Amazing what $20 billion that should have been ours buys, with Abbott’s political position at stake. Miller provides the children; Abbott provides the warehousing of them. The language used by
Greg Abbott has spent years presenting himself as the man who does not need Washington. Texas would secure its own border, fight the federal government in court and go its
Whether Walmart uses contractors to clean its stores or large office building owners do the same, the result is the same: the owners win, and Americans who can do the
Monica de la Cruz and Donald Trump seem to favor the communist way of getting cheap labor. Below is an argument that is similar to arguments that I have been
Washington likes big numbers because big numbers are difficult to feel. Congress can spend $100 billion here and $200 billion there, and after a while the numbers become background noise.
They call it a “de-escalation device.” One expert compared the pain to a bee sting. That sounds almost harmless. Until you learn that a Kentucky man was shocked with one
Look at the babies in the illustration. They are in diapers because some children caught in America’s immigration detention system really are that young. The two guards arguing over who
A new Texas Tribune story from San Antonio describes something that is becoming increasingly important across Texas: immigrants are changing the way they live because they fear that an ordinary
The Object From the Beginning Was to Terrorize — Even to the Point of Death The death of Edwin Lopez-Cornejo in a New Jersey immigration jail might have been reported
That is how it started in Nazi Germany. Jessica Treviño’s case sounds like something written as a joke about government bureaucracy. The Department of Homeland Security deported her to Mexico
Come November, we will see how many Latinos will vote for the party that thinks killing Latinos is fine, whether they are citizens or undocumented. ICE has killed a Latino
Houston Opened Cooling Centers. Are Gulfton Residents Too Afraid to Enter Them? The evidence already points in that direction. Gulfton residents and community organizers told the Houston Chronicle this year
The New Well-Funded Cartel, Powered by MAGA “Pretty sure he’s wet.” “Tonks everywhere.” “See bodies, chase bodies.” These were not messages recovered from a Mexican drug cartel. According to evidence
It Is Not AI We Need to Fear. It Is the ICE Machine. Francisco Longoria was driving a truck through San Bernardino, California, delivering equipment for a child’s water slide.
Nearly 9 in 10 Voted for Trump. Then the Deportation Machine Came for Two of Their Pastors. They were not hiding in a stash house. They were not running through
For more than a year, the United States kept Mexican cattle out because federal officials said the danger was too great: New World screwworm was moving north through Mexico, and
How a “Good Address” Can Put the Wrong Man in the Wrong White Van A Houston police officer stopped a Honduran woman for driving 58 miles per hour in a
The Bus Is Already Warming Up Standing on a stage at the Conservative Political Action Conference outside Dallas, the man who had served as Donald Trump’s personal criminal-defense lawyer—and now
“During the past week, Chief Diaz and Mayor Whitmire have spoken several times with state and local agencies to ensure a transparent and thorough investigation following the deadly ICE shooting.
By pandering to those who want to make America White Again, Greg Abbott focused on the wrong invaders. Now our state may suffer tens of billions of dollars in damage
