Gus Bova
Texas Attorneys, Activists Working to Preempt Trump’s Expected Immigration Raids
"By midnight on election night, we were already flooded with inquiries from our clients. People were immediately panicked," one attorney said.
Austin immigration attorneys sprang into action in the aftermath of Trump's election... Read More
Up To 50,000 Gather in Austin for Women’s March
Many long-time Austinites, including the former police chief, said it was the largest rally they’d ever seen in the capital city.
Many long-time Austinites said it was the largest rally they’d ever seen in the capital city Read More
On Inauguration Day, UT-Austin Students Demand School Be ‘Sanctuary from Oppression’
Hundreds of students gathered at UT-Austin to inaugurate resistance to the Trump administration.
Hundreds of students gathered at UT-Austin to inaugurate resistance to the Trump administration. Read More
Lawmakers, Advocates Unveil Campaign to Stop Anti-Immigrant Legislation
"We oppose these politics that have become poisoned with misinformation about immigrants and border life," said state Senator Jose Rodriguez.
Legislators and advocates on Wednesday announced Texas Together — a new effort that aims to resist anti-immigrant proposals in the Texas Legislature, including those that would revoke funding from so-called sanctuary cities and repeal in-state tuition for undocumented students. The … Read More
Six Texas Lawsuits Trump Could Impact (or Not) in 2017
Trump could quickly take action that would render some of them obsolete, while others could see several more years of litigation.
Trump could quickly take action that would render some of them obsolete while others could see several more years of litigation. Read More
Activists Announce ‘Sanctuary in the Streets’ Ahead of Trump Inauguration
Austin advocates say they will put their bodies on the line to defend immigrants from Trump administration deportations.
Austin advocates say they will put their bodies on the line to defend immigrants from Trump administration deportations. Read More
‘Even the Birds and Animals Are Free’
Asylum-seeker Jeelani Ghulam traveled through 11 countries over one year from Pakistan to the U.S.-Mexico border, but his ordeal was only beginning. Read More
America Beyond Detention
By Gus Bova, Melissa del Bosque, Jen Reel and Emma Pérez-Treviño The United States portrays itself as a beacon of freedom and liberty, yet it operates the world’s largest immigrant detention system, a burgeoning network that locks up refugees, asylum-seekers … Read More
Texas’ 10 Worst Social Media Moments of 2016
It was a year of fake news, nonsensical tweets and non-apologies galore.
If 2016 taught us anything, it’s that one late-night Twitter outburst can leave the entire country reeling for days to come. But President-elect Donald Trump wasn’t alone in his ill-advised posting. Here are 10 times prominent Texans made us hang … Read More