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Texas continues to be a major player in Trump's immigration enforcement plans

NPR | By Stella Chavez

Published March 20, 2025 at 4:19 AM EDT

Texas is quickly becoming the epicenter of the Trump administration's deportation promises. A detention center in Dilley, Texas, shuttered during the Biden administration, is reopening soon.

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