Posted on · For decades, residents of some of the poorest neighborhoods along the border have dealt with foul and even toxic drinking water, all while paying some of the highest prices for this basic need. Now, several hundred colonia residents are suing a company that they allege has routinely ignored their pleas for help and even ushered in a predatory market that profits off the problem.
Posted on · The DA said the Starr County Sheriff's Department "did their duty in investigating the incident brought to their attention by the reporting hospital." However, he said that this is not a criminal matter under Texas law.
Posted on · After the U.S. Supreme Court declined to pause the restrictive Texas abortion law, providers and activists say the procedure remains effectively banned across Texas.
Posted on · The Migrant Protection Protocols policy forced people seeking asylum at the border to stay in Mexico while their claims were processed.
Posted on · Gov. Greg Abbott ordered DPS to begin arresting migrants who cross the Rio Grande on state charges of trespassing in an attempt to deter them from crossing earlier this year.
Posted on · Lawmakers have been escalating abortion restriction in Texas, creating more and more barriers for people seeking to terminate their pregnancy.
Posted on · The Department of Justice asked for a restraining order to keep Abbott from using state troopers to stop vehicles suspected of transporting migrants.
Posted on · The U.S. Supreme Court refused to block a federal court ruling to reinstate the controversial Trump-era Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) that required asylum seekers to wait in dangerous conditions in Mexico for their day in court.
Posted on · The Department of Justice asked for the restraining order to keep Abbott from using state troopers to stop vehicles suspected of transporting migrants.
Posted on · A federal judge in El Paso issued a temporary restraining order stopping Texas Gov. Greg Abbott from carrying out his executive order restricting migrant travel in the state.
Posted on · The order allows law enforcement to stop, reroute, or impound any vehicle that they reasonably suspect may be violating the order. The governor’s order did not detail what constitutes reasonable suspicion.