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Texas Is Cracking Down on Essential Immigrant Drivers

Professionals like me get Texas kids safely to school. We get food to grocery stores and medical supplies to hospitals. Until the government decides to throw us out of work.

by Rina Flores

Keep Reading

Calculating the Taxpayers’ Tab for Ken Paxton’s Extensive Travels

by Justin Miller

Texas Police Invested Millions in a Shadowy Phone-Tracking Software. They Won’t Say How They’ve Used It.

by Francesca D’Annunzio

Texas Turns Its Sprawling State Police Force Into Immigration Agents for Trump

by Francesca D’Annunzio

Mar 02, 2015

Death on Sevenmile Road

The rush to militarize the U.S.-Mexico border has tragic consequences in Texas.

by Melissa del Bosque

Texas Department of Public Safety Border Security Mar 01, 2015

Texas DPS Officer Shoots at Unarmed Vehicle

by Jen Reel

vote here sign Nov 03, 2014

Texas Has Issued Seven Times More Auctioneers’ Licenses than Voter ID Cards

by Forrest Wilder

Aug 26, 2014

Dewhurst: ‘Someone’s Going to Get Hurt’ in Border Surge

by Forrest Wilder

Jul 22, 2014

Rick Perry Sends Troops to the Border. Now What?

by Christopher Hooks

Jan 17, 2014

Why Asking Texas Drivers About Mental Illness is Dumb

by Jo DePrang

Nov 07, 2013

Checkpoint Carlitos: Why Did DPS Deploy Checkpoints in the Valley?

by Cindy Casares

Wendy Davis speaking Oct 04, 2013

Observer Podcast Episode 28: Sen. Wendy Davis, JFK’s Legacy in Literature and Woody Guthrie’s Long-Lost Novel

by Jonathan McNamara

David Dewhurst Aug 05, 2013

Poop-gate Update: DPS Says It Will Release Information

by Forrest Wilder

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