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Second Reading Podcast: No Rest for the Weary as Immigration & Redistricting Politics Shatter the Post-Session Vibe in Texas
June 12, 2025 | By:

James Henson and Joshua Blank talk about how the Trump admininistration's push for mid-decade redistricting in Texas, protests against immigration policy, Gov. Abbott's preemptive National Guard deployment in advancement of anti-immigration protests planned for this weekend, and the manuvering to end in-state tuition for undocumented students in Texas have all filled the politcal void created by the end of the 89th Legislative session.  (The presumed end, that is.)

References from the podcast

From the Texas Politics Project poll data archive: views of in-state tuition for some undocumented college students, from the Feburary 2017 University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll.

This wasn't mentioned, but bears on the conversation and the views of increased immigration law enforcement efforts (from the April 2025 UT/Texas Politics Project Poll):

Trend in agreement with the statement, "Undocumented immigrants currently living in the United States should be deported immediately."

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