Norlan Bayardo Herrera is a 20-year-old Honduran who drowned in the Rio Grande as Greg #Abbott's torture barrier sends desperate refugees to unsafe areas
The humanity of those dying to come to America" #Texas
A century & a half ago, Confederate Gen Joseph Orville Shelby splashed into the wild waters of the Rio Grande off this border city & fled to Mexico, refusing to surrender to Union soldiers.
Now the park named in his honor (?) has become a front line in a feud between the #state & the #federal govt — a power struggle over who ultimately has the right to control the border….
Can you imagine if people coming to Ellis island, escaping violence & hopelessness, had to go through razor torture wire? This is our nations shame. #Abbott & #DeSantis shipping #migrants should be brought up on charges. How dare they call themselves religious? H/t @GottaLaff who threads will Bunch’s must read -
#Texas racist Gov. Greg #Abbott says he won't order the removal of floating barriers from the Rio Grande, defying a request from the Justice Department #DOJ
😳 Mexican authorities have recovered two bodies in the Rio Grande, including one that was spotted along the floating barrier that Texas Gov. Greg #Abbott had installed recently in the Rio Grande, across from Eagle Pass, #Texas.
A bus carrying 35 #migrants from the U.S.-Mexico border in #Texas arrived in Los Angeles on Thursday, the third in a series launched by despicable, racist Gov. Greg #Abbott and sent to #California.
Racist, fascist Republican Gov. Greg #Abbott of #Texas signed into law Monday a bill that makes entering Texas illegally a state crime, an extraordinary step in the hard-fought legal battle between the state and the federal government over efforts to curtail illegal #immigration.
"Texas Gov. Greg #Abbott announced this week that the Texas National Guard is installing #RazorWire along the border of #Texas and #NewMexico on his orders"
"Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) signed an executive order Wednesday to combat antisemitism at universities in the state amid a surge in the problem across the nation and the world."
A Texas mom was denied maternity leave after delivering a stillborn baby
Andres works for the City of Austin in the Austin Public Health Department. After returning home from the hospital, Andres says she informed her HR department that she'd "be taking maternity leave a little bit early" because she had lost her child.
"They said: 'Oh, I'm sorry to hear that, but you don't qualify for (leave) anymore,'" Andres says.
“Civil rights organizations on Tuesday filed a lawsuit challenging a new #Texas law that would allow police to arrest migrants who cross the border illegally and permit local judges to order them to leave the country.
The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Austin, came less than 24 hours after Republican Gov. Greg #Abbott signed the measure during a ceremony on the U.S. border in Brownsville. The law takes effect in March.” #legal
They work for you and me, the people of America!🇺🇸
We do not work for them!
They broke the laws of our country, our constitution, and will have to pay the price.
Just as you or I would have to do if we broke the same or any other laws.
And by “Texas,” the Hill means fascist Gov. #Abbott:
“#Texas on Sunday sent more migrants to Vice President Harris’s D.C. residence, just days after Title 42 — a pandemic-era rule that allowed officials to quickly expel asylum seekers at the border — ended last week.” #immigration#racism#bigotryhttps://trib.al/k9XlJ8e
Concerned #Richardson ISD parents ask why their schools have to close
Rep. Ramos correctly calls out #Abbott here. He appears to be on a mission to destroy public education in the name of “choice.” However, demographics don’t help. Cannot have schools operating at 60% capacity.