US: Tough border rhetoric dominates in lead-up to Texas election
2 years, 10 months ago

US: Tough border rhetoric dominates in lead-up to Texas election

Al Jazeera  

Republican leaders vying for Texas governorship are trying to ‘out-Trump’ each other ahead of March 1 vote, observers say. In the past year, Texas’s Republican Governor Greg Abbott has deployed thousands of National Guard troops to the southern US border with Mexico to stem arrivals, begun building a new border barrier, and arrested migrants for allegedly trespassing on private property. Observers say the tougher border proposals pushed by Abbott’s challengers demonstrate how Republican candidates are trying to out-Trump each other on an issue that remains a powerful galvanising force for the party’s voters. “No issue grabs the attention of Republicans like immigration and border security do,” said James Henson, director of the Texas Politics Project at the University of Texas, who added that Republican primary voters have a seemingly “unlimited appetite” for tough immigration measures. Trump rewrote the party’s immigration playbook after he successfully campaigned in 2016 on building a border wall with Mexico to stop migrants from coming, banning Muslims from the US, and blocking the entry of refugees.

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Republican-led states are rolling out plans that could aid Trump’s mass deportation effort
1 week, 6 days ago

Republican-led states are rolling out plans that could aid Trump’s mass deportation effort

LA Times  

Tom Homan, right, Donald Trump’s pick for border czar, speaks to state troopers and National Guard troops at a facility on the Mexican border in Eagle Pass, Texas, as Gov. Other measures filed ahead of next year’s legislative sessions would require local law enforcement agencies to notify U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement when they take someone into custody who is …

Texas pivots from feuding with Biden over the border to providing the blueprint for Trump
4 weeks ago

Texas pivots from feuding with Biden over the border to providing the blueprint for Trump

CNN  

CNN — Texas is quickly becoming the blueprint for how incoming Trump officials expect to work with states on border security – a stark pivot from recent years when it was the epicenter of a bitter feud between state and federal officials. “We’ve had to do it at a much greater level over last few years.” In a sign of …

'Uncharted territory': Trump’s anti-immigration plans could take center stage in Texas
1 month, 1 week ago

'Uncharted territory': Trump’s anti-immigration plans could take center stage in Texas

Raw Story  

"“Uncharted territory”: Trump’s anti-immigration plans could take center stage in Texas" was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. While the Biden administration tried checking Texas’ authority — most notably suing to stop a new law that would let …

A Texas border county backed Democrats for generations. Trump won it decisively
1 month, 2 weeks ago

A Texas border county backed Democrats for generations. Trump won it decisively

Associated Press  

RIO GRANDE CITY, Texas — Jorge Bazán’s family has lived on the U.S.-Mexico border for generations and voted for Democrats as long as he can remember. Everything’s very expensive.” The South Texas region — stretching from San Antonio to the Rio Grande Valley — has long been a Democratic stronghold. That includes voters on the Texas border, where many Democrats …

"The View" cohosts argue over Latinos in Texas tipping toward Trump this election
1 month, 2 weeks ago

"The View" cohosts argue over Latinos in Texas tipping toward Trump this election

Salon  

On a recent episode of "The View," cohosts Sunny Hostin and Alyssa Farah Griffin had a brief but tense exchange of differing opinions as to why Tuesday's election saw such a sweep for Donald Trump when it came to Latino voters in Texas — a demographic that Democrats have historically had a stronghold on. During their post-election roundup, Griffin — …

Texas Border Battle: Democrats Fight to Hold Their Ground in Tight Races
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Texas Border Battle: Democrats Fight to Hold Their Ground in Tight Races

Associated Press  

Texas border districts are once again in the thick of the fight for House control. Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar faces his first election since his indictment on bribery charges, while Republican Rep. Jay Furman is vying for the seat vacated by Cuellar. Republicans have made significant gains in South Texas, flipping several Democratic-held districts, while Democrats have closed the gap …

Pushed by public opinion shift, Democrats adopt immigration restrictions
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Pushed by public opinion shift, Democrats adopt immigration restrictions

NPR  

Pushed by public opinion shift, Democrats adopt immigration restrictions toggle caption Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images When President Biden took office on Jan. 20, 2021, he did what he had promised: he rescinded many of former President Donald Trump’s draconian immigration policies. Sponsor Message Andrea Flores, who served as the director of border management on the National Security Council under …

The intelligent conversation we're not having on immigration
2 months, 2 weeks ago

The intelligent conversation we're not having on immigration

Salon  

Heading into November, Donald Trump’s rhetorical strategy on the economy is simple: Insist it is doomed, blame it on Kamala Harris and tie everything back to immigration. Overnight, Trump became chief enabler to the chief “criminals” he claimed were killing Americans, and his base didn’t even hear about it as Fox News called President Biden an “accessory to murder.” After …

Harris heads to US-Mexican border as Trump sharpens migrant rhetoric
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Harris heads to US-Mexican border as Trump sharpens migrant rhetoric

New Indian Express  

WASHINGTON: US Vice President Kamala Harris travels to the US-Mexican border Friday to try to show she is tough on migration, a key election issue on which Donald Trump has dramatically stepped up his incendiary rhetoric in recent weeks. Harris's visit to Douglas in Arizona is her first to the border since she replaced President Joe Biden as the Democratic …

It’s not just South Texas. Republicans are making gains with Latino voters in big cities, too.
4 months ago

It’s not just South Texas. Republicans are making gains with Latino voters in big cities, too.

Associated Press  

For years, Carmen Cavazos’ neighborhood in southeast Houston has voted reliably for Democrats up and down the ballot. The threat of eroding Latino support in urban areas could spell even bigger trouble for Democrats’ abiding hopes of turning Texas blue, because far more Latino voters live in these areas than in South Texas. “That means that there’s no traditional legacy …

It’s not just South Texas —Republicans are making gains with Latino voters in big cities
4 months ago

It’s not just South Texas —Republicans are making gains with Latino voters in big cities

Raw Story  

For years, Carmen Cavazos’ neighborhood in southeast Houston has voted reliably for Democrats up and down the ballot. The threat of eroding Latino support in urban areas could spell even bigger trouble for Democrats’ abiding hopes of turning Texas blue, because far more Latino voters live in these areas than in South Texas. “That means that there's no traditional legacy …

FACT FOCUS: A look at ominous claims around illegal immigration made at the Republican convention
5 months ago

FACT FOCUS: A look at ominous claims around illegal immigration made at the Republican convention

Associated Press  

After Donald Trump triumphantly entered the hall on the second night of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, the program turned to one of his signature issues: illegal immigration. An ominous video of chaos at the U.S.-Mexico border led into to a speech by U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, who declared, “We are facing an invasion on our southern …

Trump’s hardline immigration policies in spotlight on day two of RNC
5 months, 1 week ago

Trump’s hardline immigration policies in spotlight on day two of RNC

Al Jazeera  

Republicans rally around former president’s agenda at National Convention in Milwaukee, days after rally shooting. Donald Trump’s hardline stance on immigration will be in the spotlight on the second day of the Republican National Convention, after the former United States president made his first public appearance since surviving an assassination attempt at the weekend. In an interview with FOX News …

Will Biden’s new border measures be enough to change voters’ minds?
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Will Biden’s new border measures be enough to change voters’ minds?

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden tried to address a major liability for his reelection campaign by taking executive action to significantly restrict asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border. About half of Hispanic adults in March said that Biden’s presidency had done more to hurt the country on immigration and border security — a potentially alarming number as Trump’s campaign works to …

Trump gets another boost as poll shows Biden's border crisis has pushed immigration to the front of American minds
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Trump gets another boost as poll shows Biden's border crisis has pushed immigration to the front of American minds

Daily Mail  

Americans' top concern with just six months until the November election remains immigration for the third month in a row. 1 issue facing the country has revealed immigration is at the top of mind for the third month in a row with just six months until the 2024 election In February there was a record-high number of Republicans naming immigration …

Immigration and abortion: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s “migrant crisis” border stunts should teach Democratic governors how to help Biden.
8 months, 1 week ago

Immigration and abortion: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s “migrant crisis” border stunts should teach Democratic governors how to help Biden.

Slate  

Greg Abbott first started busing migrants to Democrat-controlled cities in 2022, the policy was seen as little more than a cruel political stunt. And yet, to Democrats’ total chagrin, Joe Biden is constantly being called upon to talk about immigration, one of the few things that voters prefer Republicans address, at least according to polls. It’s one of the few …

Trump is targeting Latino voters. Here’s how Biden seeks to win them back
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump is targeting Latino voters. Here’s how Biden seeks to win them back

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In a campaign memo, Chavez Rodruguez launched Latinos con Biden, which she said had …

Anticipation and anger on Texas border as strict immigration law again on hold
9 months ago

Anticipation and anger on Texas border as strict immigration law again on hold

Associated Press  

McALLEN, Texas — A federal appeals court late Tuesday again prevented Texas from arresting and deporting migrants accused of entering the U.S. illegally, hours after the the law briefly took effect. Mexico’s Foreign Affairs Secretary said in a sharply worded statement that it would refuse to take anyone back who is ordered to leave the country under the state law …

Texas Governor Greg Abbott rejects serving as Trump's running mate
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Texas Governor Greg Abbott rejects serving as Trump's running mate

Daily Mail  

Texas Governor Greg Abbott has flatly rejected serving as Donald Trump's running mate for 2024 in favor of remaining in his state to deal with the border crisis. Abbott also defended using the word 'invasion' to describe the thousands of migrants flooding across the southern border and into Texas each day at a record-setting pace. On Thursday, Abbott used Trump's …

Biden and Trump visit US-Mexico border amid immigration crisis
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Biden and Trump visit US-Mexico border amid immigration crisis

Al Jazeera  

US President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump made separate visits to the US-Mexico border in Texas, competing over who has the best approach to tackling immigration. Biden, who visited the Rio Grande Valley city of Brownsville, long the busiest corridor for border crossings, underlined the necessity of a bipartisan border security bill, which was tanked by Republicans on …

On the Rio Grande, 300 miles apart, Biden and Trump try to use immigration to election advantage
9 months, 3 weeks ago

On the Rio Grande, 300 miles apart, Biden and Trump try to use immigration to election advantage

Associated Press  

BROWNSVILLE, Texas — On the banks of the same Rio Grande but 300 miles apart, President Joe Biden and GOP challenger Donald Trump on Thursday surveyed the U.S.-Mexico border and tussled from a distance over who is to blame for the nation’s broken immigration system and how to fix it. You know and I know it’s the toughest, most efficient, …

Biden and Trump were both at the border today, staking out ground on a key 2024 issue
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Biden and Trump were both at the border today, staking out ground on a key 2024 issue

NPR  

Biden and Trump were both at the border today, staking out ground on a key 2024 issue Enlarge this image toggle caption Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images President Biden squared off against former President Donald Trump on Thursday on one of the issues expected to dominate the 2024 presidential election: immigration. Enlarge this image toggle …

Biden and Trump arrive in Texas for clashing visit at US border
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Biden and Trump arrive in Texas for clashing visit at US border

The Telegraph  

Joe Biden has urged Donald Trump to help him pass his border security package, as his rival blamed him for the deaths of “countless innocent victims”. The president, speaking at the same time as Mr Trump on separate visits to the Texan southern border on Thursday, warned of the dangers of untrammelled illegal immigration and called on Republicans to “show …

Biden and Trump border visits highlight immigration as election issue
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Biden and Trump border visits highlight immigration as election issue

Al Jazeera  

US President Joe Biden to visit border town of Brownsville, Texas as Donald Trump heads to Eagle Pass, Texas. US President Joe Biden and Donald Trump, his likely Republican opponent in the November election, will make separate visits to the US-Mexico border on Thursday as immigration has become a key issue for voters. Biden, who has been on the defensive …

How the GOP’s rightward shift on immigration helps explain Trump’s primary success
9 months, 3 weeks ago

How the GOP’s rightward shift on immigration helps explain Trump’s primary success

CNN  

CNN — One key reason for Donald Trump’s dominance in the GOP presidential race may be hiding in plain sight: Even compared to 2016, the Republican electorate has moved sharply to the right on immigration. In 2016, as I wrote at the time, exit polls asked GOP voters in 20 states whether “illegal immigrants working in the US” should be …

Immigration rises to top of voters’ minds ahead of Super Tuesday, polls find
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Immigration rises to top of voters’ minds ahead of Super Tuesday, polls find

LA Times  

Migrants wrap themselves in blankets to ward off the wind and rain as they line up in a makeshift campsite to be processed after crossing the border near Jacumba Hot Springs, Calif. As President Biden and former President Trump head to the U.S.-Mexico border this week ahead of the Super Tuesday primaries, new polling finds that an increasing number of …

Biden and Trump both plan trips to the Mexico border Thursday, angling for advantage on immigration
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Biden and Trump both plan trips to the Mexico border Thursday, angling for advantage on immigration

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump will make dueling trips to the U.S-Mexico border on Thursday, as both candidates try to turn the nation’s broken immigration system to their political advantage in an expected campaign rematch this year. Biden will travel to Brownsville, Texas, in the Rio Grande Valley, an area that often sees large numbers …

Will moving to the middle on immigration deliver electoral success to Democrats in 2024?
10 months, 1 week ago

Will moving to the middle on immigration deliver electoral success to Democrats in 2024?

LA Times  

For a decade, starting with President Obama‘s reelection and accelerating during Donald Trump‘s years in office, Democrats moved to the left on immigration issues, downplaying border enforcement and advocating for the rights of migrants to seek asylum in the U.S. For a time, the public moved with them. The harsh enforcement measures pushed by Trump, especially the separation of children …

Democrats embrace tougher border enforcement, seeing Trump’s demolition of deal as a ‘gift’
10 months, 1 week ago

Democrats embrace tougher border enforcement, seeing Trump’s demolition of deal as a ‘gift’

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Senate’s border proposal was one of the toughest bipartisan bills to emerge on the issue in decades. Schumer said the race in his home state of New York “says something very significant — that border is no longer the province of Republicans.” That calculation is already having far-reaching effects, transforming the way President Joe Biden and Democrats …

What voters are saying about Congress' latest failure to address immigration reform
10 months, 2 weeks ago

What voters are saying about Congress' latest failure to address immigration reform

NPR  

What voters are saying about Congress' latest failure to address immigration reform Lawmakers in Congress this week failed to pass a measure on border security. NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben checked in with voters about that and found that they're unhappy, to say the least. DANIELLE KURTZLEBEN, BYLINE: I asked Steve Shoemaker what he thinks of how Congress handled or didn't handle …

Republicans rush to throw each other under the bus for Trump
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Republicans rush to throw each other under the bus for Trump

Salon  

The Senate has unveiled a bipartisan immigration bill three decades in the making. Trump doesn’t want immigration solved this year because border legislation, if signed into law, could give President Biden bragging rights going into the November election. Speaker Mike Johnson, who spearheaded Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election, has therefore declared that the Senate’s new immigration proposal will …

A Republican invasion of self-defeating immorality
10 months, 2 weeks ago

A Republican invasion of self-defeating immorality

Raw Story  

Republicans call the surge in illegal border crossings an “ invasion. Trump doesn’t want the immigration problem solved this year because border legislation, if signed into law, could give President Joe Biden bragging rights going into the November election. Sen. James Lankford, the GOP’s lead immigration negotiator, said on Fox News that Republicans who clamored for immigration reform for so …

Biden is left with few choices as immigration takes center stage in American politics
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Biden is left with few choices as immigration takes center stage in American politics

Associated Press  

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Almost immediately after he walked into the Oval Office on his first day as president, Joe Biden began rolling back his predecessor’s immigration policies, which he had assailed throughout the 2020 campaign as harsh and inhumane. “If that bill were the law today, I’d shut down the border right now and fix it quickly,” Biden said last …

What to know as Republicans governors consider sending more National Guard to the Texas border
10 months, 3 weeks ago

What to know as Republicans governors consider sending more National Guard to the Texas border

Hindustan Times  

AUSTIN, Texas — As Republicans cheer on Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's escalating feud with the Biden administration over immigration enforcement, some governors are considering deploying National Guard members to the border — again. Earlier this month, troops from the Texas National Guard seized the park and began turning away federal immigration authorities despite pleas from U.S. government officials. Migrants are …

What to know as Republicans governors consider sending more National Guard to the Texas border
10 months, 3 weeks ago

What to know as Republicans governors consider sending more National Guard to the Texas border

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — As Republicans cheer on Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s escalating feud with the Biden administration over immigration enforcement, some governors are considering deploying National Guard members to the border — again. Earlier this month, troops from the Texas National Guard seized the park and began turning away federal immigration authorities despite pleas from U.S. government officials. Migrants are …

Trump stokes opposition to Biden border plan
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Trump stokes opposition to Biden border plan

Raw Story  

Joe Biden and Donald Trump traded verbal jabs Saturday over a bipartisan plan for border reform aimed at stemming a surge in migrants crossing into the United States from Mexico. Republican primary frontrunner Trump has put immigration front and center in his campaign, issuing dire warnings about the porous nature of the border -- yet has simultaneously pushed back hard …

Trump Heaps Praise On Texas Governor For Border Power Grab
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Trump Heaps Praise On Texas Governor For Border Power Grab

Huff Post  

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - JANUARY 27: Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign event at Big League Dreams Las Vegas on January 27, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. David Becker via Getty Images LAS VEGAS — Former President Donald Trump lavished praise Saturday on Texas Gov. “When I’m president, instead of trying to send …

Trump praises Texas governor as border state clashes with Biden administration over immigration
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Trump praises Texas governor as border state clashes with Biden administration over immigration

Associated Press  

LAS VEGAS — Former President Donald Trump lavished praise Saturday on Texas Gov. “When I’m president, instead of trying to send Texas a restraining order, I will send them reinforcements,” Trump told a crowd of supporters in Las Vegas, where he rallied on an indoor soccer field in a largely Latino neighborhood. “Instead of fighting border states, I will use …

Trump encourages all states to send their troops to Texas to help Greg Abbott
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Trump encourages all states to send their troops to Texas to help Greg Abbott

Raw Story  

In a two-part rant on Truth Social Thursday evening, former President Donald Trump called on Republican-controlled states to send National Guard troops to Texas to help Gov. In the face of this National Security, Public Safety, and Public Health Catastrophe, Texas has rightly invoked the Invasion Clause of the Constitution, and must be given full support to repel the Invasion.…" …

Election-year politics threaten Senate border deal as Trump and his allies rally opposition
11 months ago

Election-year politics threaten Senate border deal as Trump and his allies rally opposition

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A politically treacherous dynamic is taking hold as negotiators in Congress work to strike a bipartisan deal on the border and immigration, with vocal opposition from the hard right and former President Donald Trump threatening to topple the carefully negotiated compromise. It’s a familiar political dynamic, one that has repeatedly thwarted attempts to reform U.S. immigration law, including …

Abbott’s immigration rhetoric criticized after interview response about shooting migrants
11 months, 1 week ago

Abbott’s immigration rhetoric criticized after interview response about shooting migrants

Raw Story  

Jan. 11, 2024 "Abbott’s immigration rhetoric criticized again after interview response about shooting migrants" was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. “The only thing that we're not doing is we're not shooting people who come across the border, …

Texas governor signs law allowing arrest of suspected illegal migrants
1 year ago

Texas governor signs law allowing arrest of suspected illegal migrants

Al Jazeera  

Republican Greg Abbott claims US President Joe Biden has left state to ‘fend for itself’ as he signs controversial bill. The governor of Texas has signed a law allowing state authorities to arrest and deport people suspected of illegally crossing the border between the United States and Mexico. Abbott, who signed the bill in a ceremony in the border town …

Congress is eying immigration limits as GOP demands border changes in swap for Biden overseas aid
1 year ago

Congress is eying immigration limits as GOP demands border changes in swap for Biden overseas aid

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — As record numbers of migrants surge at the southern U.S. border, many seeking asylum, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has told Congress the country’s “broken” immigration system is in need of a top-to-bottom update. When are we going to do this?’ And every year it’s gotten worse.” A core group of senators, Republicans and Democrats, has been eying …

Trump picks up the endorsement of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott during a visit to a US-Mexico border town
1 year, 1 month ago

Trump picks up the endorsement of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott during a visit to a US-Mexico border town

Associated Press  

EDINBURG, Texas — Donald Trump picked up the Texas governor’s endorsement Sunday during a visit to a U.S.-Mexico border town and promised that his hard-line immigration policies in a second presidential term would make Greg Abbott’s “job much easier.” “You’ll be able to focus on other things in Texas,” Trump told Abbott as they each appeared before a crowd of …

Trump returns to the U.S.-Mexico border as he lays out hard-line immigration proposals
1 year, 1 month ago

Trump returns to the U.S.-Mexico border as he lays out hard-line immigration proposals

LA Times  

Donald Trump picked up the Texas governor’s endorsement Sunday during a visit to a U.S.-Mexico border town and promised that his hard-line immigration policies in a second presidential term would make Greg Abbott’s “job much easier.” “You’ll be able to focus on other things in Texas,” Trump told Abbott as they each appeared before a crowd of about 150 at …

Texas wants the power to arrest and order migrants to leave the US. Can it do that?
1 year, 1 month ago

Texas wants the power to arrest and order migrants to leave the US. Can it do that?

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — For two years, Texas has pushed boundaries on the U.S.-Mexico border: Busing migrants across America, jailing thousands for trespass and stringing razor wire along the Rio Grande. In a new challenge to the federal government’s authority over immigration, Texas lawmakers on Tuesday night gave final approval to a bill that would allow police to arrest migrants who …

Police in Texas could arrest migrants under a bill that is moving closer to approval by the governor
1 year, 1 month ago

Police in Texas could arrest migrants under a bill that is moving closer to approval by the governor

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas is closer to giving police broad new authority to arrest migrants and order them to leave the U.S. under a bill the state House advanced Thursday, putting Republican Gov. Two years into Texas pushing the boundaries of immigration enforcement — busing migrants out of state, stringing razor wire along the border and installing water barriers in …

Column: Can Texas Gov. Abbott set lethal border barriers and still win Latino votes?
1 year, 4 months ago

Column: Can Texas Gov. Abbott set lethal border barriers and still win Latino votes?

LA Times  

Greg Abbott’s man-made killing traps on the Rio Grande have taken border enforcement to new levels of barbarity. Opinion Columnist Jean Guerrero Jean Guerrero is the author, most recently, of “Hatemonger: Stephen Miller, Donald Trump and the White Nationalist Agenda.” Could Abbott face a backlash among Texas Latino voters, as Republican Gov. While a majority of Texas Latinos reject Abbott, …

How governor Greg Abbott is using an obscure ‘invasion’ legal theory for a border power grab in Texas
1 year, 4 months ago

How governor Greg Abbott is using an obscure ‘invasion’ legal theory for a border power grab in Texas

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Under your watch, America is suffering the highest …

Column: Texas vs. California: Mean tweets, migrant dumping and the ‘race to the bottom’
1 year, 6 months ago

Column: Texas vs. California: Mean tweets, migrant dumping and the ‘race to the bottom’

LA Times  

Members of the Texas National Guard speak to a group of migrants in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. “Immigration is the great unifier among Republicans, especially in Texas,” said Jim Henson, who leads the Texas Politics Project at the state’s flagship university in Austin. “At a time Republicans in the state are at each others’ throat, it’s a sure score with the …

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