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Democratic lawmaker locked in Texas House

The Texas House reached a quorum Monday after dozens of Democrats who left the state to block the vote on a GOP-favored congressional redistricting plan returned to Austin. The Democrats were asked to sign "permission slips" so they could be escorted by state troopers to ensure they would return when the session reconvenes Wednesday, but State Representative Nicole Collier refused to sign. Instead, she spent the night locked in the House chamber, where she will likely remain for another night. CBS News' Nidia Cavazos reports.

"Good moral character" for U.S. citizenship

Federal immigration officials are now being instructed to expand their criteria of a key requirement for U.S. citizenship. Demonstrating a "good moral character" has been a longstanding requirement for citizenship under both Republican and Democratic administrations, but that requirement was previously seen as fulfilled if an applicant has a clean criminal record. CBS News immigration and politics reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez has more.

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