English MSNBC Mike Johnson’s ascension and the course-correction that never comes By Steve Benen October 30, 2023 CBS Judge temporarily blocks federal officials from removing razor wire set up by Texas to deter border crossings By Camilo Montoya-Galvez October 30, 2023 Texas Tribune Federal judge orders immigration agents to... Continue »
No other governor in the nation has carried out a more cruel, ineffective, and wildly expensive anti-immigrant agenda than Texas Republican Greg Abbott. Across the country, Republicans as part of their downward trajectory on immigration, have proposed or implemented dehumanizing, dangerous, and wasteful policies attacking migrants, including those seeking... Continue »
English The Hill Tensions rise between new and established migrants By Rafael Bernal October 29, 2023 Wall Street Journal Smuggling Migrants Toward the U.S. Is a Booming Business By Juan Forero October 29, 2023 The Hill Johnson suggests Israel-only aid bill could come to House floor this week By... Continue »
English NY 1 Advocates denounce city’s idea to give migrants tents to sleep in By Kelly Mena October 26, 2023 Washington Post (Opinion) Mike Johnson’s conspiracy theories about ‘illegals’ mark a new GOP low By Greg Sargent October 27, 2023 The Washington Post For House Speaker Mike Johnson, a... Continue »
The El Paso City Council this week unanimously approved a community identification card program helping El Paso residents, including immigrants and other vulnerable communities, that are unable to access a government-issued license or ID. The historic pilot program was approved by an 8-0 vote and is estimated to provide... Continue »
English KERA News Texas House advances bill to increase penalties for human smugglers and operators of stash houses By Julián Aguilar October 25, 2023 KVUE Texas House of Representatives approves two major immigration bills By Melia Masumoto October 25, 2023 CBS NY LOCAL NEWS Faith leaders demonstrate outside Roosevelt... Continue »
Rep. Mike Johnson’s fellow Members of Congress will take a vote today to elect him Speaker of the House and in line for the succession of the Oval Office. They do so after Johnson from Louisiana’s 4th District has spent the last two years promoting white nationalist conspiracy theories... Continue »
English AP Nicaragua is ‘weaponizing’ US-bound migrants as Haitians pour in on charter flights, observers say By MEGAN JANETSKY October 24, 2023 AP Texas sues Biden administration seeking to stop federal agents from cutting razor wire on border By VALERIE GONZALEZ October 24, 2023 Miami Herald Nearly 425,000 Cubans... Continue »
Facing Litigation Over Abuses, Abbott Disowns His Signature Policy Texas Governor Greg Abbott really has some nerve. For more than two years, the Republican has touted his Operation Lone Star scheme as a “historic border mission,” spending billions in taxpayer dollars to in part target and arrest migrants seeking... Continue »
English Vanity Fair “We Just Can’t Get in Front of It”: Is Joe Biden Sleeping on Chicago’s Migrant Crisis? By ERIC LUTZ October 24, 2023 Vanity Fair “We Just Can’t Get in Front of It”: Is Joe Biden Sleeping on Chicago’s Migrant Crisis? By ERIC LUTZ October 24, 2023... Continue »