Forced Family Separation Policy At the U.S.-Mexico Border ‘Violated Human Rights’, Study Finds Long-Time...
In 2017 and 2018, the U.S. The Department of Homeland Security under Trump’s direction aggressively separated more than 5,000 children - the youngest being...
Abbott’s Border Initiative Defunds State Law Enforcement
Last Friday, Gov. Greg Abbott’s was approved with a $495 million transfer from other state agencies to continue funding his border initiative, thus tripling...
‘Someone Please Wave The White Flag And Send Us All Home’: Guard’s At The...
In 2021, more than 4,000 Guards from 20 states were sent to monitor the U.S.-Mexico border alongside Customs and Border Protection personnel. The operation...
Lack Of Equipment Drowns Texas National Guard
In the wake of Specialist Bishop Evan drowning while trying to save a migrant's life, Texas National Guard members stood idly by as a...
Texas National Guard’s Border Mission Gets Struck by a Wave of Suicides
Greg Abbott’s Operation Lone Star – a mission to secure the Texas border with the National Guard – has been a logistical nightmare. The...
National Guard ‘Rolls The Dice’ On Health And Death Benefits
Operation Lone Star members are getting short-changed when it comes to health and death benefits. Since it was Gov. Greg Abbott who deployed them...
Beto O’Rourke Thinks Border Mission Is ‘Mere Window Dressing For Abbott’s Reelection Campaign’
On Monday, Fmr. Rep. Beto O’Rourke, who is running for governor of Texas, joined the host of The Last Word, Lawrence O’Donnell on MSNBC...
Abbott Uses Coronavirus Relief Funds To Fund Border Mission
Operation Lone Star, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s Border mission has been mostly funded with federal coronavirus aid, around roughly $1 billion that could have...
Texas National Guard Cleared to Form a Union
The Justice Department formally cleared the way for members of the National Guard to form a workplace union last week, which may offer some...
Abbott’s Border Mission Targets Pot
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's precious border mission evolved from their mission to crack down on drug smugglers and human traffickers, and is now going...
