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Texas Lawmakers Head Home, But A Third Special Session Looms

By Schaefer Edwards
Sep 3, 2021

The Texas Legislature officially shut the door on special session number two Thursday night, as both the state House and Senate voted to adjourn and head home in time for Labor Day weekend. Even though Republicans are celebrating the passage of most of the GOP's laundry list of laws during...
Trump Joins Abbott At Border Wall Briefing, But Can't Stop Ranting About Russia, Hillary and 2020

By Schaefer Edwards
Jun 30, 2021

Styled as a “border security briefing” for Donald Trump led by Texas Gov. Abbott and state law enforcement leaders, Wednesday's press conference in the lower Rio Grande Valley came across more as a miniature political rally for Abbott’s reelection campaign and an opportunity for the governor, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick...
A Sampling of Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick's Most Outlandish Statements In Recent Memory

By Schaefer Edwards
Jun 29, 2021

Former Baltimoreon and current Texas Republican Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has spent most of the past two decades clawing his way up the Lone Star State’s political power structure. Patrick parlayed his Houston conservative talk radio career into a 12-year stint as a state senator before he stole former Lt...
Abbott Unveils First Steps Toward Texas Border Wall and Asks Supporters to Pony Up Some Cash

By Schaefer Edwards
Jun 16, 2021

Gov. Greg Abbott shared new details Wednesday about his plan to take over former President Donald Trump’s border wall project given an increase in border crossings from Mexico that Republicans blame on President Joe Biden’s less stringent immigration policies, including a formal request that concerned supporters help pay for it...
Former HPD Chief Acevedo Says Sheriff Gonzalez Would Be A Great For "Thankless Job" Of ICE Director

By Schaefer Edwards
Apr 30, 2021

Former Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo admitted he was surprised when he heard the news that his old colleague Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez had been nominated by President Joe Biden to lead U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement. Not that Gonzalez was chosen for the role, but that he accepted...
Abbott Blasts Biden For Alleged Abuse At Migrant Youth Shelter Before Investigation Begins

By Schaefer Edwards
Apr 7, 2021

Gov. Greg Abbott announced Wednesday that the state had received two anonymous tips earlier that day about alleged “abuse and neglect” at a San Antonio facility housing unaccompanied minors who crossed the U.S. border seeking asylum. Even though Abbott admitted the Texas Rangers and the Texas Department of Public Safety...
"This is Bad Policy": Trump Administration Proposes Restrictions for International Students – Again

By Anna Ta
Oct 2, 2020

The University of Houston and Rice University, which both enroll thousands of international students each year, are assessing the potential impacts of the Trump administration proposal to impose narrow time limits on international student visas. Dr. Adria Baker, Rice University’s Associate Vice Provost for International Education, said that requiring international...
ICE Says International Students Must Leave U.S. If Their Schools Go Online Only

By Schaefer Edwards
Jul 7, 2020

In the newest effort by Donald Trump’s federal government to reduce the international presence on American soil, international college students now face deportation if their schools move to digital classes only for the fall. The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency announced Monday that international students won’t be allowed to...
Supreme Court Rules Trump Can’t End DACA For Now

By Schaefer Edwards
Jun 18, 2020

In a 5-4 decision Thursday morning, conservative Chief Justice John Roberts joined the court’s four liberal justices to reject President Trump’s attempt to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, better known as DACA. Thursday’s ruling is the second bombshell this week to come from the nation’s highest court,...
Why Some Brown Girls Don’t Fight Back

By Ana Del Carmen
Feb 19, 2020

What we teach our kids is based on our values, our history, our experiences, and the world we live in. Teaching little girls to fight, as our own Jef Rouner recently suggested, is a response to the active threats that they will get all their life and makes sense in...
Christian Teens in Houston Protest Immigrant Family Separation

By Mohammad Mia
Jun 29, 2018

More than 30,000 teenagers and youth leaders from across the country have arrived in Houston for the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America Youth Gathering. The meeting, which takes place every three years, brings high school students together for a week of faith building, learning, Bible study, as well as service...
The U.S. Has a Long History of Ripping Minority Children From Their Mothers

By G. Paris Johnson
Jun 29, 2018

I am sure by now that the world is divided over the upheaval the president has caused with his snatching children from their mothers. However, I tend to take the side of some of the social media posts I’ve seen that remind the United States that this is not new...
Mayor Turner Wants No Part of Baby Jails in Houston

By Mohammad Mia
Jun 20, 2018

Mayor Sylvester Turner did not mince words Tuesday afternoon at City Hall, where he held a press conference to inform Houstonians about the proposed East downtown Houston detention center intended to house immigrant children separated from their families at the Texas border. In recent days, reports surfaced that officials intend...

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