Abbott has credited his Operation Lone Star for a recent drop in migrant encounters on the Texas-Mexico border.
During the 2023 fiscal year, Texas on average accounted for roughly 59% of migrant encounters along the
Maria Acosta’s heart sinks every time she hears the question. “Señora, do I need to move?” Immigrants in Iowa keep asking her. And Acosta says she doesn’t know how to respond. “I feel powerless. I feel frustrated,” says Acosta, a community organizer for the Iowa Migrant Movement for Justice. “What can I tell people? I can’t tell them, ‘Oh, no, everything is going to be fine.’ I don’t know if everything is going to be fine. Right now, it’s not fine at all.” Last month, Iowa lawmakers swiftly...
By SEAN MURPHY (Associated Press) OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Republican-led states are rushing to give broader immigration enforcement powers to local police and impose criminal penalties for those living in the country illegally as the issue of migrants crossing the U.S. border remains central to the 2024 elections. The Oklahoma Legislature this week fast-tracked a […]
Lt. Governor Dan Patrick gave State Senators 57 items to study on his list of interim charges.
The Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday in two consolidated cases, Moyle v. Idaho and Idaho v. United States, to determine whether a federal law governing Read More
Students get to view oral arguments, interact with justices.
Colorado's Douglas County is suing the state over laws prohibiting local governments from helping enforce federal immigration laws.
Where was this energy from Republicans targeting higher education like Columbia when professors cheered rioting in 2020?
California Gov. Gavin Newsom is continuing his campaign to make Republican lawmakers pay for their abortion bans, with new initiatives targeting Arizona and Alabama. On Sunday, Newsom announced forthcoming legislation that would make abortion care more accessible to residents of Arizona, which shares a border with California. The proposal, a response to Arizona’s Civil War-era abortion ban, would shorten the amount of time it takes for Arizona doctors to be approved to perform abortions in...
House Bill 900 requires books sold in the state be rated for sexual content by the book seller, similar to how Hollywood rates movies.
Senate Republicans announced new legislation Friday requiring Homeland Security notification every time an illegal immigrant tries to buy a gun, giving deportation officers a chance to take action.