On Tuesday, Reps. Veronica Escobar (D-El Paso) and Sylvia Garcia (D-Houston) spoke at a virtual event in support of HR 2920, also known as the American Families United Act (AFUA). The bill aims to keep families united in cases where some members are U.S. citizens and...
The small rural area of Kinney County, population of 3,129, which sits on the edge of the Texas-Mexico border approved a plan on Tuesday to deputize private citizens to work with local law enforcement to track down migrants crossing state-lines. The plan, which...
Right now, under a Del Rio international bridge on the Texas-Mexico border more than 15,000 majority Haitian migrants are waiting in 104 degree heat to make their case for seeking asylum in the United States. Because of the lack of resources, many migrants have...
Thousands of migrants seeking asylum are in Del Rio, Texas waiting to be processed by the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol. According to reports, over 10,000, mostly Haitian, migrants are being given a ticket by CBP and waiting under a bridge until their number is...
In July, Republican Rep. Chip Roy (TX-21) voted against a bill designed to expedite the immigration process for Afghans who allied with the United States. The bill passed the House with overwhelming bipartisan support and Roy was one of only 16 members, all...
The American Civil Liberties Union of Texas and the ACLU announced Thursday they were suing Gov. Greg Abbott for an executive order he issued last week. Citing the COVID-19 pandemic, the executive order prohibits the transportation of migrants and allows Texas...
After sparring statements regarding a new executive order, the Biden Justice Department, led by Attorney General Merrick Garland, officially sued the state of Texas. Last week Gov. Greg Abbott issued an executive order (also known as GA -37) attempting to restrict the...
It didn’t take long for “Mexico will pay for the wall” to become “we will personally pay for the wall.” While Trump was diverting money from the military to fund his border wall, some Trump supporters took it upon themselves to pay for the wall out of pocket. One man,...
Twelve years ago, when my father was deported, I was forced to grapple with the reality that for undocumented families like mine, the threat of being separated from the ones we love most would always be imminent. The truth is, the pain of my dad’s deportation has yet...