On Tuesday, the future of DACA will once again be up in the air thanks to the efforts of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. Oral arguments in Texas v. United States will be heard by U.S. District Court Judge Andrew Hanen of the Southern District of Texas. Paxton is...
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back to archiveOp-Ed: The foundation of our country, immigrants are key to its rebuilding
Our country has faced seemingly insurmountable challenges before. Each time, generations of Americans have risen to the occasion and tackled them with America’s particular brand of unity and purpose. Our nation is rooted in the belief that everyone has something to...
Immigration activists continue to hammer Cornyn on immigration
In a recent interview with the Texas Tribune, John Cornyn claimed that he was in favor of a standalone immigration bill. That comment has prompted a further round of criticism from some of the largest immigration reform organizations, who have coined the term “the...
Immigration activists call out Cornyn for dishonest ad
As John Cornyn has taken to the Spanish-language airwaves for his re-election bid, a number of immigration activists are calling him out for flagrant hypocrisy in his latest ad. The ad called “Tranquilo” shows a scene of Latino children in a classroom with a voiceover...
Texas Republicans still clinging to build that wall
Last week, former Trump campaign manager and White House chief strategist Steve Bannon was arrested, along with conservative activist Brian Kolfage, and two other men, on charges of defrauding donors through an organization known as “We Build the Wall.” The endeavor...
Immigrant leaders living in sanctuary secure major win — and hope — in the national Democratic party platform
Hilda Ramirez and her son, Ivan, with organizers and supporters at a socially-distanced celebration behind a sanctuary church in Austin. Immigrant leaders who have been locked in sanctuary — refuge like churches and schools where federal immigration enforcement...
Texas Civil Rights Project halts extrajudicial expulsion of child asylum seekers
If there was any reason left to believe that the Trump administration’s immigration policy was centered on the rule of law, it was swiftly put down this week. The Texas Civil Rights Project announced Monday that their lawsuit successfully stopped the expulsion...
Video shows Texas civil rights lawyer attacked for trying to help asylum seekers
A lawyer with the Texas Civil Rights Project said he was injured on Thursday after security guards violently removed him from a hotel in McAllen where asylum seekers, including children, are being held without due process rights. Footage of the incident shows three...
Threats to the Census are a Potential Catastrophe for Texas
At the start of the year, many organizers and campaigns were gearing up for one of the most important undertakings for the country: the decennial census. Now, an operation that is already in flux due to the COVID-19 pandemic is being threatened by the equally...