President Trump was hoping to focus his reelection campaign on a strong economy, but since his failure to contain the coronavirus obliterated that strategy he’s back to where he started — demonizing immigrants and fomenting racial anxiety. Trump recently...
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Texas Democrats call for releasing detainees at ICE facilities
Members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus criticized two ICE detention facilities in southwest Texas on Monday and called for them to release detainees as COVID-19 cases continue to rise in the state. Democrats said the two detention centers, located in Dilley and...
Trump reveals his folly and callousness in renewing challenge to DACA
Anti-immigrant rhetoric has been a cornerstone of Donald Trump’s presidency. From calling Mexicans rapists and drug-smugglers to using words like “invaders” and “animals” to describe asylum-seekers, Trump’s incendiary comments have repeatedly dehumanized vulnerable...
Supreme Court stops Trump from shutting down DACA — for now
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that the Trump administration could not hastily shutdown Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA,, an Obama-era program that protects some 700,000 U.S. residents brought to the country as children from...
Frontline DACA recipients anxiously await Supreme Court decision
In the Highly Infectious Disease Unit of Houston’s flagship Methodist Hospital, Javier Quiroz Castro enters the isolation room of a COVID-19 patient. The 29-year-old nurse is suited up in full personal protective equipment – a respirator, a gown, gloves – to protect...
Rep. Joaquin Castro to Trump’s white nationalist advisor Stephen Miller: Resign
On Thursday, Rep. Joaquin Castro of Texas introduced a resolution condemning the presence of white nationalist Trump advisor Stephen Miller in the White House and calling for his immediate resignation. “It is unacceptable for the Trump Administration to knowingly...
Podcast: Does Gov. Greg Abbott know what a refugee is?
In this week’s episode of the SignalCast, we spoke to Kirsten Myers, the area director for Refugee Services of Texas. Last month, Gov. Greg Abbott became the first governor in the U.S. to block refugees fleeing political and religious persecution from resettling in...
The wind is the latest thing thwarting Trump’s border wall
High winds knocked over a section of the U.S. border wall on Wednesday. The aftermath, captured on video, quickly went viral and led to plenty of jokes at the expense of Trump’s most famous campaign promise. https://twitter.com/CNN/status/1222947207843909633 The fall...
Abbott ignores Christian leaders with latest move to block refugees
Gov. Greg Abbott irked Christian leaders this week after becoming the first and only governor in the U.S. so far to block refugees from resettling in their state. Scott Arbeiter, the president of evangelical nonprofit World Relief said Abbott's decision was “out of...