Cecilia Castellano is a small-business owner and a relative political newcomer in South Texas. A Democratic candidate for the Texas House of Representatives in a toss-up district, Castellano spends her days making the case for sending an outsider to Austin — and against her Republican opponent, Don McLaughlin Jr., who was endorsed by Donald Trump, … Read more
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) on Thursday signed an executive order requiring hospitals to record the immigration status of patients starting later this year, in a bid to assess costs that the state incurs by providing care to people lacking permanent legal status. On social media, Abbott vowed to make Democratic President Joe Biden’s administration … Read more
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott made a wildly false claim about Democrats attempting to murder babies via the party’s abortion policies on Wednesday. Abbott told CNN’s Jake Tapper that he’s seen reports that Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, who Vice President Kamala Harris chose as her running mate this week, was against a state law that would’ve … Read more
It’s election season, so Republicans are lying about immigrants again. Over and over at this week’s Republican National Convention, politicians who know better — or who ought to — falsely said or implied that undocumented migrants and asylum seekers pose an unthinkable criminal threat to innocent, native-born Americans. The reality is the opposite: According to … Read more
Hurricane Beryl caused some significant power outages in Houston, and with temperatures in the 90s, it’s a dangerous, miserable situation all around. It’s bad enough that many utility workers came in from out of state to assist with the attempts to restore power across the city. Instead of being greeted by grateful residents expressing their … Read more
Good morning! It’s Thursday, June 13, 2024, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know. Tesla Had A Very Interesting Week 1st Gear: Musk Says Shareholders Love His $56 Billion Pay Package Tesla … Read more
NEW YORK (AP) — Colleges around the U.S. implored pro-Palestinian student protesters to clear out tent encampments with rising levels of urgency Monday as police arrested more demonstrators at the University of Texas and Columbia University said it was beginning to suspend students who defied an ultimatum to disband the encampment there. Dozens of law … Read more
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Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Sunday said that Gov. Greg Abbott (R-Texas) “couldn’t be more wrong” in claiming there is no need for Congress to approve legislation on immigration, and accused Abbott of “trying to wreak havoc” in cities across the U.S. Abbott had previously called on President Joe Biden to use his executive … Read more
The concertina wire strung along several miles of Texas’ border with Mexico cuts through human flesh “like a knife.” That’s according to one Texas Army National Guard soldier, who until recently served along the border under Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s “Operation Lone Star.” Migrants seeking asylum in the United States “are moving fast” when they … Read more
