Immigration
Biden administration extending Title 42 migrant expulsions, says Mexican government
Posted on · Numbers have been increasing; up to 660 Venezuelans have been crossing every day in El Paso alone.
Tag: migrants
News
LULAC raises reward amount for information on woman who allegedly lured migrants away from Texas
Posted on · The Latino advocacy groups also announced it will ask the U.S. Department of Justice to look into the flights that immigrants’ rights groups claimed were nothing more than political stunts.
Immigration
Former warden arrested for shooting migrants in string of anti-immigrant violence in Texas
Posted on · The shooters were charged with manslaughter and booked in the El Paso County Jail without bond.
Politics
Gov. Greg Abbott asked donors to help pay for busing migrants. The response isn’t covering the bills
Posted on · Total contributions to the so-called "Border Transportation Funding" fall well short of the more than $12 million price tag to transport migrants to other states.
Immigration
Gov. Greg Abbott sends five more buses of migrants to New York, escalating feud with Mayor Eric Adams
Posted on · The policy is an expansion of the governor’s plan to antagonize President Joe Biden over border security by busing migrants entering Texas to Washington, D.C., but research suggests the policy could allow more migrants to stay in the country even longer.
Immigration
Texas sends migrants to New York. They get a warm welcome, but life there is tough
Posted on · As Texas Gov. Greg Abbott sends more migrants via bus from the Mexico border, volunteers, city officials, and migrants in New York City are forced to adapt as politics play out on the ground.
Immigration
ACLU calls on feds to investigate Abbott’s policy transporting migrants back to border
Posted on · In July, Abbott authorized state law enforcement to transport migrants to ports of entry. It’s unclear how and why migrants are being detained, raising civil rights concerns and questions about whether the state is overstepping federal authority.
Immigration
‘This is horrific,’ New York City mayor says of Abbott’s policy as second busload of Texas migrants arrive
Posted on · In an expansion of the governor’s plan to bus migrants from the Texas border to East Coast cities, 64 asylum-seekers arrived in New York City over the weekend.
Criminal Justice
Two Pasadena men indicted in San Antonio migrant death-trailer case that left 53 dead
Posted on · The two were indicted on counts of transporting and conspiring to transport migrants illegally resulting in death; and transporting and conspiring to transport migrants illegally resulting in serious injury.
Texas
Death toll rises to 51 after dozens of migrants found trapped in tractor trailer in San Antonio
Posted on · A federal investigation is underway to learn why dozens of people were left trapped in a tractor trailer in Southwest San Antonio.
Immigration
Texas National Guard guidance discouraging soldiers from saving drowning migrants draws scrutiny
Posted on · Critics have said that a lack of guidance and equipment to perform life-saving rescues leaves soldiers dangerously unprepared to deal with a common scenario on the border while dehumanizing the migrants attempting to cross the river.
Immigration
First bus of migrants who crossed into Texas makes trip to Washington, D.C.
Posted on · The transport is part of Abbott’s plan to expand Operation Lone Star and came in response to the Biden Administration’s decision to end Title 42 – a pandemic-era rule that rapidly expels migrants from the U.S.
Immigration
Texas will send migrants to D.C. and expand vehicle inspections at the border, Abbott says
Posted on · Gov. Abbott said the state's actions are in response to the Biden administration's plans to end a policy used to promptly expel asylum seekers at the border during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Immigration
Coronavirus shuts down legal proceedings in latest misstep for Texas border crackdown
Posted on · Migrants arrested under Gov. Greg Abbott’s border security push have been imprisoned for weeks or months waiting to appear before a judge. About 90 were finally to receive hearings this week, but court proceedings were canceled.
Immigration
Migrants arrested by Texas in border crackdown are being imprisoned for weeks without legal help or formal charges
Posted on · Defense attorneys have started asking courts to set migrants free because local justice systems, overwhelmed by arrests under Gov. Greg Abbott's border security push, are routinely violating state law and constitutional due process rights.