On Tuesday, hundreds of protestors gathered outside the Houston and Austin offices of Sen. John Cornyn to protest his inaction on migrant camps along the U.S.-Mexico border. The “#CloseTheCamps” rally coincided with several other planned protests in the state and more...
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back to archiveVideo: Beto O’Rourke visits Houston detention facility for migrant children
Presidential hopeful Beto O’Rourke joined activists and organizers in Houston on Saturday for a protest at a detention facility for migrant children. Dozens of Houstonians joined the protest at Southwest Key, a non-profit facility downtown that houses unaccompanied...
The humanitarian crisis at the border has given Texas a black eye, says Sen. Alvarado
Below are highlights from an interview The Texas Signal did with state Senator Carol Alvarado, a Democrat from Houston, on Friday. Detention centers Alvarado said the humanitarian crisis at the border “has given [Texas] a black eye not just around the...
Democratic-led House passes GOP bill to deal with humanitarian crisis at Texas-Mexico border
Correction: This story previously omitted a critical word. The word added is in bold. House Democrats conceded to Republicans on Thursday and passed a Senate bill that aims to alleviate the humanitarian crisis at the border - on the GOP’s terms. The bill will provide...
Mike Pence kicks off ‘Latinos for Trump’
On Tuesday, Vice President Mike Pence kicked off “Latinos for Trump” in an effort to boost Trump’s support among Hispanic voters, despite new polling shows a majority of Hispanics back Democrats. Three of the group’s advisory board members hail from Texas. In 2016,...
O’Rourke on migrant family drowning: ‘Trump is responsible for these deaths.’
The tragic photo that is overwhelming the internet shows a drowned father and daughter who died attempting to cross the Rio Grande river is opening America’s eyes to the cruel immigration policy of the Trump administration. So far, Texas’ presidential candidates have...
U.S. Supreme Court blocks citizenship question from 2020 Census, for now
On Thursday, in an almost unanimous decision, the U.S. Supreme Court blocked the citizenship question being included in the 2020 census. The decision hands a defeat to the Trump Administration, which argued the question must be included to enforce the 1965 Voting...
Updated: U.S. House passes bill providing humanitarian aid funding for border crisis
Update: Every Texas Democrat in the U.S. House voted in support of the $4.5 billion humanitarian aid package Tuesday night. The bill includes provisions mandating the humane treatment of migrant children. Even during one of the most anti-immigrant presidencies in...
Updated: Trump delays ICE raids set to begin in Texas Sunday
Update: Trump tweeted Saturday he is delaying the raids of undocumented immigrants by two weeks. Democrats must agree to changes in asylum law, or else. Or else the raids are back on. https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/1142506687020130306?s=21 The Washington...