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AUSTIN — Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday said next month’s special session will include border security proposals, following increased pressure from lawmakers from both parties. The news comes as a recent increase in migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border has paralyzed a small city along the Texas border. Abbott pointed to unsubstantiated reports in conservative media about an alleged housing development of unauthorized immigrants north of …

AUSTIN — Gov. Greg Abbott on Friday said that Texas will not accept any more refugees for initial resettlement this year. Abbott said Texas bears a “disproportionate” burden from illegal immigration and must concentrate the resources it and its nonprofits have on the needy already here – “refugees, migrants and the homeless – indeed, all Texans.” Under a new Trump …