Tag: Texas
US opens new mass facility in Texas for migrant children
The federal government is opening a new mass facility to hold migrant children in Texas and considering detaining hundreds more youths on...
Texas Congressman cites Alabama civil rights events as he defends NFL...
The internet is abuzz with a video of Democratic U.S. Rep. from Texas, Beto O'Rourke, who's invoking Alabama civil rights history in his quest to unseat Republican...
Terri Sewell travels to Texas border to visit detention center
On Thursday, Alabama 7th District U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell traveled to the Texas border where she and other members of Congress toured a border patrol...
Latino voters seek to challenge Alabama Census lawsuit
Latino voters and civil-rights groups have asked to join a lawsuit to defend the practice of including people in the country illegally in U.S....
Texas suit could speed DACA’s path to Supreme Court
Three judges have ordered the Trump administration to continue a program that has shielded hundreds of thousands of young immigrants from deportation. Now, a...
Texas primary turnout buoys Democrats’ hopes again
Texas is the latest place where Democrats are finding optimism for 2018 after kicking off the nation’s primary election season with their biggest midterm...
Kay Ivey asks Alabamians to pray for and help Hurricane Harvey...
As Hurricane Harvey continues to devastate Texas, Alabama Governor Kay Ivey asked her fellow Alabamians to pray for and help the victims of the storm.
“I...
Alabama National Guard deploys to Texas for Hurricane Harvey assistance
Three days after Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Texas, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey announced Monday night the Alabama National Guard was being deployed to...
California enacts travel ban to Alabama, citing LGBTQ discrimination
Alabama is off-limits for state-funded visits from California, one of four states facing a travel ban because of recent “discriminatory legislation” affecting the LGBTQ...
Texas revives transgender ‘bathroom bill’ for public schools
A transgender "bathroom bill" reminiscent of one in North Carolina that caused a national uproar now appears to be on a fast-track to becoming...
