Alejandro Serrano

In 2006, Texas State Comptroller Carole Keeton Strayhorn set out to assess the impact undocumented Texans have on the state economy and found that they contributed more to Texas than they cost the state.

Comptroller’s report found deporting undocumented immigrants living in Texas in 2005 would have cost about $17.7 billion in gross domestic product.

Tano Tijerina was elected as a Democrat to lead Webb County, which includes Laredo. It is among many border counties that Trump won in November.

As Republican Texas leaders show support for Trump's mass deportation plans, undocumented people — some who have lived in America for decades — are weighing their options amid mounting fears.

Trump’s promise of mass deportation throws undocumented Texans into fear, uncertainty ” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues.

By Alejandra Martinez, Berenice Garcia and Alejandro Serrano The Texas Tribune

DALLAS — In public, he uses his commanding baritone voice to rally and inspire people as an immigrant activist.

Gov. Greg Abbott announced the new strategy, which will cost an estimated $100,000, during a press conference in Eagle Pass.

When Justin Persinger met the woman at a grocery store, he was broke and sleeping on a friend’s couch in San Antonio. After some flirting, she asked if he would be interested in making a little extra money by giving some people a ride down by the border in Eagle Pass, Persinger’s lawyers said.

When Justin Persinger met the woman at a grocery store, he was broke and sleeping on a friend’s couch in San Antonio. After some flirting, she asked if he would be interested in making a little extra money by giving some people a ride down by the border in Eagle Pass, Persinger’s lawyers said.