Tag Archives: refugees
GOP Senator Declares War on Empty Office in Quixotic Effort to Keep Out Refugees
The bill would do nothing to keep the feds from placing refugees in Texas, but limits the state’s ability to negotiate specifics of resettlement.
The bill would do nothing to keep the feds from placing refugees in Texas, but limits the state’s ability to negotiate specifics of resettlement....Read More
Call Them Refugees
As political leaders argue over the crisis at the Texas-Mexico border, local communities and nonprofits carry the weight.
Busy obsessing over border security, Texas have ignored the humanitarian crisis in the Rio Grande Valley, leaving cash-strapped charities to do the work....Read More
Report: Mexico’s Border Crackdown Sends Migrants into Dangerous Territory
Deportations along Mexico’s southern border more than doubled between 2013 and 2015, forcing migrants into remote areas where many are robbed or exploited....Read More
Judge Halts Child Care License for Dilley Detention Center
Citing the potential for abuse at the center, a Travis County judge prevented Texas’ child welfare agency from licensing the facility for child care.
Texas' efforts to license the second of two immigrant family detention centers in the state as a child care facility are on hold until a September trial....Read More
Amarillo Refugees Back in the Spotlight at Capitol
A Texas Senate committee heard familiar testimony from Amarillo leaders about how the city is dealing with a relatively large population of refugees....Read More
The Strangers Next Door
How Amarillo became a safe haven from violence across the world — and Ground Zero in the backlash against refugees.
How Amarillo became a safe haven from violence across the world — and Ground Zero in the backlash against refugees....Read More
Ted Cruz’s Plan to ‘Utterly Destroy’ Terrorism Will Utterly Encourage It
Cruz's plan to "patrol" and "secure" Muslim neighborhoods echoes the militarization tactics that experts say foment, rather than discourage, terrorism....Read More
Loon Star State: Greg’s Campfire Stories Were Legendary
In this month's Loon Star State cartoon by Ben Sargent, Greg Abbott tries to spook the kiddies with terrifying tales of Syrian refugees....Read More
State of Texas: How to Get Asylum or Become a Refugee
The United States has a long history of taking in people fleeing dangerous countries, but we also have a history of locking down the borders for fear of foreign...Read More