From the outside, my family is the embodiment of the American Dream. We moved from Mexico to El Paso, Texas when I was nine years-old for my dad’s architecture job and he eventually launched a successful real estate construction company. My siblings and I grew up...
A new bombshell report from The Houston Chronicle about Greg Abbott’s latest ploy at the border involving buoys and razor wire outlines just how cruel and inhumane the governor and his enablers have become. A trooper with the Department of Public Safety disclosed to...
The regular 88th Texas Legislative session — which ended on May 29 — showcased exactly how far extremist legislators will go in their attempts to take away the freedoms of everyday people. From attacking our freedom to pursue a fully-funded public education to banning...
The long and winding legal wrangling over DACA continues tomorrow in Texas. However, it's most notable antagonist, Attorney General Ken Paxton won’t be there after he was impeached and suspended from duties. On June 1, Judge Andrew Hanen will hear oral arguments in...
When President Biden took office in January 2021, immigration advocates breathed a tentative sigh of relief. Biden’s campaign rhetoric signaled the possibility for a more compassionate approach. For migrant families, that promise has not come to bear. Instead, the...
Republicans in Texas have complained for months about President Joe Biden supposedly ignoring a border crisis. Now that Biden traveled to the border with a bipartisan delegation over the weekend, Republicans could only muster jeers. Biden traveled to El Paso on the...
When I was young, I was simultaneously closeted for being queer and in the shadows for being undocumented. While I’ve long been out and proud about both, I’ve learned first-hand that progress isn’t linear nor inevitable. Sometimes it takes decades for real change to...
Today, the Supreme Court will begin hearing arguments in the case United States v. Texas. This case, which has also been brought by Louisiana, has the potential to upend federal immigration policy. Last year, the Department of Homeland Security issued a memorandum...
Before fleeing the Taliban in 2016, I’d spent six years as a translator, conducting high-level military missions for American forces and government officials. I’d also worked for six years in the USAID funded project as an administrative executive and had both a...