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Alejandro Serrano

@serranoalej.bsky.social
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politics reporter @texastribune.bsky.social | email me: alejandro.serrano@texastribune.org

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Alejandro Serrano @serranoalej.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
The state's GOP leadership has spent years encouraging and requiring local police and govs to work w/ federal immigration authorities, through laws and orders. At the same time, they often dismissed concerns about racial profiling and potential impact to Americans. A sampling:
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Alejandro Serrano @serranoalej.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Meanwhile, as collaboration between local police and ICE has increased, transparency has not. For months, we have sought records from DPS related to the stop that led to Brian José Morales García's removal, as well as other DPS activity. Often, the agency seeks to shield docs.
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Alejandro Serrano @serranoalej.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
The episode is also bringing attention to the unprecedented role that Texas law enforcement agencies are playing in President Donald Trump's mass deportation campaign. Consider this:
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Alejandro Serrano @serranoalej.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Earlier today at the Texas GOP convention in Houston, an elephant arrived and peed in an aisle between the press and delegates. Here is a video.
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Alejandro Serrano @serranoalej.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
New: Texas Democrats more than doubled their turnout from 2024 during the primary elections on March 3 in the Rio Grande Valley, as the % of registered D voters who cast a ballot far exceeded that of recent elex. w/ this neat graphic: www.texastribune.org/2026/03/13/t...
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Alejandro Serrano @serranoalej.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
The death of Ruben Ray Martinez, which would be the earliest deadly shooting by fed officers since the start of President Trump's immigration clampdown, came to light bc of a FOIA lawsuit from nonprofit watchdog American Oversight for records. www.texastribune.org/2026/02/20/t...
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Alejandro Serrano @serranoalej.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
New: Houston-area developer Colony Ridge, accused of running a predatory lending scheme that deceived Latinos, reached a $68M settlement w/ Texas and the feds. This detail 👇 stuck out –– undocumented ppl can't get a driver's license or official ID in TX. Report: www.texastribune.org/2026/02/10/c...
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Alejandro Serrano @serranoalej.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Democrat Taylor Rehmet’s stunning upset victory in last month's Texas Senate #SD9 elex is explained in part by the massive swing by Latinos toward his campaign compared to other Dems in recent elections. to see the change, @amahaja.bsky.social made these maps: www.texastribune.org/2026/02/09/t...
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Alejandro Serrano @serranoalej.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Two weeks ago, the El Paso Medical Examiner ruled the death of a 55yo Cuban detainee at an immigration center in El Paso was a homicide. ICE bypassed the county ME w/ the latest death, sending the body to an Army hospital instead. www.texastribune.org/2026/02/03/t...
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Alejandro Serrano @serranoalej.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Two weeks ago, Texas AG Ken Paxton announced that his office had arrested 35 undocumented people they turned over to ICE. So, I asked via an open records requests for arrest reports and any other relevant docs related to the apprehensions. The AG's office says there aren't any:
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Alejandro Serrano @serranoalej.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
It is not clear if DPS officers themselves are making the arrests. The story gets into this question of authority a bit:
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Alejandro Serrano @serranoalej.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
In January, Gov. Abbott directed DPS to dispatch teams to help President Trump's immigration crackdown.
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Alejandro Serrano @serranoalej.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Boyd, who has three 287(g) agreements with ICE, has urged fellow sheriffs to also enter agreements. But he may not have to do much convincing. Since February, the number of such partnerships between Texas sheriffs and ICE has exploded by roughly 325%... www.texastribune.org/2025/07/31/g...
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Alejandro Serrano @serranoalej.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Once folks were detained, he said that they were not told why. Authorities separated him from his wife and kids, and took him to a processing center where agents grilled him about his tattoos.
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Alejandro Serrano @serranoalej.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
A Texas Senate panel today advanced a bill that would no longer allow undocumented students to pay in-state tuition. Out-of-state tuition is typically three times more expensive than in-state tuition. via @jessicapriest.bsky.social + @aydenrunnels.bsky.social
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Alejandro Serrano @serranoalej.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
New: Gov. Greg Abbott gave President Donald Trump credit when Texas closed a border site for booking migrants. But arrests were already low, records show. www.texastribune.org/2025/04/14/t...
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Alejandro Serrano @serranoalej.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
The owners of a South Texas bakery accused of illegally hiring undocumented immigrants for $8/hr were also housing them next door — a detail that a federal judge ruled was sufficient to charge the couple with harboring the workers. via @beregarcia.bsky.social www.texastribune.org/2025/02/21/t...
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Alejandro Serrano @serranoalej.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
The owners of a South Texas bakery were arrested and charged with harboring undocumented workers, a relatively rare incidence of federal agents pursuing business owners for allegedly employing undocumented immigrants. via @beregarcia.bsky.social www.texastribune.org/2025/02/20/t...
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Alejandro Serrano @serranoalej.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Here is the section covering authorities in the memorandum of understanding between Gov. Greg Abbott, who oversees the State Guard, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection:
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Alejandro Serrano @serranoalej.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
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Alejandro Serrano @serranoalej.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Lubbock Police Department policy says officers have discretion to notify federal authorities about crimes that fall under their jurisdiction, a department spokesman told me:
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Alejandro Serrano @serranoalej.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt yesterday when asked about this: t.co/6TTtXoUrZQ
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Alejandro Serrano @serranoalej.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
The "why" is a great question! the story has a section on people who are holding out on striking a deal to let the state build wall on their property (screenshot is just part of it): apps.texastribune.org/features/202...
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Alejandro Serrano @serranoalej.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
The state is 3 years and $3 billion into this infrastructure project, many details of which it largely keeps secret. Here is a note on how my colleagues reported this story and identified for the first time where Texas has built its border wall: apps.texastribune.org/features/202...
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Alejandro Serrano @serranoalej.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
President-elect Trump's “border czar” pick Thomas Homan on the land he said that Texas "gave" the incoming administration, per transcript of an interview he did with NewsNation: full interview here: www.borderreport.com/news/border-...
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Alejandro Serrano @serranoalej.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
sry not sry for the pun, but there are so many details here that are 🍌s: 1/ the guy who bought it said that “in the coming days, I will personally eat the banana as part of this unique artistic experience…” 2/ it’s not the original banana (someone else ate that one too!) 3/ highlighted below
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Alejandro Serrano @serranoalej.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham on how the offer came to be: www.texastribune.org/2024/11/19/t...
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Alejandro Serrano @serranoalej.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
a lot of interesting tidbits and context in this piece, including this:
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