Greg Abbott

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Who will Trump pick as his 2024 running mate? A VP shortlist
Who are the candidates to be Trump’s running mate in the 2024? Here’s who might be on the shortlist for vice-president and what to know about each

David Smith in Washington

21, Apr, 2024 @12:00 PM

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Trump says Texas governor Greg Abbott ‘absolutely’ on vice-president shortlist
Ex-president tells Sean Hannity that three-term, anti-immigration extremist governor of Texas had ‘done a great job’

Martin Pengelly in Washington

01, Mar, 2024 @2:45 PM

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Texas’s ‘states’ rights’ argument in the border dispute sets a dangerous precedent
Greg Abbott is using the same quasi-legal arguments once used by the Confederacy. Some of the supreme court is listening

Andrew Gawthorpe

02, Feb, 2024 @11:00 AM

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Border dispute between White House and Texas escalates after three drown
Biden administration says state officials acted unconstitutionally by preventing border patrol from helping mother and children

Richard Luscombe and agencies

15, Jan, 2024 @5:35 PM

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New York mayor sues bus operators that brought migrants from Texas for $708m
Lawsuit announced by Eric Adams says 17 bus companies violated state law by transporting 33,000 people to the city

Erum Salam

04, Jan, 2024 @9:45 PM

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US Department of Justice sues Texas over new state immigration law
Suit is aimed at stopping a law allowing police to detain people suspected of crossing the US border without authorization

Erum Salam

04, Jan, 2024 @7:38 PM

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White House asks supreme court to allow cutting of Texas’s border fencing
The Texas governor has imposed harsh border policies and bussed tens of thousands of migrants to Democrat-run cities

Adam Gabbatt

03, Jan, 2024 @2:11 PM

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US threatens to sue Texas over law allowing state police to arrest migrants
SB4, scheduled to go into effect on 5 March, is one of the strictest immigration laws ever passed in American history

Erum Salam

30, Dec, 2023 @12:00 PM

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Houston Chronicle compares people crossing border to Mary and Joseph
Editorial board publishes opinion piece in response to hard-right Republican governor’s latest immigration crackdown

Guardian staff

25, Dec, 2023 @4:22 PM

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Texas governor signs bill allowing police to arrest migrants entering US illegally
Law gives police sweeping new powers as well as empowering local judges to order migrants’ expulsion

Joanna Walters and agency

18, Dec, 2023 @10:26 PM

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Abbott slated to sign law allowing arrest of anyone crossing Texas border without papers
Governor expected to sign SB4, one of the US’s harshest anti-immigration laws, and SB3, allocating $1.5bn to border security

Ava Sasani

17, Nov, 2023 @4:47 PM

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Texas legislators pass hardline immigration bill denounced as racist
New legislation, heading to Greg Abbott’s desk, to make crossing into state from another country without documentation a crime

Gloria Oladipo

15, Nov, 2023 @5:03 PM

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