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AUSTIN — Gov. Greg Abbott has infuriated immigration advocates and educators by suggesting Texas may challenge a longstanding U.S. Supreme Court decision that says states and localities can’t bar unauthorized immigrant children from attending public schools. On Thursday, critics assailed the Republican governor as “hare-brained” and “cruel.” Beto O’Rourke, Abbott’s Democratic opponent in the November election, went further. “He’s trying to defund …

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