Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric Fueled Sierra Blanca Migrant Shooting, Advocates Say
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Abbott Visits Border Wall With Trump
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and former President Trump took a tour around an incomplete portion of the border wall, after meeting in Rio Grande...
Tighter Border Policies Fuel Illegal Smuggling Industry
The deadliest human smuggling incident on U.S. soil was most likely due to the government’s failure to create safe, legal channels for fleeing migrants,...
Abbott Flexes His Border Muscles at Biden
After a landslide victory, Governor Greg Abbott is starting his third term the same way he has spent the last year of his second;...
Texas Immigration Law Faces Federal And International Hurdles
The Texas law that criminalizes migrants and allows state judges to deport them back to Mexico has faced many roadblocks in the courts, but...
Texas GOP Remains Anti-DEI, But They Need BlackRock To Fix The Grid
There was a curious dance of finance in Houston on Tuesday. Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick pretended that BlackRock, the world’s largest investment firm, was...
D.C. Attorney General Opens Investigation Into Republican Governors’ Shipping Of Immigrants To The Capital
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Is Paxton Testing Legal Boundaries On Immigration Policies?
Attorney General Ken Paxton, aka the chief antagonist on immigration, is pushing to overturn a key U.S. Supreme Court decision that restricts states from...
Governor Greg Abbott Endorses Trump’s Comeback Bid at Texas-Mexico Border
In a significant political move, Texas Governor Greg Abbott officially endorsed former President Donald Trump's potential return to the White House during a visit...
Troopers Instructed To Push Small Children And Nursing Babies Back Into Rio Grande, Email...
“State troopers are being told to push small children and nursing babies back into Rio Grande,” according to emails from a Department of Public...