Manny Fernandez
Houston bureau chief for The New York Times. Covering Texas and Oklahoma. Email: [email protected]
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‘Nobody Opened the Door’: Neighbors Rally During an ICE Raid in Houston
President Trump has declared the beginning of ICE raids over the weekend “successful,” saying that “many, many were taken out Sunday.”
Hungry, Scared and Sick: Inside the Migrant Detention Center in Clint, Tex.
An out-of-the-way border station in the desert outside of El Paso has become the epicenter of outrage over the Trump administration’s policies on the southwest border.
Lawyer Draws Outrage for Defending Lack of Toothbrushes in Border Detention
Sarah Fabian, an immigration lawyer for the Justice Department, has become famous for her defense of the government’s failure to provide soap and toothbrushes to children in custody.
Three Children and a Woman Are Found Dead Along the Border in Texas
The bodies of what appeared to be a migrant woman in her 20s and three children — two infants and a toddler — were near McAllen, the authorities said.
Whataburger Got Sold to Chicago. Texas Is Flipping Out.
Texas is reeling from the news that a Chicago investment firm is acquiring a majority stake in the Texas-born fast-food chain Whataburger.
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So people are asking what makes a Whataburger so special, and why Texans love Whataburger so much they've swaddled their newborns in Whataburger wrapping. It's actually hard to pin it down.
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A New Migrant Surge at the Border, This One From Central Africa
Two cities more than 2,100 miles apart — San Antonio and Portland, Me. — are scrambling to respond to an influx of African migrants.
Army Corps Under Fire From Flood Victims Amid Storm Surge
The Army Corps of Engineers has been struggling on two fronts — taming America’s rain-swollen rivers, and taming the fallout from mass water releases and breached levees.
‘Blocked Off From Civilization’: Floodwaters Turn Oklahoma Town Into an Island
Braggs, a town of 259 in rural Oklahoma, has become a virtual island. Floodwaters have nearly surrounded it, cutting off residents, who have formed an ad hoc emergency response network
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Floodwaters have turned Braggs, Okla., into a virtual island. This is the view from Mike Ogle's boat, heading into town nytimes.com/2019/05/28/us/… pic.twitter.com/l1JD7Ta0o8
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Flooding in the Midwest: 4 Rivers Surge, Along With Residents’ Worries
The threat of flooding has been relentless along four Midwestern rivers. With more crests coming, residents pile sandbags, watch levees and wait.
She Stopped to Help Migrants on a Texas Highway. Moments Later, She Was Arrested.
A county attorney in West Texas was detained for helping three young migrants, part of an escalating attempt to investigate and punish those providing aid to border crossers.
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The city attorney of Marfa pulled over one night to help three young migrants. Federal officials didn't thank her for being a Good Samaritan. They punished her -- she was detained, had her phone confiscated and became the subject of an investigation
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3-Year-Old Found Alone at Border Is One of Many ‘Heartbreaking’ Migrant Cases
A toddler found wandering alone at the border in Texas was just one of a number of young children crossing the border unaccompanied by a parent, federal authorities say.
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The 3-year-old boy found alone and crying in a South Texas cornfield was abandoned by smugglers. He had his name and a phone number written in black marker on his tan Top-Sider-style shoes, which had Velcro straps instead of laces.
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One of the Deadliest Places on the Southwest Border
In this week’s Crossing the Border newsletter, a trip to Brooks County, deep in South Texas brush country, where the terrain is deadly.
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A South Texas sheriff keeps a tally of the migrant dead, in thick binders. The grim work of the Brooks County Sheriff's Office, in the latest NYT Crossing the Border newsletter: nytimes.com/2019/04/18/us/… pic.twitter.com/70lsOiTG4E
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A Strange Little Section of the Border Wall
In this week’s Crossing the Border newsletter, making sense of the whirlwind of news coming out of Washington.
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The shortest, oddest piece of border fencing, in the latest NYT Crossing the Border newsletter: nytimes.com/2019/04/11/us/… pic.twitter.com/64QrgUEQHd
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South of the Wall, North of the Border: Life in Texas’ No Man’s Land
Along the Rio Grande, the border fence may be a mile or more from the river, leaving some American homes and jobs in an isolated buffer zone.
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The line that is the border is dotted: Gates and openings built into the border fence in Texas have created an odd zone of homes and ranchland between the wall and the Rio Grande
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Arrest in Jazmine Barnes’s Killing Allays Hate-Crime Fears
The suspect the Houston authorities charged with capital murder on Sunday in the shooting death of a 7-year-old black girl is not the white man initially described by witnesses.
See America’s New Ellis Island: A South Texas Bus Terminal
Thousands of migrants, many fleeing violence and poverty, are arriving at America’s southwestern border as the nation’s family separation policy continues to draw criticism.
For Thousands of Migrant Children, Shelters Are Becoming Makeshift Schools
Migrant children detained by immigration authorities must receive five to six hours a day of instruction, under federal law. But how good the schooling is depends on the facility.
Inside the Former Walmart Where Almost 1,500 Migrant Children Are Held
The converted store in Texas has become the largest migrant children’s shelter in the country — a warehouse for boys who were caught illegally crossing the border.
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Officials never mentioned this on our media tour of the former Walmart shelter in Brownsville: The shelter has had 12 fire inspections since it opened in 2017, according to city records. It passed 10, but failed 2 of them in April and May
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Four Former Presidents Pay Respects as Barbara Bush Is Laid to Rest in Texas
Mourners from across the country, including four ex-presidents, gathered in Texas for the funeral of the former first lady.
On the Border With the National Guard: An ‘Extra Pair of Eyes and Ears’
On Texas’ border with Mexico, armed troops in combat fatigues watched the frontier with binoculars, trying both to stand out and blend in.