The State of Texas: The Trump administration selects a remote Texas town to house immigrant children in a tent city

What Texas is talking about today No Images? [Click here]( [We Will Not Be Tamed Sweepstakes: Enter for a chance to win!]( [Texas Monthly]( June 15, 2018 QUOTE OF THE DAY "It’s disgraceful, and it’s terrible to see families ripped apart, and I don’t support that one bit." —Evangelist Franklin Graham, son of Billy Graham and a stanch defender of President Donald Trump, [on the administration's zero tolerance]( policy for immigrants, which involves taking children away from parents caught entering the country illegally. Graham went on to blame Congress for its failures to enact new immigration policies. THE LATEST [Why Texas Cities Should Host the 2026 World Cup]( DAN SOLOMON The event will be played in sixteen cities across the United States, Mexico, and Canada—and Houston and Dallas are both on the short list. 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Can the origins of the intra-party fighting be [traced to 1996? ]( The Buns Are Back Two fast food giants are reporting a restoration of order with the[arrival of a new supply of hamburger buns.]( California-based In-N-Out burger and Texas-based Whataburger were forced to close many of their restaurants this week because their supply of hamburger buns and Texas toast—well, didn't taste very good. Both chains assured customers that there were no health concerns; it was just a batch of bad-tasting bread. "We continue making deliveries around the clock to replenish our entire selection of white bread," said a statement from Whataburger. Is In-N-Out really [the most popular fast food chain]( in Texas? Tent City The Trump administration has selected Tornillo, a tiny, remote town just east of El Paso, as the site of [the first tent city]( to house the growing numbers of immigrant children separated from their parents after illegally crossing into the United States. After the administration adopted a zero tolerance policy, mandating that the U.S. Department of Justice pursue criminal charges against those entering the country illegally and remove children from immigrant parents, federal officials have been scrambling to find temporary shelter. According to the Department of Health and Human Services, the town will begin taking in up to 360 children over the next few days; federal officials confirmed they will begin erecting tents at a site in Tornillo to house the children. Tornillo isn't the only place where federal officials are creating [detention facilities for immigrants ](. LONGFORM [How Houston Lost Its Mind Over a Trump Shirt]( MIMI SWARTZ Outside a cookie shop in one of Houston’s most idyllic neighborhoods, a West University Place council member spied Trump’s name on a teenager’s shirt and yelled a few of the president’s worst words at her. Then the internet found out. It’s springtime in the age of hysteria. 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