By Caden Pearson Texas and Louisiana have successfully sued the Biden administration over an immigration policy that saw “criminal aliens” released from custody into the community instead of being deported. U.S. District Judge Drew Tipton on Friday ruled in favor of Texas and Louisiana, finding that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued rules via “self-styled” memorandum meant […]
Search results
Posted inNational News
Texas Official Says Slow Police Response ‘Cost Lives’ as US Congressman Calls for Officers to Be Fired
By Zachary Stieber The law enforcement decision not to immediately storm the classroom where a school shooter was killing children “cost lives,” Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said on May 28, as Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-Mass.) called for the officers involved to be fired. As many as 19 officers were in the hallway inside Robb Elementary School in […]
Posted inNational News
Police Waited to Enter Texas School as Shooter Opened Fire: Witnesses
By Jack Phillips Several witnesses on the scene of the Texas mass shooting said that police waited to enter as videos surfaced of parents telling officers to “Go protect the kids!” “What are you doing—get inside the building!” a person yelled in one of the videos, while another screamed, “Go protect the kids!” Law enforcement authorities faced questions Thursday […]
Posted inNational News
Texas Elementary School Shooter Posted to Facebook 3 Times Before Massacre: Governor
By Charlotte Cuthbertson and Zachary Stieber UVALDE, Texas—The man who killed 19 children in an elementary school on May 24 posted thrice to Facebook before arriving at the facility, Gov. Greg Abbott said Wednesday. About 30 minutes before Salvador Ramos, 18, entered Robb Elementary School and opened fire, he wrote on social media, “I’m going to shoot my grandmother.” Another post, minutes […]
Posted inNational News
14 Students, 1 Teacher Killed After Shooting at Texas Elementary School: Governor
By Zachary Stieber Fourteen children and a teacher were fatally shot by an 18-year-old male at an elementary school in Texas on May 24, Gov. Greg Abbott said. The male, identified as Salvador Romas, drove to Robb Elementary School in Uvalde and opened fire, the governor told a briefing in Abilene. “He shot and killed—horrifically, incomprehensively—14 students, and killed […]
Posted inNational News
Texas Ranchers Struggling With Property Damage Amid Surge of Illegal Immigrants
By Autumn Spredemann As a human tidal wave continues flowing across the U.S. southern border from Mexico, cattle ranchers in Texas scramble to deal with the destruction done by illegal immigrants and human traffickers. There were 201,800 encounters between U.S. Border Patrol agents and illegal aliens along the southwest land border in April, according to data released […]
Posted inNational News
Proposal to Prohibit Teaching Critical Race Theory in Texas School District Wins Majority Approval in Public Comment
By Matt McGregor TEXAS—The majority vote in public comment chose to favor proposed policies that will put guardrails on social-emotional learning (SEL) programs and prohibit critical race theory (CRT) teachings for the Grapevine-Colleyville Independent School District (GCISD), following a board meeting on April 25. Board members Casey Ford and Shannon Braun proposed the policy (pdf) based on what […]
Posted inImmigration
Texas Approves $495.3 Million for Border Security Operations
By Gabrielle Stephenson Texas has approved the transfer of $495.3 million to fund Operation Lone Star and critical border operations at other state agencies, the governor’s office announced Friday. “This funding will address immediate border security needs while future funding needed to protect Texans continues to be evaluated,” according to Gov. Greg Abbott’s office. The vast majority of the funds—$465.3 million—will go […]
Posted inNational News
Rancher Offers Elon Musk 100 Acres to Move Twitter’s Headquarters to Texas
By Bryan Jung An Austin rancher has offered to donate free land to Elon Musk for the use of a new Twitter headquarters in Texas, if he chooses to relocate the company from San Francisco to the Lone Star State, reported Austonia. The board of Twitter accepted Musk’s deal to buy the social media platform for $44 billion on April 25, after weeks […]
Posted inNational News
Federal Court Dismisses Challenges to Texas Anti-Abortion Law
By Jack Phillips A federal court on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit challenging a provision of the Texas anti-abortion law that was signed last year. “Having received the ruling of the Texas Supreme Court that named official defendants may not enforce the provisions of the Texas Heartbeat Act … this court REMANDS the case with instructions to dismiss all challenges […]
Posted inNational News
First Texas Bus Drops Off Illegal Immigrants Near US Capitol
By Zachary Stieber The first bus carrying illegal immigrants from Texas arrived in Washington on April 13. The illegal aliens were dropped off between Union Station and the U.S. Capitol, according to the office of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott. Abbott, a Republican, directed the Texas Division of Emergency Management earlier this month to begin coordinating “voluntary transportation” to Washington […]
Posted inNational News
Texas Clogs Ports of Entry as State Forces Attention on Illegal Immigration
By Charlotte Cuthbertson Several ports of entry between Texas and Mexico have suffered major slowdowns in recent days as the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) began inspections as part of Gov. Greg Abbott’s border security plan. DPS officers have conducted “enhanced commercial vehicle safety inspections” since April 6 at seven ports of entry—Brownsville, Los Indios, Pharr, […]
