The Texas Legislature today adjourned sine die, ending the third special session. Gov. Abbott is expected to call a fourth special session. […]
immigration
As Texas Bill Encouraging Racial Profiling Heads to Senate Floor, Texas Rising Action and Texas Freedom Network Call on Legislators to Reject Xenophobic Policies
HB 4, a bill encouraging racial profiling, will now head to the Senate floor. The legislation would allow undocumented people to be removed from Texas and dropped at a port of entry. […]
Texas Bill Criminalizing Immigrant Communities Heads to Governor, Texas Freedom Network Condemns State Lawmakers
SB4, a bill that will criminalize the transportation and housing of undocumented migrants within Texas, today at 4 AM passed through the Texas House and will go to Governor Abbott’s desk for signature into law. […]
Texas Freedom Network Denounces Debate of Bills Harming Border Communities Amid Tragedy in Brownsville
The Texas House will today hear two bills that directly affect communities living along the border — HB 7 and HB 20. […]
Days After a Racist Domestic Terrorist Attack, Ted Cruz Doubles Down on Xenophobic Rhetoric
Just days after the shooting in Buffalo, NY, where 10 people were killed when their predominantly Black community was targeted based on a white domestic terrorist’s beliefs that the country is “experiencing an invasion on a level never seen before in history,” Ted Cruz tweeted rhetoric in the same vein. […]
