Immigration
Judge Orders End To DACA, Current Enrollees Safe For Now
Posted on · A federal judge in Texas has approved a request by a group of states to end an Obama-era program that shielded young immigrants from deportation.
Criminal Justice
Baytown Officers Face Assault Counts Over Traffic Stop
Posted on · Baytown police Officers Teddy Sims and Samuel Serrett and detention officer Shan Dunlap were charged Thursday with felony aggravated assault.
Immigration
A GOP Donor Is Funding South Dakota National Guard Troops In Texas
Posted on · South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem says she will use a donation from a Republican donor to fund a deployment of up to 50 South Dakota National Guard troops to the U.S. border with Mexico. Noem joins a growing list of Republican governors sending law enforcement officers to Texas.
Criminal Justice
Houston Chief Calls 1977 Police Killing ‘Straight-Up Murder’
Posted on · Joe Campos Torres was a Mexican-American Vietnam War veteran who was beaten to death by Houston police officers in 1977.
Health & Science
Judge Tosses Houston Methodist Hospital Workers’ Vaccine Requirement Challenge
Posted on · In a scathing ruling Saturday, U.S. District Judge Lynn Hughes deemed the lead plaintiff's contention that the vaccines are “experimental and dangerous” to be false and otherwise irrelevant.
CORONAVIRUS
Mexico To Use US-Donated Vaccines Along Border
Posted on · 1 million U.S. doses of the Johnson & Johnson shot will be used to vaccinate border residents in an effort to fully reopen border crossings.
Immigration
U.S. Formally Ends Policy For Asylum-Seekers To Wait In Mexico
Posted on · The Trump-era immigration policy previously forced about 70,000 asylum-seekers into Mexico as they waited for hearings in U.S. immigration court.
Guns
Texas Gets Ready To Allow Unlicensed Carrying Of Handguns
Posted on · The Republican-dominated Legislature approved the measure Monday, sending it to Gov. Greg Abbott, who has said he will sign it despite the objections of law enforcement groups who say it would endanger the public and police.
Texas
Supreme Court Rejects Texas Suit Over California Travel Ban
Posted on · The court refused to consider Texas’ challenge to California’s ban on state-funded business trips to Texas and other states deemed to discriminate against LGBTQ people. California adopted the ban following a 2017 Texas law that allows foster care and adoption agencies to deny services for religious beliefs.
Criminal Justice
Lawyer Shifts Legal Fight From George Floyd To Pamela Turner
Posted on · Turner was fatally shot in 2019 by a police officer in the Houston suburb of Baytown, Texas, after a struggle over his stun gun. Attorney Ben Crump is also representing Turner’s family in a federal civil rights lawsuit filed April 8.
Business
Nike Suspends Sponsorship Of Deshaun Watson Amid Allegations
Posted on · Watson’s attorney, Rusty Hardin, has called the allegations “meritless” and questioned the claims against Watson, alleging they were made following a failed attempt to blackmail his client.
Health & Science
Number Of Texans Hospitalized By COVID-19 Drops Below 4,000 For The First Time Since October
Posted on · The Texas Department of Health and Human Services on Monday reported 3,980 hospitalizations.
National
Judge: CDC Exceeded Authority In Issuing Eviction Moratorium
Posted on · It's the second such ruling issued by a federal judge in two weeks.
Energy & Environment
Exxon Mobil Ordered To Pay $14.25M Penalty In Pollution Case
Posted on · The lawsuit alleges Exxon Mobil violated the Clean Air Act for eight years at its flagship refinery in Baytown.
Energy & Environment
Texas AG Sues Griddy Over High Electric Bills
Posted on · The lawsuit comes days after Texas' power grid manager effectively shut down Griddy by revoking its access to the state's electricity market.