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Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Wednesday issued an executive order that restricts the transportation of detained migrants under the pretext of stopping the spread of COVID-19, something immigrant rights activists describe as unconstitutional and fascist. -
Mayor Steve Adler said Austin is especially interested in improving transportation infrastructure and measures like increasing access to public transit.
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The march starts in Georgetown and ends at the Texas Capitol on Saturday, where the groups will hold a rally on the south steps. -
Immigrant advocates say DACA was only a band-aid. U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen's recent order to halt new DACA applications puts the pressure on Congress to Act.
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"For most people, Jan. 6 happened for a few hours," U.S. Capitol Police Sgt. Aquilino Gonell said in the select committee hearing. "But for those of us who were in the thick of it, it has not ended."
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Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan issued an arrest warrant for Democratic State Representative Philip Cortez after he returned to Washington D.C. Sunday night.
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Three of the Democratic legislators who went to Washington, D.C., to deny the Texas House a quorum have been invited to detail their concerns at a specially called hearing on the contentious legislation that includes new restrictions on voting.
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Four prominent lawmakers — one each with ties to Baylor University, Texas Christian University, Texas Tech University and Texas A&M University — met with Gov. Greg Abbott’s staff Thursday, one day after news broke that the University of Texas and the University of Oklahoma had reached out to the Southeastern Conference about joining.
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Over the past few days, the Texas delegation has met with nearly all of the most powerful Democrats in Washington, save for President Joe Biden. But there is not yet clear movement to revive the congressional Democrats’ federal voting legislation.
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Democratic State Representative Philip Cortez of San Antonio has returned to Texas after leaving the state last week to break quorum of the special legislative session.
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Dozens of Democratic state lawmakers fled Texas in an effort to block Republican-led restrictive voting legislation from being passed.
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Harris County, which includes Houston, has more than 4.7 million people. Many of the voting rights innovations installed last year are at risk of being eliminated by the Republican-led Legislature.
