaign.

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ICE agents rammed a man during a pursuit in Houston, leaving him with a shattered leg. But a bulletin of the target shows a man who died in 2017, his daughter said.

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