Washington, DC — Tomorrow, House Republicans will continue performative anti-immigrant politics by bringing H. Res. 957 – introduced by Rep. Nathan Moran (R-TX) – for a floor vote. The resolution contains much of the false, right wing anti-immigrant rhetoric used by today’s GOP (most recently in DHS Sec. Mayorkas’...
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Hay versiones encontradas sobre lo ocurrido este pasado viernes cuando una madre y sus dos hijos se ahogaron en el Río Grande en la frontera entre Estados Unidos y México. La tragedia ocurrió en Eagle Pass, Texas, en las inmediaciones de un parque fronterizo clausurado por el gobernador republicano...
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Washington, DC — House Republicans keep admitting their views that immigration and the border are a political issue to run on, rather than a policy issue to be resolved. The latest reminder, via Beltway outlet Punchbowl News: “Speaker Mike Johnson and his leadership team gave the clearest signal yet...
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Washington, DC — Last week, we highlighted the dangerous escalation of Texas’s anti-immigrant push under Gov. Greg Abbott, after the Governor stated, the “‘only thing we’re not doing is shooting people’ crossing the border because ‘the Biden Administration would charge us with murder’” and after Texas National Guard troops...
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La crueldad contra los migrantes que ha imperado en los últimos tiempos en la frontera de Texas ha rebasado límites con la reciente muerte de una madre y sus dos hijos en el Río Grande, debido a políticas incomprensibes e inhumanas impuestas unilateralmente por el gobernador Greg Abbott. Mientras...
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English The Atlantic (Opinion) What Trump’s Victory in Iowa Reveals By Ronald Brownstein January 16, 2024 Dallas Morning News 3 migrants drown in Rio Grande after Texas denies Border Patrol access, congressman says By Aarón Torres and Philip Jankowski January 13, 2024 CBS News 3 migrants drowned near area...
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Leaders and advocates in Texas and across the country are blasting Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s apparent lament that the state can’t shoot migrants on sight at the border. Yes, he really said that. In shocking remarks initially reported by Heartland Signal, Abbott complained to right-wing activist and former...
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New York, NY — A recent article in American Journal News highlighted a new study that emphasized “the positive impact immigrants consistently have on the U.S. economy.” The report found that “some of the biggest contributors to economic growth are refugees and asylum seekers.” Migrants and asylum seekers contributed...
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America’s Voice · La Semana En Inmigración – 1.12.24 • El nativismo y las declaraciones antiinmigrantes siguen siendo el arma politiquera favorita de los republicanos liderados por Donald J. Trump y el gobernador de Texas, Greg Abbott • Comité cameral conduce audiencia sobre los esfuerzos republicanos para destituir...
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Washington, DC — Texas under Governor Greg Abbott (R-TX) has been relentless in their anti-immigrant focus, both politically and substantively. Texas is challenging federal supremacy over immigration and border control and going to new lengths to assert the Governor’s role in the national GOP spiral towards extremism. Three developments...
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