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Eddie Canales on Saving Migrant Lives in Brooks County
Border Activists Gather To Send ‘Immigrant Lives Matter’ Message Before Papal Mass
Fernando Garcia, executive director of BNHR, said that the pope’s visit would serve as a moment of reflection for those fighting for immigration reform. He al...Read More
Holding Back the Flood
For activists in the Valley’s colonias, success looks like a drainage ditch.
For activists in the Valley’s colonias, success looks like a drainage ditch....Read More
Health Agency to Press Forward with Licensing Child Detention Centers
The Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) has submitted a proposed rule that would create a new child care licensing category for detention center...Read More
Advocates: Asylum-Seeking Mom’s Seizures ‘Uncontrolled’ in Texas Detention Center
Susana Arevalo Hernandez and her kids were picked up by immigration officials during ramped-up raids in early January.
Immigration rights advocates say a Salvadoran woman detained after recently ramped-up ICE raids isn't getting the medical care she needs....Read More
Senators Split on Sanctuary Cities at Interim Hearing
At a Senate committee meeting on “sanctuary cities” on Friday, Texas lawmakers strongly disagreed on how, or whether, to pass legislation that would penaliz...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
TEA Takeover Uncertain for Struggling Border District
Thanks to an impending TEA district takeover, the state was in a position to end its legal troubles with Progreso ISD simply by replacing the school district’...Read More
I’m Leaving the Texas Civil Rights Project, but Not the Fight
The process of retiring from the Texas Civil Rights Project, which I founded 25 years ago, has given me the opportunity to reflect on my career as a human right...Read More
Best of the Observer 2015, Day Ten: Hooked on Hooks
Settle in this holiday season with a few staff-selected favorites from the last year. We'll be counting down with one story a day from now till the end of 2015....Read More